{"id":19483,"date":"2014-05-09T00:15:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T04:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19483"},"modified":"2014-05-08T18:12:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T22:12:30","slug":"give-words-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/09\/give-words-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Me Words to Speak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" 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><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Calloused and bruised\/ dazed and confused<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My Spirit is left wanting something more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Than my selfish hopes\/ and my selfish dreams<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m lying with my face down to the floor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m crying out for more<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Give me words to speak<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Don&#8217;t let my spirit sleep<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause I can&#8217;t think of anything worth saying<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But I know that I owe You my life<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So give me words to speak<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Don&#8217;t let my spirit sleep<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Every night, every day\/ I find that I have nothing left to say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So I stand here in silence awaiting Your guidance<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m wanting only Your voice to be heard<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let them be Your Words<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I just don&#8217;t understand this life that I&#8217;ve been living<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I just don&#8217;t understand\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I just don&#8217;t understand these lies I&#8217;ve been believing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I just don&#8217;t understand\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #444444; 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\/6b1Cb_2Ls1E\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer\/ Songwriter:\u00a0Aaron Shust<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Haven&#8217;t we all been there&#8230;that place where we have come to a crossroad? \u00a0We have to decide whether we are going to follow God or suppress the Holy Spirit within us. \u00a0When we do walk against the teachings of God we can find refuge in Him when we repent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Above all else, <em>guard your he<\/em>art, for it is the wellspring of life.<br \/>\nProverbs 4:23<\/p>\n<p>What does the phrase &#8216;<em>guard your heart<\/em>&#8216; mean to you? \u00a0Does this promote an image of someone in armour welding a sword or perhaps putting a wall around your heart? \u00a0In the song Aaron says &#8220;I just don&#8217;t understand these lies I&#8217;ve been believing&#8221;&#8230;and I thought of David and Bathsheba \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=%202%20samuel%2011-12&amp;version=NASB;NIV\" target=\"_blank\">(2 Samuel 11-12<\/a>). \u00a0David had decided to stay home while his troops were away at war. One evening, looking off his rooftop, he spied a woman bathing. \u00a0Instead of <em>guarding his hea<\/em>rt he let it be filled with lust and then thoughts of adultery.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure,in his mind, he thought he would not get caught. Tthen when Bathsheba sent word she was pregnant, his thoughts turned to lying to cover up what had occurred. \u00a0David sent for her husband in hopes that Uriah would sleep with his wife. \u00a0When Uriah arrived, David sent him to be\u00a0with his wife. \u00a0Uriah would not lie with her, instead sleeping in the doorway of his home. \u00a0When David realized his plan was not working he decided to rid himself of\u00a0being found in adultery. \u00a0So he sent Uriah back to fight, with orders to the commander to put him at the front of the fighting and to remove themselves from\u00a0Uriah so he would be killed. \u00a0There are several times here that King David could have listened to the Holy Spirit, but chose instead to ignore Him.<\/p>\n<p>Our God is one who allows freewill. Once David took Bathsheba\u00a0into his home, after the mourning period, he married her. Then she gave birth to their son. At this time, Nathan was the prophet. God sent Nathan to David with a story about two men, one rich, one poor. The story, as it unfolded, enraged David. Then Nathan told David that <em><strong>he<\/strong> <\/em>was the rich man. \u00a0David was shocked. \u00a0He humbled himself and God was merciful to him, but\u00a0God would take the life of the child and bring conflict within\u00a0David&#8217;s family. \u00a0David did not become haughty and deny what he had done. \u00a0David was assured\u00a0that his God is merciful and would not destroy him.<\/p>\n<p>If David could be forgiven of what he had done&#8230;then how much more can we be forgiven if we only humble ourselves and seek God&#8217;s face! \u00a0We have the Scriptures to help us through the troubles that come against us. By <em>guarding our hearts<\/em> and thoughts, taking each thought captive, identifying it and naming what it is, we can become stronger and assist others who have similar circumstances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Father, we thank You for Your redemption. \u00a0We stand before You wanting to feel Your loving arms around us. \u00a0You are awesome in power and magnificence. Thank You for the history of our heritage. \u00a0Thank You for adopting us into Your family. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calloused and bruised\/ dazed and confused My Spirit is left wanting something more Than my selfish hopes\/ and my selfish dreams I&#8217;m lying with my face down to the floor I&#8217;m crying out for more Give me words to speak Don&#8217;t let my spirit sleep &#8216;Cause I can&#8217;t think of anything worth saying But I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":19582,"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":[6269,1287,425,6270,827,4932,1071],"class_list":["post-19483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-2-samuel-11-and-12","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-prophet-nathan","tag-proverbs-423","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-tina-marin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/give-me-words-to-speak.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-54f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19483","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=19483"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19570,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19483\/revisions\/19570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}