{"id":18414,"date":"2014-03-10T00:15:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T04:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=18414"},"modified":"2014-03-09T22:34:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T02:34:58","slug":"learning-light-newworldson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/10\/learning-light-newworldson\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning To Be The Light &#8211; Newworldson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><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><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>~ \u00a0Listen while you read, please! \u00a0~<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When the stars came crashing down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In tiny pieces to the ground<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I was all alone down here<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Trapped beneath the atmosphere<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Then I, thought somebody called my name,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I spun around and caught a flame<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I gave into a God I didn&#8217;t know<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And now everything is falling into place<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> A brand new life is calling and I owe it all to grace<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s so much brighter living in Your world<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Savior, what You did for me<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You gave me something I want everyone to see<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When we struggle and it all goes wrong<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Only You can make it right<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So I say,\u00a0Oh oh oh oh oh<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m learning to be the light<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Whoa, whoa<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m learning to be the light<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Whoa, whoa<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When a heart is cold as ice <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You can&#8217;t melt it with advice <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">No one wants to listen to <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">A list of things they shouldn&#8217;t do <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">So I build a city on a hill <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And I light a candle on a sill <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Knowing You&#8217;ll be always knocking at the door <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oh God I just want to love on everyone <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">All I have is Yours to give so let the people come<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The light that makes the shadows hide<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The light that breaks the curse of pride<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The light that takes the weary in its arms<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When it all came crashing down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There was only darkness all around<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But in the distance I could see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> A flame<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pqs24i1RBQo\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We each have been commissioned to share the Gospel of Christ to every tribe and nation. \u00a0We should have such a light shining that draws others to us as\u00a0a moth is drawn to an open flame. \u00a0We get so bogged down with our day-to-day routines and feel that there is no way out sometimes. \u00a0We wonder if there is a way to break our boring routines. <strong>\u00a0But there is!<\/strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>All we have to do is find <strong>joy<\/strong> in our every day<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>One way to go about that would be to praise God that we have bills to pay, that we have a spouse that works, healthy children, good healthcare, great friends! \u00a0Whatever your situation, there is an opportunity to sing praises to God and give Him the glory for the &#8216;everyday.&#8217; \u00a0We are a truly blessed nation and we take for granted what privileges we have given to us.<\/p>\n<p>As you go through your day, look at what you do with new eyes. \u00a0Look at what you have as though you are a person from a Third World country. \u00a0 A place like Peru or the area around the Amazon in South America. \u00a0We have <em>such<\/em> abundance and they often have nothing. \u00a0They have no running water and yet they are content. \u00a0They do not have a grocery store and yet a 5 year old boy goes out in the river fishing for his family&#8217;s breakfast in a flat boat. \u00a0We would never dream of sending our kids out in a dangerous river like that.<\/p>\n<p>As we enter the Easter season, take time to pray. \u00a0Get by yourself, if that is not your routine and meditate on a song or Scripture. \u00a0Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you what He would have for you today. \u00a0Just for today. \u00a0Wait for Him and He will be faithful to answer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665\u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Father, forgive us for being a spoiled nation. \u00a0Lord, help us come back to You. Help us to not become desensitized to those things that grieve Your Holy Spirit. \u00a0Help us not to seek out things that would harden our hearts towards You and Your kingdom. \u00a0Thank You for Your provisions. \u00a0Let us have a healthy filter for what would please You, Lord. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>~ \u00a0Listen while you read, please! \u00a0~ When the stars came crashing down In tiny pieces to the ground I was all alone down here Trapped beneath the atmosphere Then I, thought somebody called my name, I spun around and caught a flame I gave into a God I didn&#8217;t know And now everything is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[1287,425,5766,5765,4932,1071],"class_list":["post-18414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-learning-to-be-the-light","tag-newworldson","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-tina-marin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-4N0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18414"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18426,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18414\/revisions\/18426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}