{"id":19713,"date":"2014-05-17T00:15:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T04:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19713"},"modified":"2014-05-16T22:02:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T02:02:07","slug":"19713","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/17\/19713\/","title":{"rendered":"You Won&#8217;t Let Go"},"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;\">No shadow comes without the light making a way<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">No raging storm can ever defy one word of faith<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">My heart remains sure in the wind, sure in the waves<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are the anchor for my soul<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">No matter what may come I know<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">No valley low, changes the truth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">So I&#8217;m not afraid<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You hold me close<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You lead me through and light up the way<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are the anchor for my soul<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">No matter what may come I know<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Neither life, neither death,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">The highest high, the deepest depth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nothing can<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nothing can separate<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Neither tears, neither trials<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Certain as the sun will rise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nothing can <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nothing can separate<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are the anchor for my soul<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">No matter what may come I know<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You won&#8217;t let go<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My heart remains sure in the wind, sure in the waves, always<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #444444; text-align: center;\">~ Sing this song with me as our prayer and worship today. ~<\/h4>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MRb_NIQTzyA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Written by Michael W. Smith, Seth Mosely, and Mia Fieldes<br \/>\nSung by Michael W. Smith<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If God is for us, who can be against us?<br \/>\nRomans 8:31 NIV<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend I had the most incredible experience.\u00a0 Michael W. Smith led worship at my church, and as a member of our church choir, was able to accompany him as he led.\u00a0 He (and we) sang several songs from his new CD, <em>Sovereign<\/em>, and each touched my heart and ministered to me in a very special way. \u00a0The first song we sang was this one: \u201cYou Won\u2019t Let Go.\u201d \u00a0What an incredible message and great reminder!\u00a0 You know, we go through many trials and tribulations in life. Good times and bad.\u00a0 I\u2019ve said this before and I will say it again \u2013 God is good, <em>all the time<\/em>! Our circumstances don\u2019t change the truth of who God is. \u00a0He is constant. \u00a0He is steadfast. \u00a0He is faithful.\u00a0 He is able. \u00a0He is still the pillar of fire in our dark times and the pillar of cloud during the day.\u00a0 He is our rock, our anchor!\u00a0 And He loves us relentlessly.<\/p>\n<p>I love the Book of Romans.\u00a0 It was written by Paul to the Gentiles (Gentile meaning anyone who is not a Jew) in Rome.\u00a0 So much encouragement in this book!\u00a0 In chapter 8, verses 35-39, Paul writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?<br \/>\nShall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?<br \/>\nAs it is written: \u2018For your sake we face death all day long;<br \/>\nwe are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.\u2019<br \/>\nNo, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.<br \/>\nFor I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,<br \/>\nneither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth,<br \/>\nnor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us<br \/>\nfrom the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t that AMAZING??\u00a0 It says there is NOTHING that shall separate us from the love of Christ.\u00a0 <em><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">NOTHING<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 That means that there is not anything that you can do that will keep Christ from loving you.\u00a0\u00a0 Does that mean He\u2019ll approve of everything you do?\u00a0 Of course not. \u00a0Does that mean that there might still be consequences for your actions?\u00a0 Yes, it does. \u00a0But will He still love you?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 So through the trials you face, the doubts you have, the times you question His path for you \u2013 He still loves you.\u00a0 When you are angry with Him \u2013 He still loves you.\u00a0 When you don\u2019t act like the child of God that you should \u2013 guess what? \u00a0He STILL loves you! \u00a0And you know what else?\u00a0 Those things that you\u2019ll do in the future that will break God\u2019s heart?\u00a0 He will love you with an unfailing love even then. \u00a0\u00a0What a wonderful gift!<\/p>\n<p>So whatever you are facing right now \u2013 hardship, trial, stressful situation \u2013 know that your God is unchanging. \u00a0So you can place all of your faith in the One Who cares so deeply for you!\u00a0 And He\u2019s never letting go.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you, Lord!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No shadow comes without the light making a way No raging storm can ever defy one word of faith My heart remains sure in the wind, sure in the waves You are the anchor for my soul You won&#8217;t let go You won&#8217;t let go No matter what may come I know You won&#8217;t let [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"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":[6333,207,1287,425,620,1402,4932,3474,1773,5566,6332,6331],"class_list":["post-19713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-anchor","tag-christ","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-love","tag-michael-w-smith","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-robin-caddell","tag-romans-831","tag-romans-835-39","tag-sovereign","tag-you-wont-let-go","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-19713","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19713","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\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19713"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19715,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19713\/revisions\/19715"}],"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=19713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}