{"id":20026,"date":"2014-06-05T00:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T04:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=20026"},"modified":"2014-06-05T00:38:41","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T04:38:41","slug":"set-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/05\/set-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Me Free"},"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;\">It hasn&#8217;t always been this way<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I remember brighter days<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Before the dark ones came<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Stole my mind<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Wrapped my soul in chains<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now I live among the dead<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Fighting voices in my head<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Hoping someone hears me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Crying in the night<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And carries me away<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Set me free of the chains holding me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Is anybody out there hearing me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Set me free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Morning breaks another day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Finds me crying in the rain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All alone with my demons I am<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Who is this man<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That comes my way<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The dark ones shriek<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> They scream His name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Is this the One they say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Will set the captives free<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Jesus, rescue me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">As the God man passes by<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He looks straight<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Through my eyes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And darkness cannot hide<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Do you want to be free<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Lift your chains<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I hold the key<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All power on Heav&#8217;n and Earth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Belong to me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are free, you are free, you are fre<\/span>e<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2HwtWLokSc?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the bog and the mire.<br \/>\nHe set my feet on a hard, firm path and steadied me as I walked along.<br \/>\nHe has given me a new song to sing praises to our God.<br \/>\nNow many will hear of the wondrous things He\u2019s done for me<br \/>\nand stand in awe before the Lord and put their trust in Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Psalms 40: 2, 3<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Praise the Lord for ALL that He endured with you and me in mind! Praise Him for the Freedom that we have in Him!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The following article by Beth Moore is a great illustration on steps you can actively take on receiving Freedom in Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128); \"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Beth Moore: Break Through 5 Obstacles to Freedom in Christ<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Speaker and Author Beth Moore exposes the 5 barriers that keep you from Freedom in Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201c&#8230;When I was 18 years old, I surrendered to God\u2019s call to vocational ministry. But I really had no idea what I was surrendering to. Some years later, God gave me a mandate: \u201cI sent My Son to set the captives free. You will go forth and ring the liberty bell.\u201d This mandate sounded evangelistic to me, and I was certain my calling was in the area of discipleship. I shake my head and marvel now when I recall that I once thought the only people who were captives were the spiritually lost! But if anyone had told me then that Christians can be in bondage, I would have argued with all the volume a person can muster\u2014when a yoke of slavery is strangling her neck! I was the worst kind of captive: a prisoner unaware. In fact, I had no idea I was in captivity until God began to set me free. Perhaps you\u2019re also unconvinced that Christians can live in bondage. Don\u2019t take my word for it; take God\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(The full article can be read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charismamag.com\/life\/women\/8377-break-through-5-obstacles-to-freedom-in-Christ\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Charismamag.com)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Heavenly Father, thank You for setting me free from the chains that once held me. \u00a0 Thank You that as Jesus passed my way the darkness could no longer hide and keep me in the bondage that once held me. \u00a0Thank You, Jesus, You have set me free! \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, AMEN!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It hasn&#8217;t always been this way I remember brighter days Before the dark ones came Stole my mind Wrapped my soul in chains Now I live among the dead Fighting voices in my head Hoping someone hears me Crying in the night And carries me away Set me free of the chains holding me Is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"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":[138,2645,6459,1287,425,6461,6462,4654,6460,4932,6463],"class_list":["post-20026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-beth-moore","tag-casting-crowns","tag-charisma-magazine","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-jesus-has-set-us-free","tag-jesus-released-us-from-bondage","tag-kim-golds","tag-psalms-402-3","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-set-me-free","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5d0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20026","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\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20026"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20034,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20026\/revisions\/20034"}],"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=20026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}