{"id":16971,"date":"2014-01-15T00:30:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T05:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=16971"},"modified":"2014-01-15T00:14:05","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T05:14:05","slug":"overcomer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/15\/overcomer\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcomer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><strong><em>~ \u00a0Listen while you read, please! \u00a0~<\/em><\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Staring at a stop sign, watching people drive by, T Mac on the radio <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Got so much on your mind, nothing&#8217;s really going right, looking for a ray of hope <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Whatever it is you may be going through <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I know he&#8217;s not gonna let it get the best of you <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You&#8217;re an overcomer <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Stay in the fight &#8217;til the final round <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You&#8217;re not going under <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause God is holding you right now <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You might be down for a moment <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Feeling like it&#8217;s hopeless <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That&#8217;s when He reminds you <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That you&#8217;re an overcomer <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You&#8217;re an overcomer <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Everybody&#8217;s been down, hit the bottom, hit the ground. Ooh, you&#8217;re not alone <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just take a breath, don&#8217;t forget, hang on to His promises, He wants you to know <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The same man, the great I am, the One Who overcame death is living inside of you <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So just hold tight, fix your eyes on the One Who holds your life <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There&#8217;s nothing He can&#8217;t do&#8230;He&#8217;s telling you<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b8VoUYtx0kw\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0Performed by Mandisa; Written by Christopher Stevens and David Garcia \u00a0~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI am an Overcomer!\u201d \u00a0Let&#8217;s think about that and say that together\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I <em>AM<\/em> AN OVERCOMER!!!!! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>This is who God says I am<\/em>! We all can get weighed down by the pressures in life. I know there are days when I feel like I am in the boxing ring and things (aka\u2014life) is coming at me and how quickly I forget who I am when I get weary!!! It\u2019s in those moments that God so sweetly reminds me just exactly who I am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Romans 8:37, He says, \u201cNo, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.\u201d I am more than a conqueror because Jesus lives in me and because of Him I have the Victory!!! \u00a0He also tells us in John 16:33, \u201cI have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is peace and there is hope in ALL things and in EVERY situation if we so choose to take our eyes off our circumstances and get our eyes back on Him. The only way to be defeated is to give up. Make a choice this day to look the giant in the face, get back up, and walk in the confidence that your Father is working in that situation and is using it for good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting,<br \/>\nGod\u2019s Spirit is right alongside helping us along.<br \/>\nIf we don\u2019t know how or what to pray, it doesn\u2019t matter.<br \/>\nHe does our praying in and for us,<br \/>\nmaking prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.<br \/>\nHe knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition,<br \/>\nand keeps us present before God. That\u2019s why we can be so sure<br \/>\nthat every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.<br \/>\nRomans 8:28 (MSG)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heavenly Father, I thank You for these truths and I pray for each and every person who is reading this, and for myself included, that when things around us are swirling out of control that we would choose to take our eyes off the circumstances and CHOOSE to get our eyes back on You, walking in the peace and confidence of knowing that You are faithful in ALL things and in EVERY circumstance! In Jesus\u2019 name. 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