{"id":9319,"date":"2023-12-19T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=9319"},"modified":"2023-11-18T08:23:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T13:23:00","slug":"9319","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/19\/9319\/","title":{"rendered":"Inner Cleansing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-Asking-December-Feel-Search-Bar-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9322\" style=\"width:330px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-Asking-December-Feel-Search-Bar-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-Asking-December-Feel-Search-Bar-Instagram-Post-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-Asking-December-Feel-Search-Bar-Instagram-Post-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-Asking-December-Feel-Search-Bar-Instagram-Post-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-Asking-December-Feel-Search-Bar-Instagram-Post-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-Asking-December-Feel-Search-Bar-Instagram-Post.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Zephaniah+1%3A1-3%3A20&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Zephaniah 1:1-3:20<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation+10%3A1-11&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Revelation 10:1-11<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+138%3A1-8&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 138:1-8<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+30%3A11-14&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>, <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+30%3A11-14&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Proverbs 30:11-14<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> <em>\u201cThere are those who are\u00a0clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.\u201d Prov. 30:12<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inner cleansing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outer cleanliness doesn\u2019t equate to inner cleansing. Showering and washing the day\u2019s dirt off our body doesn\u2019t clean the heart. Exterior cleansing differs from internal cleansing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my youth, people attended church because of the cultural norm. Fewer people attend church now than ever. Walking through the entrance doors, listening to the sermon, and saying the right things doesn\u2019t cleanse you.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless we let God\u2019s word permeate our hearts and transform us from the inside out, we can\u2019t experience inner cleansing. Allowing the Holy Spirit to illuminate our shortcomings will enable us to address them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus transforms our lives with inner cleansing. Become sensitive to the nudges from within that steer you in a different direction. Humility comes when we acknowledge our shortcomings and change our actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inner cleansing happens when we allow Christ into our hearts and minds.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beach-Wear-Etsy-Banner-1-300x39.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lord, forgive us for acting cleansed on the outside and remaining dirty on the inside. Help us become sensitive to the Holy Spirit, purifying our hearts and making us new. Free us from our sins as we confess them to You and change our ways. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: Zephaniah 1:1-3:20, Revelation 10:1-11, Psalm 138:1-8, Proverbs 30:11-14 Daily Verse: \u201cThere are those who are\u00a0clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.\u201d Prov. 30:12 Inner cleansing. Outer cleanliness doesn\u2019t equate to inner cleansing. Showering and washing the day\u2019s dirt off our body doesn\u2019t clean the heart.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/19\/9319\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Inner Cleansing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9319"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9326,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9319\/revisions\/9326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}