{"id":18730,"date":"2014-03-29T00:20:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T04:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=18730"},"modified":"2014-03-29T01:19:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T05:19:13","slug":"scandal-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/29\/scandal-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandal of Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"lyrics_text\"><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><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grace, what have You done?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Murdered for me on that Cross<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Accused in absence of wrong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My sin washed away in Your blood<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Too much to make sense of it all<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I know that Your love breaks my fall<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The scandal of grace, You died in my place<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So my soul will live<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Oh to be like you<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>To give all I have just to know You<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Jesus, there&#8217;s no one besides You<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Forever the hope in my heart<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Death, where is your sting?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your power is as dead as my sin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The Cross has taught me to live<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In mercy, my heart now to sing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The day and it&#8217;s trouble shall come<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I know that Your strength is enough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The scandal of grace, You died in my place<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So my soul will live<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And it&#8217;s all because of You, Jesus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s all because of You, Jesus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s all because of Your love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And my soul will live<\/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\/mug65w5AgMg?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>~ \u00a0Songwriters: Joel Houston, Matt Crocker \u00a0\/\u00a0 Performed by Hillsong United \u00a0~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><i>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Would you give all you had just to get to know this Savior? \u00a0The One Who died for you and me? \u00a0This thought just blows me away&#8212;that the Son of God was born to save all of God&#8217;s people. \u00a0He came so that we would have life and life abundant. Just like the song says, it&#8217;s all because of Him that we are free, and joyful and can have peace in spite of circumstances. \u00a0&#8220;Grace, what have You done?&#8221; \u00a0Let&#8217;s see, He&#8217;s walked on water, He&#8217;s healed the sick, He gave sight to the blind, He raised the dead to life, He carried all of our sins to Calvary and they were nailed to that tree, and He gave us hope for a future.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s getting closer to Easter. \u00a0As you can see already, sometimes the bunny gets more attention than Jesus Himself. \u00a0There are eggs and Easter baskets and marshmallow Peeps in all colors. \u00a0But what about the Cross? \u00a0It&#8217;s our job to spread this message&#8230;especially now. \u00a0It&#8217;s time for us to step out of our comfort zone and be the courageous people He has called us to be. \u00a0Ask people what their story is, and then give them yours. \u00a0All roads lead to the Savior and to everlasting life. If we don&#8217;t&#8212;then who will?<\/p>\n<p>This song gets me every time. \u00a0It&#8217;s all about grace and how we will give anything and everything to be like Him and get to know Him intimately. \u00a0I can&#8217;t help but raise my hands in praise and worship when this song comes on. \u00a0Don&#8217;t you just love it? \u00a0Aren&#8217;t we so blessed to be broken beautifully and poured out so that only He can fill us? \u00a0Oh friend, how I want you to know Him. \u00a0Take a minute to really listen to the words and let them sink in. The Holy Spirit will speak to your heart, this I do know. &#8220;&#8230;Scandal of grace, You died in my place so my soul will live!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He did die and rose again, and we will live forever in eternity. \u00a0And while on earth, we will live freely because we have been forgiven,with all sins nailed to the cross. Thank You, Lord Jesus!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Let us pray<\/strong><\/span>: Most Gracious Heavenly Father, thank You for being so patient with us. \u00a0Thank You for creating us, knowing that we would sin and turn against You and that we would need a Savior&#8212;Who is Your only Son. \u00a0You let Him die in our place so that we will live, not only in Heaven, but here on earth we will have abundant life. Oh Lord, we are so unworthy, yet You love us so much. You will not take second place to anything or anyone as You are a jealous God. \u00a0May we never put You beside anything either but always put You first. \u00a0You are the beginning and the end, and there are no other gods before You. \u00a0Thank You for giving us the courage to step out and share You with all who will listen, and to love on all those who are hurting. \u00a0May we always be Your hands and feet, and may we always strive to be like You. \u00a0For it&#8217;s in Your Son&#8217;s name we pray, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace, what have You done? Murdered for me on that Cross Accused in absence of wrong My sin washed away in Your blood Too much to make sense of it all I know that Your love breaks my fall The scandal of grace, You died in my place So my soul will live Oh to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"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":[5925,2114,1287,425,5472,5926,589,5924,4932,5923],"class_list":["post-18730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-being-like-jesus-witnessing-to-others","tag-easter","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-hillsong-united","tag-hope-in-this-life","tag-kim-spring","tag-knowing-jesus","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-scandal-of-grace","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-4S6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18730","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18730"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18768,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18730\/revisions\/18768"}],"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=18730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}