{"id":22792,"date":"2014-11-13T00:15:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T05:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22792"},"modified":"2014-11-12T23:11:18","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T04:11:18","slug":"thank-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/13\/thank-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You"},"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;\">Just a little while longer I wanna pray<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Can&#8217;t get You off my mind so I came to say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Thank You, Lord, just for loving me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Many times I do forget<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Every need that You have met<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oh thank You, Lord, I know You&#8217;re showing me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are there when I am down and out, You&#8217;re holding me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Your love is so amazing, oh it changed me<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Here I am with all I have<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Raise my hands to worship You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna say thank You, oh thank You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">For everything, for who You are<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You cover me and touch my heart<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna say thank You<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I could have died in my sin but You saved me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Didn&#8217;t have any hope at all<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You gave me peace divine, strength to carry on, alright<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I should have been the one to pay<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But instead You took my place<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Amazing grace, it&#8217;s more than just a song<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Even though I don&#8217;t deserve Your love for me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You look beyond my fault and You showed me mercy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Here I am with all I have<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Raise my hands to worship You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna say thank You, oh thank You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">For everything, for who You are<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You cover me and touch my heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna say thank You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna say thank You for the sun<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lord, we thank You for the rain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oh Lord, I love You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Thank You that&#8217;s all that I can say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Thank You for the love You gave<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ht4cT15Bl4I?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Singer\/Songwriters: Joe Katina, John Katina, Sam Katina and Todd Collins<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt about God&#8217;s love&#8230;we are fully aware that there is oh-so-very-much we have received from our Father God for which the only response is a wholehearted \u2018<strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">thank You<\/span><\/em><\/strong>!\u2019 \u00a0Sometimes do you find yourself, like me, saying, \u201c<strong>Oh Lord, I love You&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\">thank You<\/span>&#8230;that&#8217;s all that I can say!<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All that we have received and will receive from Almighty God is due to His love. Because of His unconditional, faithful, steadfast love<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>we have eternal life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,<br \/>\nthat whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.<br \/>\nJohn 3:16<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>nothing can separate us from His love<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.<br \/>\nFor I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers,<br \/>\nnor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth,<br \/>\nnor anything else in all creation,<br \/>\nwill be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.<br \/>\nRomans 8:37-39<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>we have been saved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us,<br \/>\neven when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ<br \/>\n\u2014 by grace you have been saved&#8230;.<br \/>\nEphesians 2:4-5<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christ died for us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.<br \/>\nRomans 5:8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His love brings us peace and quietness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The LORD your God is in your midst, a Mighty One who will save;<br \/>\nHe will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by His love;<br \/>\nHe will exult over you with loud singing.<br \/>\nZephaniah 3:17<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He cares for you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time<br \/>\nHe may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.<br \/>\n1 Peter 5:6 and 7<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His love is steadfast and faithful<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger,<br \/>\nand abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.<br \/>\nPsalm 86:15<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>we have the ability to love<em> because<\/em> of His love<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We love because He first loved us.<br \/>\n1 John 4:19<span style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wow! \u00a0Quite an array of wonderful blessings are ours simply because God loves us! So, what should be our response to this awesome love? What do we have to give that could even begin to show how the gratitude that fills our hearts and how thankful we are? The Katina brothers offer a good suggestion in the chorus of this song&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Here I am with all I have,\u00a0Raise my hands to worship You,\u00a0I wanna say thank You<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes&#8230;worship and offering of thanks by praising God! \u00a0Throughout the Scriptures, other men (such as David and Paul) who loved God also expressed their thankfulness for His incredible love through praise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">By Him &lt;Jesus&gt; therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually,<br \/>\nthat is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.<br \/>\nHebrews 13:15<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness:<br \/>\nand will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.<br \/>\nPsalm 7:17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will give thanks to You, Lord, with all my heart;<br \/>\nI will tell of all Your wonderful deeds.<br \/>\nI will be glad and rejoice in You;<br \/>\nI will sing the praises of Your name, O Most High.<br \/>\nPsalm 9:2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u266a \u266c \u266a <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0Oh Lord, I love You\u00a0<\/span> \u266a \u266c \u266a <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Thank You that&#8217;s all that I can say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \u266a \u266c \u266a \u00a0T<span style=\"color: #800080;\">hank You for the love You gave<\/span>\u00a0 \u266a \u266c \u266a<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As David prayed and worshipped along with the Israelites thanking Almighty God for His provision, may our prayer of gratitude and praise be the same:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty<br \/>\nand the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is Yours.<br \/>\nYours, Lord, is the kingdom; You are exalted as Head over all.<br \/>\nWealth and honor come from You; You are the Ruler of all things.<br \/>\nIn Your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.<br \/>\nNow, our God, we give You thanks, and praise Your glorious name.<br \/>\n2 Chronicles 29:11-13<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a little while longer I wanna pray Can&#8217;t get You off my mind so I came to say Thank You, Lord, just for loving me Many times I do forget Every need that You have met Oh thank You, Lord, I know You&#8217;re showing me You are there when I am down and out, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[46,7108,235,1287,425,566,4932,5908,7760,7759,5587,7758,7757],"class_list":["post-22792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-john-419","tag-1-peter-56-7","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-john-316","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-romans-58","tag-sacrifice-of-praise","tag-show-gratitude-through-praise","tag-thank-you","tag-thanks-for-gods-love","tag-the-katinas","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-5VC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22792","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22792"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22803,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22792\/revisions\/22803"}],"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=22792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}