{"id":22973,"date":"2014-11-23T00:15:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T05:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22973"},"modified":"2014-11-22T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T18:24:08","slug":"matt-redman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/23\/matt-redman\/","title":{"rendered":"Once Again"},"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;\">Jesus Christ, I think upon Your sacrifice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You became nothing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Poured out to death<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Many times, I&#8217;ve wondered at Your Gift of life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m in that place once again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m in that place once again<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And once again I look upon the Cross where You died<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m humbled by Your mercy and I&#8217;m broken inside<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Once again I thank You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Once again I pour out my life<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now You are exalted to the highest place<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> King of the Heavens, where one day I&#8217;ll bow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But for now, I&#8217;ll marvel at Your saving grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m full of praise once again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh, I&#8217;m full of praise once again<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Thank You for the Cross<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Thank You for the Cross<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Thank You for the Cross, my friend<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FkK4YHy-wNg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer\/Songwriter ~ Matt Redman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> * \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How can we say <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Thank You<\/em> <\/span>for the ultimate sacrifice of Your life? \u00a0I know it&#8217;s a season to ponder on Your birth, and with that glorious occasion comes the inevitable&#8230;the whole reason You came&#8230;the Cross. \u00a0You made a way for us to go straight to Your Father in prayer \u00a0and the veil was torn. \u00a0And now God gives grace instead of punishment. \u00a0There is mercy and forgiveness when we totally surrender and confess our sins and shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>At the cross, You were covered in every sin that we would ever commit. \u00a0You had jealousy yet You were never jealous. \u00a0You had gossip and the spirit of negativity, and yet You never committed either. \u00a0And the list goes on. \u00a0So this Thanksgiving, I pray that we really give gratitude to the One Who deserves so much more. \u00a0And may our lives be emptied of ourselves, so that we can be filled with You.<\/p>\n<p>As the song says, &#8216;You are exalted&#8217; on high, and You wait in Heaven for that day. \u00a0The day that You come here, and the trumpet sounds, and all who have breath bow and proclaim that You are Lord! \u00a0And You are worthy of our praise, every day!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some amazing praise verses in His Word. \u00a0I encourage you to read and pray these back to Him. Write these down and place them all over and this Thanksgiving season, give Him thanks.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0<\/span> ~<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever.<br \/>\nPsalm 136:1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.<br \/>\nIn His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope<br \/>\nthrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.<br \/>\n1 Peter 1:3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, our God, we give thanks and praise Your glorious name.<br \/>\n1 Chronicles 29:13<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I will praise You forever for what You have done;<br \/>\nin Your name I will hope, for Your name is good.<br \/>\nI will praise You in the presence of Your saints.<br \/>\nPsalm 52:9<\/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>Dear Heavenly Father,<\/p>\n<p>I want to thank You for Your goodness and grace and mercy. \u00a0They are never-ending. Your gifts to us are so lovely and amazing and so full of love. \u00a0This time of year, we are reminded of the greatest gift of all&#8212;You let Your Son come here to earth, in the form of a baby, to live among us and feel pain like us. \u00a0He went before us and taught us how to live. \u00a0And as predicted in Your Word, He died on the Cross, so that we could live forever free. \u00a0Thank You. \u00a0IN Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus Christ, I think upon Your sacrifice You became nothing Poured out to death Many times, I&#8217;ve wondered at Your Gift of life I&#8217;m in that place once again I&#8217;m in that place once again And once again I look upon the Cross where You died I&#8217;m humbled by Your mercy and I&#8217;m broken inside [&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],"tags":[7848,6018,1287,425,4639,589,1371,7847,7798,7849,4932,938,7846,5980],"class_list":["post-22973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-chronicles-2913","tag-1-peter-13","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-jesus-birth","tag-kim-spring","tag-matt-redman","tag-once-again","tag-psalm-1361","tag-psalm-529","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-scripture","tag-songs-of-thanksgiving","tag-the-cross","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-5Yx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22973","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=22973"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22983,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22973\/revisions\/22983"}],"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=22973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}