Many of you have gone on Spring Break or are anticipating taking a vacation this summer. It is a time to refresh spirit, soul, and body. Over the next couple of weeks, our faithful bloggers will be taking a ‘spring break’ from writing so that they can come back to us refreshed and freshly anointed.
However, Girlfriends’ Coffee Hour website won’t ‘go black’! We will be revisiting some of our favorite blogs and daily devotions which have blessed us in the past. We pray that each of you, our faithful friends and readers, will continue to start your day meditating on the devotionals and songblogs, and be encouraged and blessed.Let’s give each of our bloggers a big round of applause,
a hug, and the rest they so deserve. God bless you, ladies!
Go ahead, drive the nails in My hands
Laugh at me where you stand
Go ahead, and say it isn’t Me
The day will come when you will see
‘Cause I’ll rise again
Ain’t no power on earth can tie me down
Yes, I’ll rise again
Death can’t keep Me in the ground
Go ahead, mock My name
My love for you is still the same
Go ahead, and bury Me
But very soon, I will be free
Go ahead and say I’m dead and gone
But you will see that you were wrong
Go ahead, try to hide the Son
But all will see that I’m the One!
‘Cause I’ll come again!
Ain’t no power on earth can keep Me back!
Yes, I’ll come again
Come to take My people back
Dallas Holm
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Last week a couple of friends and myself felt like the enemy was taking target practice at our marriages. It wasn’t the first time…and I am quite certain it won’t be the last. A recent sermon I heard, entitled Called to Be Free, came to mind and I thought about being free from satan’s attacks. I know we won’t be completely free until we reach Heaven but Jesus has set us free from the chains of this world. That includes satan and anything he tries to ensnare us in. The enemy only has what power we give him.
Luke 10:19 (HCSB) puts it this way:
Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions
and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.
We have all authority over the power of the enemy. But sometimes we forget to use that power. And even when we do, sometimes we still get knocked for a loop. It is difficult to keep getting back up when you get knocked down repeatedly. I read a Scripture that totally changed my whole perspective on this. Take a look at 2 Corinthians 4:10-11 (AMP):
Always carrying about in the body the liability and exposure
to the same putting to death that the Lord Jesus suffered,
so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown forth by and in our bodies.
For we who live are constantly [experiencing] being handed over to death
for Jesus’ sake, that the [resurrection] life of Jesus
also may be evidenced through our flesh which is liable to death.
I read this and had a “light bulb” moment. Because we are believers and followers of Christ, we carry Jesus’ death and Resurrection within us! The attacks we incur, the battles we fight are where we share in the death of Jesus. If satan knocks me down, he may have won that battle but Jesus has already won the war. Every time we rise up from defeat—whether it is perceived or real—we share in the Resurrection and ultimate victory of Jesus. We can rise again because Jesus has already done it and we carry Him within ourselves.
As I was mediating on all of this, the song “Rise Again” came to mind. But I was hearing it and singing it in a whole new light. Since I have a personal relationship with Christ, it doesn’t matter if people laugh at me or mock me. It doesn’t matter if I get knocked down or thrown for a loop. “I will be free….” “…no power on earth can tie me down.”
For me, this revelation was earth-shattering and life-changing. The storms will be easier to bear, and the attacks easier to survive because I know Jesus has already been there. He has paved my way in victory and His victory is manifested in me. Hallelujah!!!!
Hallelujah!!
Amen!