{"id":21919,"date":"2014-09-21T00:15:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T04:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=21919"},"modified":"2014-09-20T23:44:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T03:44:45","slug":"come-david-crowder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/21\/come-david-crowder\/","title":{"rendered":"Come As You Are"},"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><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Come out of sadness from wherever you&#8217;ve been<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Come broken hearted let rescue begin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Come find your mercy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh sinner, come kneel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Earth has no sorrow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That Heaven can&#8217;t heal<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>So, lay down your burdens<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Lay down your shame<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> All who are broken<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Lift up your face<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Oh wanderer, come home<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> You&#8217;re not too far<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> So, lay down your hurt<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Lay down your heart<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Come as you are<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There&#8217;s hope for the hopeless<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And all those who&#8217;ve strayed<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Come sit at the table<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Come taste the grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There&#8217;s rest for the weary<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Rest that endures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Earth has no sorrow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That Heaven can&#8217;t cure<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Come as you are<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Fall in His arms<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Come as you are<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There&#8217;s joy for the morning<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh sinner, be still<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Earth has no sorrow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That Heaven can&#8217;t heal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PE6QXWFL6jY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Songwriters: David Crowder, Ben Glover, Matt Maher<br \/>\nPerformed by David Crowder and the Passion Band<\/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>How awesome is it that we can come into the Presence of the Creator of the universe, the King of Kings and we can just be who we are..? \u00a0We don&#8217;t have to get good enough or perfect enough, we can come as we are. \u00a0He knows us better than we know ourselves and He loves us in spite of us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>You&#8217;re not too far<\/em><\/span>&#8221; -You can never go too far that His arms can&#8217;t reach you! And He meets you there. Give all your cares and hurts to Him. He is able and willing to carry it all for you. Matthew 11:28 says,&#8221;Come to Me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.&#8221; \u00a0A rest that lasts a lifetime. \u00a0He never gets tired of rescuing us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Come sit at the table, come taste the grace<\/span><\/em>&#8221; &#8212; His grace is free. Where would we be without it? \u00a02 Corinthians 12:9 says, &#8220;But He said to me, &#8216;My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.&#8217; \u00a0Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ&#8217;s power may rest on me.&#8221; \u00a0See? There is rest for you at His feet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There&#8217;s joy for the morning<\/span><\/em>&#8221; Psalm 30: 5b,&#8221;Weeping may spend the night, but there is joy in the morning.&#8221; \u00a0Yes, this means that hard times won&#8217;t last forever and we will rejoice and be full of joy in the midst of the hard and know it&#8217;s a short time. \u00a0He never leaves us in that place for long. \u00a0And He is hope! \u00a0For He has a beautiful life planned for you. \u00a0Trust Him!<\/p>\n<p>And the end of the song? &#8220;<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Earth has no sorrow t<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">hat Heaven can&#8217;t cure.&#8221;<\/span> <\/em>So true, Heaven can heal any sorrow on earth! So today, we praise Him because we are His and He receives us&#8230; just as we are.<\/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><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Let us pray<\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0Dear Lord, how amazing You are that You accept us and love us for who we are. You know our faults and You give us mercy and grace when we stray. You never give up on us, Lord. \u00a0You know our hearts, and You welcome us and meet us where we are in life. Thank You for the joy that comes after the sorrow and for the rest You give us when life gets hard. We love You, In Jesus name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come out of sadness from wherever you&#8217;ve been Come broken hearted let rescue begin Come find your mercy Oh sinner, come kneel Earth has no sorrow That Heaven can&#8217;t heal So, lay down your burdens Lay down your shame All who are broken Lift up your face Oh wanderer, come home You&#8217;re not too far [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"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":[4937,1],"tags":[7374,7371,7372,425,589,7373,6414,938],"class_list":["post-21919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","category-uncategorized","tag-2-corinthians-129-psalm-305","tag-come-as-you-are","tag-crowder","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-kim-spring","tag-matthew-2811","tag-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs-2","tag-scripture","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-5Hx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21919","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21919"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21930,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21919\/revisions\/21930"}],"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=21919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}