{"id":19600,"date":"2014-05-11T02:29:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T06:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19600"},"modified":"2014-05-11T02:24:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T06:24:28","slug":"hell-finish-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/11\/hell-finish-started\/","title":{"rendered":"(He&#8217;ll) Finish What He Started"},"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\" 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><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I don\u2019t have to know you\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">To know that you will go through\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Hard times\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It\u2019s just part of life\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Don\u2019t let that moment blind you<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Don\u2019t let it define you\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Take heart<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That\u2019s not who you are\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Our God is able<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">More than capable\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">To be faithful\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Until the end\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019ll finish what He started\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>No matter what you\u2019ve done\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Grace comes like a flood\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>There\u2019s hope to carry on\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He\u2019ll finish what He started\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>No matter what you face\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>His mercy will not change\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He\u2019s with you all the way\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He\u2019ll finish what He started\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Remember you\u2019re forgiven<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So there\u2019s no need to give in<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">To the lie\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That you\u2019re disqualified\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Our God is able<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">More than capable\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">To be faithful\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Until the end\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019ll finish what He started\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">No matter what you\u2019ve done\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Grace comes like a flood\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There\u2019s hope to carry on\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019ll finish what He started\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">No matter what you face\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">His mercy will not change\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s with you all the way\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019ll finish what He started\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">This work He started in you now<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019s faithful to complete it\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The promise was sealed when He cried out<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It is finished\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He\u2019ll finish what He started\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>No matter what you\u2019ve done\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Grace comes like a flood\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>There\u2019s hope to carry on\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He\u2019ll finish what He started\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>No matter what you face\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>His mercy will not change\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He\u2019s with you all the way\u00a0<\/em><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He\u2019ll finish what He started\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0Listen while you read! \u00a0~<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I7CqUNor6cM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0Singer\/Songwriter: Bart Millard; Performed with MercyMe \u00a0~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let&#8217;s pray first, ok?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dear Lord, how thankful to KNOW beyond a shadow of doubt that You will finish what You have started&#8230;in each of us!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lord, I pray for my sisters&#8212;Your darling daughters&#8212;asking that You build a confidence in each of their hearts so that they can sing out with me, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>No matter what &lt;I&gt; face&#8230;<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>His mercy will not change&#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He\u2019s with &lt;me&gt; all the way&#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He\u2019ll finish what He started!!!\u00a0<\/em><\/span>&#8221; \u00a0I pray, Father, that they will be able to recognize that Your mercy does cover&#8230;and that Your grace is enough&#8230;and that Your love for them never fails, is unconditional, never-ending, ever-present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Help them (me, too, Lord!) to remember that You are faithful and always bring to pass every promise of Your Word. \u00a0May they be made strong in Your strength while weak in their own. \u00a0I pray, from the bottom of my heart, thanking and praising You for all You are doing in them and for them and through them&#8230;as You finish what You started. \u00a0 Thank You, Lord&#8230;in Jesus&#8217; name I pray. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have my precious friend, Becky, to thank for this song. \u00a0(Ok, not for the actual song&#8230;but for our sharing this incredible song together!) \u00a0Thank you, Becky! \u00a0And, Becky\u2014He\u2019ll finish what He started in you&#8230;He promised! \u00a0<span style=\"text-align: center;\">Here\u2019s the promise:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And I am convinced and sure of this very thing,<br \/>\nthat He Who began a good work in you<br \/>\nwill continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return],<br \/>\ndeveloping [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.<br \/>\nPhilippians 1:6 AMP<\/p>\n<p>Does that not just thrill your heart?!!!? \u00a0Oh, it does mine, too! \u00a0And why? \u00a0Because it is all about HIM!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He began<\/li>\n<li>He will continue<\/li>\n<li>He will develop it<\/li>\n<li>He will bring it to full completion!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">What joy! \u00a0What confidence! \u00a0What inspiration! \u00a0What hope!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And I do SO love that God will <strong><em>continue<\/em><\/strong> it \u2018until the day of Jesus Christ\u2019\u2014until our Lord comes back to this earth in all His power and majesty and executes righteousness and judgment everywhere to everyone! \u00a0Then His work in us will be totally and completely finished!<\/p>\n<p>But equally I DO so love that all along&#8230;right now, and tomorrow, and next week, next month, next year, and right up \u2018til we are gathered together in Christ&#8230;He will be developing us, and perfecting us, and bringing us along! \u00a0This work that He will finish, He is performing that finishing right now! \u00a0Jesus fully understands what we are going through! \u00a0 But yet, in the throes of the temptations and feeling so weak, we can know that mercy and grace will be given to help us in our time of need as He develops and finishes His work in us!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For we do not have a High Priest 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