{"id":18575,"date":"2014-03-19T00:20:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T04:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=18575"},"modified":"2014-03-19T08:52:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T12:52:35","slug":"different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/19\/different\/","title":{"rendered":"Different"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><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: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I have had the right to stand and fight <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But it would have still been wrong <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ve had the chance to prove a hurtful truth <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I had to let it go and just move on <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause there&#8217;s a gift called grace <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">That&#8217;s captured my life <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Though the way of the world is power and pride <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I want to be different, Jesus, just like You <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I want to be tender with mercy guiding all I do <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So when others talk about me <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let it be because I am different <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Let the difference be love<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let me have the kind of heart that shines <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">The light and shows You&#8217;re real <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And where hope is dim and fear sets in <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Will you use me, Lord, to help and heal <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I don&#8217;t want wealth or fame <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">To define the life I live <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oh, let me be known for what I give<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Every day is a chance to serve You <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">By caring for someone else <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will make the choice to surrender <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And not live for myself<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0<em>Sing this song with me as our prayer and worship today<\/em>. \u00a0~<\/h4>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B1EMlcxo9X8?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><\/center><center>~ \u00a0Performed by Mollye Rees and Jamie Slocum \u00a0\/ Written by Jamie Slocum \u00a0~<\/center><center><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><i>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><strong>How many times have you said this phrase to yourself in your life time?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>\u201cI want to be different, Lord!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong><\/strong>Everyday, people are watching our every move, especially when they hear we are Christians. \u00a0 They begin critiquing us in everything. \u00a0 They want to know ARE we <em>really<\/em> <strong>different<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 People look for <strong>different<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not what is on the outside (our clothes, our hairstyle, our car, etc.) that is important and makes us <strong>different<\/strong>; but it\u2019s Who lives inside us that makes us truly <strong>different<\/strong>. \u00a0 We should be so <strong>different<\/strong> that others see it in our hearts, our actions, our attitudes. \u00a0 Keep in mind, becoming <strong>different<\/strong> is not immediate when we say &#8216;yes!&#8217; to receive Christ as Savior. \u00a0 Before that moment we lived an ungodly life in an ungodly world trying to shed ourselves of old habits and behaviors that once were us. \u00a0 Now we have a new life inside us&#8212;the Holy Spirit&#8212;that is ready to mold us to be <strong>different<\/strong>, to be just like Jesus!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t get discouraged, becoming <strong>different<\/strong> takes time.\u00a0 The ways of this world that we live in are natural and don\u2019t have to be learned, but becoming <strong>different<\/strong>, <em>becoming like Jesus<\/em>, is a total change in thinking and action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Jesus was <strong><em>different<\/em><\/strong>. He was totally others-centered and the key to His <strong>difference<\/strong> was LOVE!<\/p>\n<p>How can we become <strong>different<\/strong> so that others see Him? By pushing old things away, by letting our reactions to people be seen as the hands and feet of Jesus, by becoming a little more <strong>different<\/strong>&#8212;more like Him&#8212;every day!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you<br \/>\nJohn 15:12<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I wanna be<em> different<\/em>&#8230;how about you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><i>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><i><\/i>Dear God, \u00a0help us to read Your Word daily, Lord, and continue to teach us every day how we can change to be like You and when the world sees that difference then they will see You.\u00a0 In Your name I pray, Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had the right to stand and fight But it would have still been wrong I&#8217;ve had the chance to prove a hurtful truth I had to let it go and just move on &#8216;Cause there&#8217;s a gift called grace That&#8217;s captured my life Though the way of the world is power and pride [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[141,5848,1287,425,5850,4583,5849,4932],"class_list":["post-18575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-beverly-mccormick","tag-different","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-jamie-slocum","tag-john-1512","tag-mollye-rees","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","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-4PB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18575"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18590,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575\/revisions\/18590"}],"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=18575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}