{"id":22807,"date":"2014-11-14T00:15:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T05:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22807"},"modified":"2014-11-13T19:48:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T00:48:23","slug":"made-glad-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/14\/made-glad-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Made Me Glad"},"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;\">I will bless the Lord forever<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And I will trust Him at all times<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He has delivered me from all fear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And He has set my feet upon a rock<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will not be moved, and I&#8217;ll say of the Lord<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You are my Shield, my Strength, my Portion<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Deliverer, my Shelter, Strong Tower<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My very present Help in time of need<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Whom have I in Heaven but You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There&#8217;s none I desire beside You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oCmBTV08ylc?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Songwriter ~ Miriam Webster \/ Performed by Darlene Zschech and Hillsong United<\/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>Do you practice blessing the Lord on a daily basis&#8230;or only when things are going well in your life? \u00a0God calls us to count our blessings on a daily basis. \u00a0There is ALWAYS something to be thankful for!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God&#8217;s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.<br \/>\n1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT<\/p>\n<p>This does not mean that we are happy all the time or would choose our current circumstances. \u00a0When you are in the fire and walking through extremely difficult circumstances, it can be harder to look for the things in which to be thankful. However, God is always faithful in our circumstances when we choose to be thankful and look to Him and what He is doing in our lives.<\/p>\n<p>When I focus on the yuck in my life, it doesn\u2019t help me. \u00a0But when I focus on God and the blessings that are there in disguise, my perspective changes and I begin to see the things that He is doing. \u00a0I would much rather focus on what God is doing in my life than what the enemy is doing. \u00a0Then I can watch this promise unfold in my life.\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And we know that all things work together for good<br \/>\nto those who love God<br \/>\nto those who are the called according to His purpose.<br \/>\nRomans 8:28 KJV<\/p>\n<p>I love the wording in this Scripture! \u00a0The first part, \u2018And we know&#8230;,\u2019 means we must know and believe that God will work whatever we are walking through for \u2018<em><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">good<\/span><\/strong><\/em>\u2019. The next part that speaks to me is that God says He uses \u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ALL<\/em><\/span> things\u2019 (not just some things) but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>ALL<\/em> <\/span>things for <em><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">good<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0Keep looking for the \u2018<strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">good<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u2019 in whatever you are going through. \u00a0He Who has promised is faithful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess,<br \/>\nfor He Who promised is faithful.<br \/>\nHebrews 10:23<\/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>Heavenly Father, we thank You that You are our Shield, our Strength and our Portion. \u00a0May we believe and receive it in Jesus name. \u00a0AMEN!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will bless the Lord forever And I will trust Him at all times He has delivered me from all fear And He has set my feet upon a rock I will not be moved, and I&#8217;ll say of the Lord You are my Shield, my Strength, my Portion Deliverer, my Shelter, Strong Tower My [&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":[51,7766,1287,425,7764,3466,7767,1999,4654,7765,4932,914,1057,7763],"class_list":["post-22807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-thessalonians-518","tag-darlene-zschesh","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-works-all-things-for-the-good-of-those-who-love-him","tag-gods-promises","tag-grateful","tag-gratitude","tag-kim-golds","tag-made-me-glad","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-romans-828","tag-thankful","tag-thankful-in-all","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-5VR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22807","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=22807"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22819,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22807\/revisions\/22819"}],"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=22807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}