{"id":12330,"date":"2013-06-05T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=12330"},"modified":"2013-06-04T23:48:03","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T03:48:03","slug":"girls-with-swords-songs-of-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/05\/girls-with-swords-songs-of-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls with Swords: Chapter 11 &#8211; &#8220;Sword of Song &#8211; Songs of Battle&#8221;  (pgs 170-173)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQotAU8hYAE\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When I read this section, I thought of this song. I thought of how this song touches my heart and empowers me each time I hear it. This song reminds me of how music works, it reminds me of those times when I was in the middle of a battle, in the middle of a test or trial and I would turn <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">music<\/span> on. Sometimes I would sing aloud, or sometimes I would sing silently to myself; either way the words of the song, and the sounds of the music would help to create a type of \u201cjoyful strength\u201d (p. 171), as Lisa described it. <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">Songs<\/span> have the ability to \u201cremind us of just how awesome the Most High is\u201d (p. 171). \u00a0It is so easy to become caught up in life and to let His promises drift to the back of our mind. Music has a way of bringing us back.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Isaiah 54:1<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i>\u201cSing, O barren,<br \/>\nYou who have not borne!<br \/>\nBreak forth into singing, and cry aloud,<br \/>\nYou who have not labored with child!<br \/>\nFor more are the children of the desolate<br \/>\n<span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">Than<\/span> the children of the married woman,\u201d says the Lord. <\/i>(NKJV)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I think of praise and worship on Sundays, and the atmosphere that the songs usher in. The sanctuary full of people singing praises to God in unison, everyone lifting their voices in praise and thanks to our Heavenly Father. His power in the room can be felt. It pours into our hearts and minds, it covers us in God\u2019s love. I think of driving in the car with the radio playing and a feeling of <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">life<\/span> and peace enveloping me. I think of my rambunctious children and the effect that music has on them! \u00a0I love hearing them singing Christian songs in the <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">backseat<\/span> as we go about our daily tasks; in their own way, they are singing through their own battles.<\/p>\n<p>There are &#8216;go-to&#8217; songs that I have when I need to feel closer to God; songs I listen to when I clean; songs I play for my children when they go to sleep. God has given us many tools in life, and the gift of song is one of them. There are times in our lives when we need to pick up our sword of song, we need to wield it, shout and sing. The song of battle needs to be one of our tools as a warrior of Christ, and, as a girl with a sword.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your gifts! Thank You for reminding us of Your love and Your strength through song. Thank You for the joy it creates, and the security it provides. Lord, please give us a holy boldness and remind us that we are living for none other than You. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 Name we pray, <strong>AMEN!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 When I read this section, I thought of this song. I thought of how this song touches my heart and empowers me each time I hear it. 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