{"id":143121,"date":"2026-02-08T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=143121"},"modified":"2026-02-08T06:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T11:42:50","slug":"from-the-morning-scripture-readings-1209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=143121","title":{"rendered":"From the Morning Scripture Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Remind them of this, and charge them before the Lord&nbsp;to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.&nbsp;Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.&nbsp;Avoid such godless chatter, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,&nbsp;and their talk will eat its way like gangrene. Among them are Hymenae\u2032us and Phile\u2032tus,&nbsp;who have swerved from the truth by holding that the resurrection is past already. They are upsetting the faith of some.&nbsp;But God\u2019s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: \u201cThe Lord knows those who are his,\u201d and, \u201cLet every one who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and earthenware, and some for noble use, some for ignoble.&nbsp;If any one purifies himself from what is ignoble, then he will be a vessel for noble use, consecrated and useful to the master of the house, ready for any good work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;2 Timothy 2:14-21<br><br><br><br><\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When an unknown Bird photobombs a Tiger in the mist<br>Panna tiger reserve on a cold January morning 2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndiAves?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndiAves<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wildlifephotography?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wildlifephotography<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBCWildlifePOTD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBCWildlifePOTD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nikonindiaofficial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nikonindiaofficial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tigers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tigers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NaturePhotography?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NaturePhotography<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThePhotoHour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThePhotoHour<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ec35w0KcT\">pic.twitter.com\/8ec35w0KcT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Vivek Naik (@Vivektigershark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vivektigershark\/status\/2020345675217846733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remind them of this, and charge them before the Lord&nbsp;to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.&nbsp;Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who has no need to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=143121\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143123,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143121\/revisions\/143123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}