{"id":18442,"date":"2014-03-11T00:15:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T04:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=18442"},"modified":"2014-03-10T22:01:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T02:01:21","slug":"freedom-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/11\/freedom-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Freedom Song <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Performed by Mandisa<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Praise to the Lord, our chains are gone <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Can&#8217;t help but sing our freedom song <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Praise to the Lord, our chains are gone <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Can&#8217;t help but sing our freedom&#8230;. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am a child from a broken home <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Where true love was torn apart <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But then I met a Heavenly Father <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Who made a home inside my heart <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am a man with the chains of addiction <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Dragging me down for way too long <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But I came face to face with redemption <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And now those chains are gone <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Can anybody hear me? <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Does anybody know what I&#8217;m talking about? <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">When you&#8217;ve been delivered like that <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You&#8217;ve got to shout it out <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lift your hands up in the air; shout Hallelujah <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Lift your hands up in the air&#8230;I have been set free<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am a sixteen year old daughter <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lost in the mirror, no self esteem <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But God made me in His image <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And that makes me a beauty queen <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am a wife and the mother of three <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Trading my dreams for a busy life <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Searching for my lost identity <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And I&#8217;m happy to announce that I found it in Christ <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Praise to the Lord, my chains are gone <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Can&#8217;t help but sing our freedom song <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Praise to the Lord, my chains are gone <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Can&#8217;t help but sing our freedom song<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>~ \u00a0Listen while you read, please! \u00a0~<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Edu6L5g63Qg\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>What does it mean to walk in <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>freedom<\/em><\/strong><\/span>? \u00a0The definition of freedom is: \u2018the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.\u2019 \u00a0Another definition is \u2018the quality or state of being free.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Because of Jesus work on the Cross we can now walk in <span style=\"color: #800080;\">freedom<\/span> without hinderance or restraint&#8230;because of Jesus my chains are gone; praise God!!!<\/p>\n<p>Because of Jesus you have been set of free of the bondage of your past that ensnared you\u2026what an AWE-inspiring Truth and something for which I am thankful each and every day. \u00a0If God never did another thing for me, the fact that I have been saved from a dark past and that I won\u2019t be going be going to Hell is enough for me\u2026. \u00a0I will never begin to understand the love of the Father and the sacrifice that He made for Me and for YOU!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>John 8:36 So if the Son sets you <span style=\"color: #800080;\">free<\/span>, you will be free indeed<\/p>\n<p>Galations 5:1 It is for <span style=\"color: #800080;\">freedom<\/span> that Christ has set us<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> free<\/span>. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>I Love Ephesians 3:12 In Him and through faith in Him we may approach God with <span style=\"color: #800080;\">freedom<\/span> and confidence. (Because of Jesus we can approach God with <span style=\"color: #800080;\">freedom<\/span> and confidence\u2026 Hallelujah!!!!)<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 118:5 In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and He answered by setting me <span style=\"color: #800080;\">free.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sisters, will you receive the <span style=\"color: #800080;\">freedom<\/span> that you have available to you this day? \u00a0And choose to walk in the <span style=\"color: #800080;\">freedom<\/span> and confidence of <em>who you <strong>are<\/strong> in Him<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Heavenly Father, I can never begin to understand the sacrifice, pain, and suffering that Jesus went through so that I may walk in freedom today. \u00a0A simple \u2018Thank You\u2019 can never begin to express my thankfulness! \u00a0Without Jesus there would be no hope for someone like me. \u00a0Thank You that in my anguish I cried out to You and You have set me free!!! \u00a0In Jesus name, AMEN!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom Song Performed by Mandisa Praise to the Lord, our chains are gone Can&#8217;t help but sing our freedom song Praise to the Lord, our chains are gone Can&#8217;t help but sing our freedom&#8230;. 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