{"id":18880,"date":"2014-04-04T00:15:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T04:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=18880"},"modified":"2014-04-03T22:45:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T02:45:24","slug":"cross-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/04\/cross-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cross Is My Confession"},"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<p>The Cross is my confession<br \/>\nApproach my soul, the Mercy Seat<br \/>\nWhere Jesus answers prayer<br \/>\nFor none can perish there<br \/>\nYour promise is my only plea<br \/>\nYou gather broken souls<br \/>\nOh, Healer, draw me close<br \/>\nBowed down beneath a weight of sin<br \/>\nBy war without and fears within<\/p>\n<p>Oh, the Cross<br \/>\nOh, the Cross<br \/>\nThe Cross is my confession<br \/>\nYour Cross, Jesus<\/p>\n<p>You are my Shield<br \/>\nAnd now In Christ<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll face my every foe<br \/>\nAnd tell them they have died<br \/>\nOh, wondrous Love<br \/>\nEternal Life<br \/>\nAs we all plead Your name<br \/>\nAll sinners such as I<br \/>\nBy grace received my soul be still<br \/>\nYour work in me both power and will<\/p>\n<p>Oh, the Cross<br \/>\nOh, the Cross<br \/>\nThe Cross is my confession<br \/>\nOh&#8230;Your Cross<\/p>\n<p>For I believe in God the Father<br \/>\nAnd in His Son there is no other<br \/>\nHis very life living inside<\/p>\n<p>This I confess my righteousness<br \/>\nHis very life living inside<br \/>\nJesus, Your Cross<br \/>\nYour Cross<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0Sing this song with me as our prayer and worship today. \u00a0~<\/h4>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/II0lIB2AlUY?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>* \u00a0~ \u00a0* \u00a0~<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u271e\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>~ \u00a0* \u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Are you a prayer warrior? \u00a0Do you know that prayer paves the way for the answers that you so desire? \u00a0Look back to the times of Moses&#8230;he and Caleb and Joshua learned that giants are best slain by a conversation with God before the battle. \u00a0They asked and they praised Him and they listened to His voice. \u00a0He answered their prayers! \u00a0What are the giants that they faced? \u00a0Probably similar to the ones we face today. \u00a0Difficulty, discouragement, and detours sometimes caused by our own lack of confidence or our own pride. \u00a0Or the biggest one&#8212;fear.<\/p>\n<p>Prayer is more than just believing in God. \u00a0It&#8217;s believing that He is hearing you and He is answering you, whether you actually see it or not. We approach His Throne, or Mercy Seat, sometimes on our knees and other times just exactly where we are. \u00a0Sometimes we are confessing our sins, asking His mercy and grace to give us peace. \u00a0Other times we are in need of something&#8230;like a new job, financial freedom, healing from a disease, or whatever we need at the time. \u00a0He promises to always listen. \u00a0He hears every prayer. \u00a0And He takes away our fears and replaces it with courage in Him.<\/p>\n<p>He is our Shield. \u00a0We are always protected under His mighty arms. \u00a0We can face anything this world has to throw at us as long as we arm ourselves with His Word&#8212; our Shield and Sword. \u00a0He wants the best for you, His child. \u00a0No matter what we have gotten ourselves into, no matter how low we have gone, or how far we have moved away from Him, we can never go so far that He can&#8217;t reach us. \u00a0He is our Beloved, our Eternal Love. \u00a0He gave His son in our place, so we can live forever.<\/p>\n<p>At the Cross, we can go and find rest. We can find forgiveness for our sins and we can leave our brokenness at the foot of the Cross and walk away free. \u00a0Do you want that freedom? \u00a0Do you know how to have it? \u00a0Just ask Him. \u00a0Tell Him you need Him and He will meet you right where you are. \u00a0He loves you and is waiting&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>* \u00a0~ \u00a0* \u00a0~<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>~ \u00a0\u2665\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>~ \u00a0* \u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0*\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Let us pray<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0Dearest Lord, we praise You for Who You are. \u00a0We thank You for letting us come before You and praise Your name. \u00a0You are the Authority over all. \u00a0You are patient, kind, and loving. \u00a0You give grace and mercy, You fill us with peace and joy. \u00a0Thank You for being our Shield, our Deliverer. \u00a0You answer our prayers, and we trust You. \u00a0For sending Your Son, we are ever grateful. \u00a0We believe in You, we believe in Your Son, we believe in the Cross. We will try to live out our confessions and be a witness to all around us. \u00a0Thank You for prayer&#8230;for listening&#8230;for saving us from ourselves. \u00a0It&#8217;s in Jesus&#8217; name we pray, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cross is my confession Approach my soul, the Mercy Seat Where Jesus answers prayer For none can perish there Your promise is my only plea You gather broken souls Oh, Healer, draw me close Bowed down beneath a weight of sin By war without and fears within Oh, the Cross Oh, the Cross The [&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":[10,1287,425,1384,589,620,5979,4932,5980,5978,5981],"class_list":["post-18880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-forgiveness","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-kari-jobe","tag-kim-spring","tag-love","tag-prayer-and-answers","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-the-cross","tag-the-cross-is-my-confession","tag-what-god-is-to-us","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-4Uw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18880","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=18880"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18888,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18880\/revisions\/18888"}],"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=18880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}