{"id":23062,"date":"2014-12-01T00:15:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T05:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23062"},"modified":"2014-11-30T20:35:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T01:35:57","slug":"every-act-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/01\/every-act-love\/","title":{"rendered":"With Every Act Of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #d91636;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23090\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\" alt=\"phssChristmasgraphic2014\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Sitting at the stoplight<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> He can&#8217;t be bothered by the heart-cry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Written on the cardboard in her hand<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> But when she looks him in the eye<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> His heart is broken open wide<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> And he feels the hand of God reach out through him<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> As Heaven touches earth<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Oh &#8211; we bring the Kingdom come<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Oh &#8211; with every act of love<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Jesus, help us carry You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Alive in us, Your light shines through<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> With every act of love<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> We bring the Kingdom come<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">There&#8217;s silence at the table<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> He wants to talk but he&#8217;s not able<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> For all the shame that&#8217;s locked him deep inside<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> But her words are the medicine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> When she says they can begin again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> And forgiveness will set him free tonight<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> As Heaven touches earth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">God put a million, million doors in the world<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> For His love to walk through<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> One of those doors is you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> I said, God put a million, million doors in the world<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> For His love to walk through<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> One of those doors is you<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V4bB7BUxBbY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singer\/Songwriter Jason Gray along with Jason Ingram<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">* \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>As I was listening to these lyrics, I realized that there is one <span style=\"color: #800000;\">act of love<\/span>&#8230;in my opinion the <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>greatest<\/strong> act of love<\/em><\/span>&#8230;that makes all this possible. The one time that Heaven came to earth&#8212;the real reason we celebrate Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Look at the following verses:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth,<br \/>\nwhile Christ, the second man, came from heaven.<br \/>\n1 Corinthians 15:47 NLT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He Who comes from above (heaven) is [far] above all [others];<br \/>\nhe who comes from the earth belongs to the earth,<br \/>\nand talks the language of earth [his words are from an earthly standpoint].<br \/>\nHe Who comes from heaven is [far] above all others.<br \/>\nJohn 3:31 AMP<\/p>\n<p>Christ came from Heaven <em>for <strong>us<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>No other reason<\/strong><\/span>. \u00a0He brought His Kingdom to earth so that we might join Him one day in Heaven. \u00a0Because He did, we who believe have Christ within us. \u00a0We can let His light shine through us. \u00a0In fact, 1 Corinthians 15:49 (AMP) states: \u00a0\u201cAnd just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Zechariah 7:9 (HCSB) we are given these instructions:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Lord of Hosts says this: \u2018Make fair decisions.<br \/>\nShow faithful love and compassion to one another.<\/p>\n<p>And 2 Thessalonians 3:5a (AMP) says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">May the Lord direct your hearts into [realizing and showing] the love of God&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>When we reach out with Christ\u2019s unconditional love we bring a piece of Heaven to earth. It doesn\u2019t have to be a big production. Simple words of kindness and forgiveness can have a huge impact. A small gesture like a smile or a touch could change a life. It is in the acts that come from the heart that others are able to see Christ\u2019s heart. John 13:35 (HCSB) states: \u201cBy this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.\u201d And, of course, Matthew 25:40 (HCSB) reminds us:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the King will answer them, \u2018I assure you:<br \/>\nWhatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>I want to carry Jesus <em>alive in me<\/em>. I want His l<em>ight to shine throug<\/em>h. I want to be the bridge that allows <em>Heaven to touch earth once again<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">* \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Abba, I am so amazed by Your selfless act of unconditional, unfailing love. Let me carry You alive in me, allowing Your light to shine through me. Remind me that with every act of love, Heaven touches earth. In the precious name of Jesus I pray, Amen \u2013 IT IS SO!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting at the stoplight He can&#8217;t be bothered by the heart-cry Written on the cardboard in her hand But when she looks him in the eye His heart is broken open wide And he feels the hand of God reach out through him As Heaven touches earth Oh &#8211; we bring the Kingdom come Oh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":23090,"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":[7905,7908,4663,5889,1287,425,441,7902,2831,1836,2449,7906,7903,657,7904,7901,7907],"class_list":["post-23062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-corinthians-1547","tag-2-thessalonians-35","tag-christmas-carols","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gods-love","tag-gods-love-in-us","tag-jason-gray","tag-jesus-love","tag-john-1335","tag-john-331","tag-kindness-and-forgiveness","tag-matthew-2540","tag-real-reason-for-christmas","tag-with-every-act-of-love","tag-zechariah-79","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5ZY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23062","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\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23062"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23092,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23062\/revisions\/23092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}