{"id":21832,"date":"2014-09-17T00:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T04:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=21832"},"modified":"2014-09-17T00:30:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T04:30:08","slug":"fix-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/17\/fix-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix My Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Hit rewind<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Click delete<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Stand face to face with the younger me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All of the mistakes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All of the heartbreak<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;d do differently<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;d love like I&#8217;m not scared<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Give when it&#8217;s not fair<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Live life for another<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Take time for a brother<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Fight for the weak ones<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Speak out for freedom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Find faith in the battle<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Stand tall but above it all<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Fix my eyes on You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I learned the lines and talked the talk<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But the road less traveled is hard to walk\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It takes a soldier<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Who knows his orders<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To walk the walk I&#8217;m supposed to walk<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The things of Earth are dimming<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In the light of Your glory and grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;ll set my sights upon Heaven<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m fixing my eyes on You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m fixing my eyes on You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m fixing my eyes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NM-Bf9gE0gw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer \/ Songwriters: For King and Country (Luke and Joel Smallbone)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ * <\/span><\/p>\n<p>When I fix my eyes on Jesus, through His strength, I can do ALL the things He asks me to do. God ways are not our ways. What doesn\u2019t make sense to us doesn\u2019t have to&#8230;as God always has a higher purpose for what He calls us to do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cMy thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,\u201d says the LORD.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.\u201d<br \/>\nIsaiah 55:8 NLT<\/p>\n<p>For God to do the unimaginable in our lives we must be willing to keep our eyes focused on Him and not be trying to figure things out by our own strength.. He must have full reign over our lives\u2026 More of Him and less of Me..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He must become greater; I must become less.<br \/>\nJohn 3:30 NIV<\/p>\n<p>I love this passage in the Bible where Jesus prays for Simon that his faith would not fail him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail.<br \/>\nLuke 22:32a NLT<\/p>\n<p>Our faith is what gives God the ability to work in our lives. You either trust or you don\u2019t\u2014it is as simple as that! What unimaginable are you believing for in your life?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us,<br \/>\nto accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.<br \/>\nEphesians 3:20 NLT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * ~ \u2665 ~ \u271e ~ \u2665 ~ * <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Heavenly Father, thank You that we can do ALL that You ask us to do by Your strength and power that is at work in us at all times. All we have to do is tap into it\u2026 May our faith in You not fail us and please forgive us when it does. 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