{"id":9388,"date":"2023-12-26T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=9388"},"modified":"2023-11-20T06:07:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T11:07:19","slug":"9388","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/26\/9388\/","title":{"rendered":"Control Output"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-White-Minimalist-Background-Hello-Welcome-Winter-Facebook-Post.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9391\" style=\"width:332px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-White-Minimalist-Background-Hello-Welcome-Winter-Facebook-Post.png 940w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-White-Minimalist-Background-Hello-Welcome-Winter-Facebook-Post-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Blue-White-Minimalist-Background-Hello-Welcome-Winter-Facebook-Post-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Reading: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Zechariah+9%3A1-17&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Zechariah 9:1-17<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation+17%3A1-18&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Revelation 17:1-18<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+145%3A1-21&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Psalm 145:1-21<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+30%3A32&amp;version=ESV\"><strong>Proverbs 30:32<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Verse:<\/strong> <em>\u201cIf you have been foolish, exalting yourself,\u00a0or if you have been devising evil,\u00a0put your hand on your mouth.\u201d Prov. 30:32<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Control output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot to brag about myself, but\u2026\u201d Watching a golf clinic on YouTube, \u00a0the coach began with those words, followed by a list of his accomplishments over the past fifty years of his career. Without a doubt, he possessed the knowledge to respect his teaching. Giving credentials to support your authority differs from exalting yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I broke a 100 for the first time in my golf score, I exalted myself, telling anyone who would listen. However, it took a while for me to repeat the feat; stroke play humbles any golfer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exalting myself foolishly over a game taught me a lesson in humility. Each time I play a round, it tests my integrity. Keeping accurate scores takes brutal honesty and develops character. Foolishly exalting myself only leads to more humbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better your hand on your mouth than foolish exalting. With every mountain comes a valley. My mother always said, \u201cIf you are worthy of praise, let someone else do it; don\u2019t do it yourself.\u201d<\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord, forgive us for foolishly exalting ourselves. Please teach us humility with a gentle hand as we follow You.\u00a0 Keep us hungry for Your word and humble for Your teachings. Let us become more like Christ every day. IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One minute read. Daily Reading: Zechariah 9:1-17, Revelation 17:1-18, Psalm 145:1-21, Proverbs 30:32 Daily Verse: \u201cIf you have been foolish, exalting yourself,\u00a0or if you have been devising evil,\u00a0put your hand on your mouth.\u201d Prov. 30:32 Control output. \u201cNot to brag about myself, but\u2026\u201d Watching a golf clinic on YouTube, \u00a0the coach began with those words,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/26\/9388\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Control Output<\/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-9388","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\/9388","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=9388"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9395,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9388\/revisions\/9395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}