{"id":19967,"date":"2014-06-01T00:15:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T04:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=19967"},"modified":"2014-06-01T07:57:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T11:57:50","slug":"still-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/01\/still-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"I Still Believe"},"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;\">scattered words and empty thoughts<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> seem to pour from my heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;ve never felt so torn before<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> seems I don&#8217;t know where to start<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> but it&#8217;s now that I feel Your grace fall like rain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> from every fingertip, washing away my pain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I still believe in Your faithfulness<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I still believe in Your truth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I still believe in Your holy word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> even when I don&#8217;t see&#8230;I still believe<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">though the questions still fog up my mind<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> with promises I still seem to bear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> even when answers slowly unwind<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> it&#8217;s my heart I see You prepare<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> but its now that I feel Your grace fall like rain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> from every finger tip, washing away my pain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">the only place I can go is into Your arms<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> where I throw to You my feeble prayers<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> in brokenness I can see that this was Your will for me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> help me to know You are near<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8217;cause I still believe&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #444444; text-align: center;\">~ Sing this song with me as part of your prayer and worship today ~<\/h4>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5FMmxKM5Wj0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer \/ Songwriter: Jeremy Camp<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Camp sings, \u201c&#8230;\u2018cause even when I don&#8217;t see, I still believe.\u201d \u00a0How about you? \u00a0It can be a struggle sometimes, agreed? \u00a0But our believing is not now, has never been, and not ever will be, based on what we can \u2018see.\u2019 \u00a0Our believing is based on the One Whom we believe\u2014the Great I AM\u2014and on Him alone.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;for we walk by faith, not by sight<br \/>\n2 Corinthians 5:7<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There is no doubt that our God wants us to believe Him with all of our heart and trust that everything He has promised will come to pass&#8230;amen? \u00a0He has given us, through His power and outlined in the Scriptures, \u2018all things that pertain to life and godliness\u2019 so that we can know Him and His promises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and excellence, by which He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.<br \/>\n2 Peter 1:3 and 4<\/p>\n<p>Our knowledge \u00a0of the Scriptures is\u00a0constantly growing as we faithfully read and study them. \u00a0Based on all that we learn about our Great God, His Will, and His desires for His people, we can take a firm stand on His promises believing Him and knowing by faith that they will come to pass.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What are some of the things that we are to believe?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He hears our prayers<\/li>\n<li>He heals our bodies<\/li>\n<li>He comforts our hearts<\/li>\n<li>He never leaves nor forsakes us<\/li>\n<li>He watches over us<\/li>\n<li>He guards us<\/li>\n<li>He prepares a path for us to walk<\/li>\n<li>He lovingly reproves and corrects us<\/li>\n<li>And&#8230;His faithfulness, His truth, His Holy Word<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>I still believe in Your <strong>faithfulness<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For the word of the Lord is right and true;<br \/>\nHe is faithful in all He does.<br \/>\nPsalm 33:4<\/p>\n<p><em>I still believe in Your <strong>trut<\/strong><strong>h<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him,<br \/>\n\u201cIf you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;<br \/>\nand you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.<br \/>\nJohn 8:31-32<\/p>\n<p><em>I still believe in Your <strong>Holy Word<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to My sayings.<br \/>\nLet them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart.<br \/>\nFor they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh.<br \/>\nProverbs 4:20-22<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201c&#8230;Even when I don&#8217;t see, I still believe!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">things not seen.<\/span><br \/>\nHebrews 11:1<\/p>\n<p>As you (and I) make this our confession, we are trusting (as did Paul, our brother) the One who is Faithful and True.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He has saved us and called us to a holy life\u2014<br \/>\nnot because of anything we have done<br \/>\nbut because of His own purpose and grace.<br \/>\nThis grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,<br \/>\nbut it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior,<br \/>\nChrist Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life<br \/>\nand immortality to light through the gospel.<br \/>\nAnd of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.<br \/>\nThat is why I am suffering as I am.<br \/>\nYet this is no cause for shame,<br \/>\nbecause I know Whom I have believed,<br \/>\nand am convinced that He is able to guard<br \/>\nwhat I have entrusted to Him until that day.<br \/>\n2 Timothy 1:9-12<\/p>\n<p>Friend, make this your own confession&#8230;. \u00a0May I suggest that you write it down, place it in your Bible&#8230;write it on your dresser mirror&#8230;write it on your palm&#8230;write it on your heart! \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2665<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I still believe<\/em><\/span> in Your faithfulness<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I still believe<\/span><\/em> in Your truth<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I still believe<\/em> <\/span>in Your Holy Word<br \/>\nEven when I don&#8217;t see, <strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I still believe<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>scattered words and empty thoughts seem to pour from my heart I&#8217;ve never felt so torn before seems I don&#8217;t know where to start but it&#8217;s now that I feel Your grace fall like rain from every fingertip, washing away my pain I still believe in Your faithfulness I still believe in Your truth I 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