{"id":19158,"date":"2014-04-18T00:20:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T04:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19158"},"modified":"2014-04-17T23:02:40","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T03:02:40","slug":"lead-calvary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/18\/lead-calvary\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Me To Calvary"},"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><span style=\"color: #800080;\">King of my life, I crown Thou now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Thine shall the glory be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lest I forget Thy thorn crowned brow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lead me to Calvary<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lest I forget Gethsemane<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lest I forget Thine agony<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lest I forget Thy love for me<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lead me to Calvary<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Show me the tomb where Thou was laid<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Tenderly mourned and wept<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Angels in robes of light arrayed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Guarded Thee whilst Thou slept<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let me like Mary, through the gloom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Come with a gift to Thee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Show to me now the empty tomb<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lead me to Calvary<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">May I be willing, Lord, to bear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Daily my cross for Thee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Even Thy cup of grief to share<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Thou hast borne all for me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Fill me with Thy desire<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">For all who know not Thee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Then touch my lips with holy fire<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">to speak of Calvary<\/span><\/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\/JcPzkNGp_oo?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jennie E. Hussey\/WJ Kirkpatrick\/ Performed by Andrew&amp;Saskia Smith<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And as they led Him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian,<br \/>\ncoming out of the country, and on him they laid the Cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.<br \/>\nLuke 23:26<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As we near this time in the year that we celebrate Easter, it is easy to focus on other things as we get nearer to the Easter weekend. Many of us are busy with family traditions and other things, and it is so easy to forget what Easter is really all about\u2014just like we do at Christmas. Yet, Easter and Christmas are both about something different from the Easter Bunny and Santa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">During Easter, we celebrate the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. We celebrate Christ\u2019s defeat over sin and death. We celebrate His sacrifice so that we may live in eternity with God. Yet there is more to those three days than we often realize. In other people\u2019s actions, we can see hints of what is expected of us as Christians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When Christ was led to the Cross, the Roman soldiers pulled a man, Simon of Cyrene, from the crowd. The soldiers forced Simon to help Christ carry the Cross to Calvary. When you look at the verse above, notice the last phrase: \u201c&#8230;that he might bear it after Jesus.\u201d Now symbolism can take root here. As it is told to us and sung to us, when we accept Jesus, we are supposed to take up the Cross with Jesus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In a way, this is saying that as Christians we take up the Cross with Jesus upon our acceptance of Him into our hearts. Just as Jesus took up the Cross to bear the weight of our sin, we should bear the Cross as a reminder of why Jesus died for us. Our Cross will be the sufferings and sorrow we endure here on Earth. Our Cross will be the persecution we receive from those who do not follow Christ. We will bear the Cross with Jesus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">By bearing the Cross with Jesus, we will be blessed with eternal life in Heaven. We will be able to beat death just as Jesus has. One day Christ will return and resurrect His faithful followers to return with Him to Heaven where we will spend eternity. We worship our God every day, and there will be no suffering or pain. There will be great joy and happiness abound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your sacrifice on the Cross. Without that sacrifice, we would not be able to look forward to eternal life. We would not be able to defeat death. Thank You for Your love and Your presence in our lives. In Jesus name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King of my life, I crown Thou now Thine shall the glory be Lest I forget Thy thorn crowned brow Lead me to Calvary Lest I forget Gethsemane Lest I forget Thine agony Lest I forget Thy love for me Lead me to Calvary Show me the tomb where Thou was laid Tenderly mourned and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"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":[6122,179,1287,425,6123,3211,6121,6120,6125,4932,6126,6124],"class_list":["post-19158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-andrewsaskia-smith","tag-calvary","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-jennie-hussey","tag-laura-pattillo","tag-lead-me-to-calvary","tag-luke-2326","tag-never-forget-calvary","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-share-with-others","tag-wj-kirkpatrick","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-4Z0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19158","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\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19158"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19163,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19158\/revisions\/19163"}],"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=19158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}