{"id":20514,"date":"2014-07-03T00:15:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T04:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=20514"},"modified":"2014-07-02T23:42:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T03:42:07","slug":"thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/03\/thrive\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrive"},"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;\">Here in this worn and weary land<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Where many a dream has died<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Like a tree planted by the water<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We never will run dry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So living water flowing through<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> God, we thirst for more of You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Fill our hearts and flood our souls<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> With one desire<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just to know You and to make You known<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We lift Your Name on High<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Shine like the sun, may darkness run and hide<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We know we were made for so much more<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Than ordinary lives<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s time for us to more than just survive<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We were made to thrive<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Into Your Word we&#8217;re digging deep<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To know our Father&#8217;s heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Into the world we&#8217;re reaching out<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To show them who You are<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So living water flowing through<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> God, we thirst for more of You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Fill our hearts and flood our souls<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> With one desire<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Joy unspeakable<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Faith unsinkable<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Love unstoppable<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Anything is possible<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">We were made to thrive<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qQ71RWJhS_M?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center>Songwriters: Mark Hall and Matthew West<br \/>\nPerformed by Casting Crowns<\/center><center><\/center><center><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span>\u00a0<\/center><center><\/center><center>We were made to SHINE and THRIVE in this world<br \/>\nWe were made to stand out in a very lost and lonely world\u2026<\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I LOVE this quote by Joyce Meyer:<br \/>\nWhat does it mean to be more than a conqueror\u2014You already know you&#8217;ve got the victory before you ever get the problem.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>AMEN!!! We are victorious in every situation because of HIM!! \u00a0We weren\u2019t made to JUST survive&#8230;we were made to THRIVE!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water.<br \/>\nSuch trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought.<br \/>\nTheir leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.<br \/>\nJeremiah 17:8 ESV<\/p>\n<p>Like a tree living by the water, we will NEVER run dry!!! What a promise!!! Can I get and AMEN!!! If that doesn\u2019t give you some encouragement and hope&#8230;I don\u2019t know what will! That is SO our God!!!<\/p>\n<p>Because of Him we can have joy unspeakable!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Without having seen Him, you love Him;<br \/>\nthough you do not [even] now see Him,<br \/>\nyou believe in Him and exult and thrill<br \/>\nwith inexpressible and glorious (triumphant, heavenly) joy.<br \/>\n1 Peter 1:8 AMP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh Heavenly Father, thank You for this awesome word&#8230;that we can have joy unspeakable and that we will NEVER run dry in this worn and weary land..Into your Word we are digging deep! May we show the world just Who You are by the lives that we lead. May We thirst more and more for you!!! 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