{"id":19867,"date":"2014-05-26T00:15:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T04:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19867"},"modified":"2014-05-25T21:52:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T01:52:04","slug":"thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/26\/thankful\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankful"},"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;\">&#8216;Cause we&#8217;re all stillborn and dead in our transgressions<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now we&#8217;re shackled up to the sin we hold so dear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">So what part can I play in the work of redemption<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause I can&#8217;t refuse, I cannot add a thing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause I am just like Lazarus and I can hear Your voice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I stand and rub my eyes and walk to You because I have no choice<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So I am thankful that I&#8217;m incapable<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">But I&#8217;m doin&#8217; any good on my own<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">I say that I&#8217;m so thankful that I&#8217;m incapable<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Of doin&#8217; any good on my own<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s by grace I have been saved<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Through faith that&#8217;s not my own<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">It is the gift of God and not by works<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lest anyone should boast<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So I am thankful that I&#8217;m incapable<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">And I&#8217;m doin&#8217; any good on my own, yeah<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I say that I&#8217;m so thankful that I&#8217;m incapable<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">And I&#8217;m doin&#8217; any good on my own<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #444444; text-align: center;\"><em>Listen while you read!\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QLyB1s_M1Ig\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Written by\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Derek Webb, Alex Band, Aaron Kamm Kamin<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Performed by Caedmon&#8217;s Call<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves,<br \/>\nit is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.<br \/>\nEphesians 2:8-9<\/p>\n<p>Anytime I see or hear the above verse, I think of an old saying that my dad used to say to me as a child&#8230; \u201cThe road to heaven is not paved with good works.\u201d Only as I grew up and grew, hopefully, wiser did I start to understand what he meant. As a teenager I learned that to be \u201csaved\u201d you had to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior and confess with your mouth that you believed He died on the Cross for you. Yet, as anyone goes through life and accepts Christ, they learn that it is more than that\u2014it is having a personal relationship with Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jesus responded, \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you that you would see God\u2019s glory if you believe?\u201d So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, \u201cFather, thank you for hearing me. You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.\u201d \u00a0Then Jesus shouted,\u201cLazarus, come out!\u201d And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, \u201cUnwrap him and let him go!\u201d<br \/>\nJohn 11:40-44<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like Lazarus we are dead\u2014not physically but spiritually\u2014until we believe and confess that Jesus died on the Cross to defeat the sentence of death for our sin. Our spirits are asleep as long as we refuse to \u201cwake up\u201d and see the true teachings and miracles of Jesus. We are in a spiritual grave until Jesus calls to our hearts, and we answer. We come stumbling out of the tomb just as Lazarus did when Jesus gave him life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just like Lazarus, we are products of God\u2019s glory and work. We are created to worship God and bring Him glory in all that we do. We are incapable of doing His work without having Him in our hearts and at our sides. When we acknowledge that God is with us and that He died for us, we grow stronger, and unbelievers can see the work of God in us. Jesus unwraps us from the tangled web of sin and sets us free. We become capable when we have Jesus with us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for untangling me from the web of sin. Thank You for making me capable of showing the glory of God in my everyday life. \u00a0Thank You for making me capable. \u00a0In Jesus name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Cause we&#8217;re all stillborn and dead in our transgressions Now we&#8217;re shackled up to the sin we hold so dear So what part can I play in the work of redemption &#8216;Cause I can&#8217;t refuse, I cannot add a thing &#8216;Cause I am just like Lazarus and I can hear Your voice I stand 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":[6391,5901,1287,425,6392,6390,3211,4932],"class_list":["post-19867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-caedmons-call","tag-ephesians-28-9","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-im-thankful","tag-john-1140-44","tag-laura-pattillo","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","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-thankful","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867","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=19867"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19872,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867\/revisions\/19872"}],"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=19867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}