{"id":18801,"date":"2014-03-31T00:16:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T04:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=18801"},"modified":"2014-03-31T00:14:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T04:14:56","slug":"18801","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/31\/18801\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Not Dead"},"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<div id=\"songlyrics_h\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let love explode and bring the dead to life <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A love so bold to see a revolution somehow<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let love explode and bring the dead to life<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\">A love so bold to bring a revolution somehow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Now I&#8217;m lost in your freedom, and t<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">his world I&#8217;ll overcome<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My God&#8217;s not dead; He&#8217;s surely alive <\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He&#8217;s living on the inside roaring like a lion<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let hope arise and make the darkness hide <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My faith is dead, I need a resurrection somehow\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now I&#8217;m lost in your freedom, and this world I&#8217;ll overcome<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let Heaven roar, and fire fall<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Come shake the ground with the sound of revival<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>My God&#8217;s not dead; He&#8217;s surely alive<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He&#8217;s living on the inside roaring like a lion<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0<strong><em>Sing this song with me as our prayer and worship today<\/em>.<\/strong> \u00a0~<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ghC3gqNQJPQ?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>* \u00a0~ \u00a0* \u00a0~<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2665\u00a0~ \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u271e \u00a0<\/span>~\u00a0\u2665\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>~ \u00a0* \u00a0~ \u00a0*\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0We went to see the movie &#8220;<em>God&#8217;s Not Dead<\/em>&#8221; this past Friday night. \u00a0It is such a great movie! \u00a0I hope you get the chance to see it if you have not had the chance yet. This touches on the need to equip our school-age children with the ability to argue why they believe in God and know who God is.<\/p>\n<p>What shocked me was that so many would deny the existence of God in a classroom and not think about the consequences. \u00a0I mean, would you write a statement that says, &#8216;God is Dead&#8217; to get out of taking a class? \u00a0I was horrified at the thought! \u00a0My God <em><strong>IS<\/strong> <\/em>alive and well. \u00a0Sometimes I do take Him and His mercy for granted and do things I know I have meant to give up&#8230;but to write, &#8216;God is Dead&#8217; is just wrong.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up in a home where I could discuss the Bible with my mom. \u00a0She was very knowledgeable and was willing to share her faith. \u00a0Where we grew up we were able to walk to a small Baptist church when my brother and I wanted to attend. She did not make us. \u00a0It was up to us. \u00a0When we were old enough she would go and sit with us to make sure we would behave, and not embarrass her or dad. After a while she would let us go by ourselves. \u00a0We would go to Sunday School and attend the worship service, then go home. \u00a0From an early age, our acceptance of God was left up to us.<\/p>\n<p>As we grew older we were baptized, became members, served when we could, grew up, and moved away. \u00a0God was always there. \u00a0Nudging us, loving us, and disciplining us when we deserved it. \u00a0Growing up I felt very protected and sheltered. \u00a0For that I am thankful. \u00a0There are things I don&#8217;t need to know&#8230;things I don&#8217;t want to know. \u00a0I want to be able to take people at their face value and not have to read between the lines.<\/p>\n<p>When I attended college, I was not presented the challenge to deny my faith. \u00a0I may not have walked in it as I should, but I also do not believe I would have denied Him. \u00a0As we think and pray about our schools and colleges, I pray that we as parents are equipping our kids with the ability to defend their faith and their belief in our God. \u00a0It may rest on their ability to do that and for them to know why they believe. \u00a0Not just because mom and dad, or aunt or grandma goes to church. \u00a0Or, to say, &#8216;I believe because my family does.&#8217; \u00a0They have to make their relationship with God personal and real. \u00a0This can be helped along by\u00a0our prayers for our children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* \u00a0~ \u00a0* \u00a0~<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0\u2665\u00a0<\/span>~ <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u271e<\/span> \u00a0~\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2665\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<strong>~ \u00a0* \u00a0~ \u00a0*\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Father, thank You! \u00a0Thank You for the opportunity to share Your word and Your love with others. Thank You for the opportunity to defend our faith. Let us continue to grow in our confidence of Your Word. \u00a0Help us develop an ear to hear the Holy Spirit speaking, and the ability to be still and know more fully who You are. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let love explode and bring the dead to life A love so bold to see a revolution somehow Let love explode and bring the dead to life A love so bold to bring a revolution somehow Now I&#8217;m lost in your freedom, and this world I&#8217;ll overcome\u00a0 My God&#8217;s not dead; He&#8217;s surely alive He&#8217;s [&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":[1287,425,5951,5869,4932,1071],"class_list":["post-18801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gods-not-dead","tag-newsboys","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\/s39pHp-18801","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801","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=18801"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18803,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801\/revisions\/18803"}],"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=18801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}