{"id":23758,"date":"2015-01-04T00:15:25","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T05:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23758"},"modified":"2015-01-03T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T18:47:00","slug":"start-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/04\/start-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Start A Fire"},"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;\">This world can be cold and bitter<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Feels like we&#8217;re in the dead of winter<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Waiting on something better<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But am I really gonna hide forever<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Over and over again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I hear Your voice in my head<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let Your light shine, let Your light shine for all to see<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Start a fire in my soul<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Fan the flame and make it grow<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> So there\u2019s no doubt or denying<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Let it burn so brightly<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> That everyone around can see<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> That it\u2019s You, that it\u2019s You that we need<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Start a fire in me<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You only need a spark to start a whole blaze<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It only takes a little faith<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let it start right here in this city<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So these old walls will never be the same<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Over and over again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I hear Your voice in my head<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> They need to know<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I need to go<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Spirit won&#8217;t You fall on my heart now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are the Light on the darkest day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We have the hope, we bear Your name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We carry the news that You have come to save<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Only You can save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xrEzr-rWwe8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Writer(s): Jon Lowry \/ Chad Mattson \/ Seth Mosley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not a <em>New Year&#8217;s resolution-<\/em>type of person, due to the fact that I forget the next day. \u00a0So instead, I make lists of how good my God is and all that He has done for me. And in return, I want to tell all the world of His goodness and mercy and grace. \u00a0I want to be the light that shines for Him, so that when people see me, they see all that God has redeemed and restored. \u00a0Oh, I&#8217;m not perfect nor am I always the Jesus-follower I should be, but I keep following.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the same way, let your light shine before others,<br \/>\nthat they may see your good deeds<br \/>\nand glorify your Father in Heaven.<br \/>\nMatthew 5:16<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think it means that we are to do all this good all for the world to see&#8212;just to shine the light on ourselves. \u00a0It means that all we do and say should<strong> reflect<\/strong> the One Who created us and glorify Him&#8212;Jesus!!!&#8212;so that all will want what we have. \u00a0And what a perfect time to ask for a fresh start&#8230;a rekindled fire&#8230;so that there is no doubt that it is God that we need.<\/p>\n<p>As the song says, He is <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>the Light on the darkest day<\/em> <\/span>and we cannot keep this hope to ourselves! \u00a0It&#8217;s just too good to keep in. \u00a0We live in such a dark, hurting world that is full of so much pain. \u00a0There are so many sad people that truly need a Savior and we need to share what we have with all the world! \u00a0Love, love His people by reaching out to them. \u00a0Not just people you don&#8217;t know but also those you work with, go to church with, live with&#8230;shine no matter where you are.<\/p>\n<p>The place that seems to be the hardest is home, anyone agree? \u00a0We tend to let our light fizzle a bit here. \u00a0We think, &#8220;they know us, they know we love Jesus,&#8221; so we lose patience with the ones closest to us and we forget that they, too, need to see the light of Jesus in us. \u00a0And moms&#8230;our children will imitate us and talk like us to each other. \u00a0I know that is something to really think about and pray about. \u00a0So before your feet hit the floor, ask Jesus to fill you up \u00a0each day so that His light spills over to those you come in contact with! \u00a0Let&#8217;s pray for each other, shall we? \u00a0And look up those verses in His Word today that give hope and write them on cards and put them to memory. \u00a0Teach them to your children and watch your world get a little brighter&#8230;and carry that light with you wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.<br \/>\nMatthew 5:14<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness cannot comprehend it.<br \/>\nJohn 1:5<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.<br \/>\n1 John 1:7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let us pray<\/span><\/strong>: Dear God, thank You for walking with us into this new year of 2015. \u00a0You are our light in this dark world, our hope that we hold onto when all is falling apart, and our song that we sing when the world is so loud. \u00a0Thank You for Your grace and mercy and love. \u00a0I pray that we can be that light to all Your children, ones that are walking in darkness and need You so much. \u00a0Nothing is wasted, Lord; You make good out of everything. and the way we handle the hard will glorify You if we keep You at the center. \u00a0Help us to keep shining for You and to not keep this awesome joy and this peace (that only You can give) to ourselves. \u00a0Start a fire in us and keep it burning until You come again. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This world can be cold and bitter Feels like we&#8217;re in the dead of winter Waiting on something better But am I really gonna hide forever Over and over again I hear Your voice in my head Let Your light shine, let Your light shine for all to see Start a fire in my soul [&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":[7012,1287,425,554,562,589,2502,620,8154,5558,4932,938,8156,5226],"class_list":["post-23758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-john-17","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-jesus","tag-john-15","tag-kim-spring","tag-light-of-the-world","tag-love","tag-matthew-514","tag-matthew-516","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-scripture","tag-start-a-fire","tag-unspoken","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-6bc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23758","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=23758"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23768,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23758\/revisions\/23768"}],"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=23758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}