{"id":22945,"date":"2014-11-21T00:15:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T05:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22945"},"modified":"2014-11-20T23:30:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T04:30:46","slug":"love-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/21\/love-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love To Praise"},"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;\">Holy One, Father of the Earth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Create in me a pure heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So I can come in Spirit and in Truth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To worship You that&#8217;s what I long to do<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I love to praise<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I love to lift Your Holy Name<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> From the rising of the sun<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And going down of the same<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your name is great<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I will bless You all my days<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause I love to praise<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Righteous One, Lover of my soul<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Age to age, forever still the same<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your name is like the sweetest melody<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Here with You is where I long to be<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are Holy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My lips shall always speak Your praise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You are Worthy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Forever I will always sing Your praise<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wwxi4Nc78mA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer \/ Songwriter: Miss Natalie Grant<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Oh, how sweet it is when we choose to look at our lives and the blessings God has given us with praise. \u00a0Praise to the One Who is the Provider, the Healer, the Vindicator (and the list goes on).<\/p>\n<p>Life is better when we choose to meditate on and be thankful for the good things in our lives. There is <em>always, <strong>always<\/strong><\/em> something to be grateful for! I found this excerpt on what a difference being grateful can do for our lives\u2026.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cGratitude has been linked to increased levels of happiness and life satisfaction. Giving thanks is one of the most powerful ways there is to increase your well-being.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/daringtolivefully.com\/gratitude-quotes\" target=\"_blank\">Click here <\/a>to read a whole list quotes about gratitude.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.<\/em>\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014 William Arthur Ward<\/p>\n<p>When we choose to look at our blessings and praise the One Who blessed us, our whole perspective on life will change. I would much rather be looking at what God is doing instead of the circumstances surrounding me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father<br \/>\nin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ<br \/>\nEphesians 5:20<\/p>\n<p>We are to give thanks in all things\u2026not that all things that happen in our lives will be good. However God promises to work them for our good. ALL things&#8230;not just some thing. It is in the hardest of circumstances that we can grow and learn the most and God is ALWAYS working\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But Jesus replied, &#8220;My Father is always working, and so am I.&#8221;<br \/>\nJohn 5:17 NLT<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u00a0 * \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0* <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Heavenly Father, I thank You that You are ALWAYS working and that You never sleep. \u00a0Thank You that You work ALL things for good for those who love You&#8230;and we do love You, Lord! \u00a0It is in the hard things that we become stronger and wiser. \u00a0So for this we give thanks for we become a better person because of them. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name. \u00a0AMEN!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy One, Father of the Earth Create in me a pure heart So I can come in Spirit and in Truth To worship You that&#8217;s what I long to do I love to praise I love to lift Your Holy Name From the rising of the sun And going down of the same Your name [&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":[7829,6902,1287,425,7830,1999,7828,7827,4654,5855,4932,1058,7796],"class_list":["post-22945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-always-something-to-be-grateful-for","tag-ephesians-520","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-giving-thanks-always","tag-gratitude","tag-i-love-to-praise","tag-john-517","tag-kim-golds","tag-natalie-grant","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-thankfulness","tag-thanks-giving","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-5Y5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22945","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=22945"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22947,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22945\/revisions\/22947"}],"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=22945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}