{"id":23874,"date":"2015-01-12T00:15:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T05:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23874"},"modified":"2015-01-11T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T22:49:14","slug":"greater-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/12\/greater-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater"},"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;\">Bring your tired<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Bring your shame<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Bring your guilt<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Bring your pain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Don\u2019t you know that\u2019s not your name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You will always be much more to me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every day I wrestle with the voices<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That keep telling me I\u2019m not right<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But that\u2019s all right<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Cause I hear a voice and He calls me redeemed<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When others say I\u2019ll never be enough<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And greater is the One living inside of me<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Than he who is living in the world<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In the world<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In the world<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And greater is the One living inside of me<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Than he who is living in the world<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Bring your doubts<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Bring your fears<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Bring your hurt<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Bring your tears<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There\u2019ll be no condemnation here<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You are holy, righteous, and redeemed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Every time I fall<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There\u2019ll be those who will call me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> A mistake<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Well that\u2019s ok<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There\u2019ll be days I lose the battle<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Grace says that it doesn\u2019t matter<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause the Cross already won the war<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He\u2019s Greater<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He\u2019s Greater<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am learning to run freely<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Understanding just how He sees me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And it makes me love Him more and more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He\u2019s Greater<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He\u2019s Greater<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXI0B4iMLuU?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>MercyMe ~\u00a0Bart Millard,\u00a0Nathan Cochran,\u00a0Barry Graul,\u00a0Mike Scheuchzer,\u00a0Robby Shaffer, \u00a0along with\u00a0David Garcia,\u00a0Ben Glover<\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated<br \/>\nand overcome them [the agents of the antichrist],<br \/>\nbecause He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world.<br \/>\n1 John 4:4 AMP<\/p>\n<p>This is another of my favorite songs. \u00a0As I was researching it, I came across <a href=\"http:\/\/freeccm.com\/2014\/03\/26\/story-behind-the-song-with-mercyme-greater\/\" target=\"_blank\">the story behind the song.<\/a>\u00a0 I LOVE the story behind this song&#8230;. In a nutshell, Bart Miller\u2019s son has a stuttering problem. \u00a0Some of the kids at church were making fun of him. \u00a0Bart told his son, \u201cYou know what I&#8217;ve told you. \u00a0That&#8217;s not them. \u00a0The enemy may be using them, but these kids are good kids. \u00a0They&#8217;re not coming after you, it&#8217;s just the enemy is taking shots at you. \u00a0He&#8217;s taking shots at you because you&#8217;re something special and he&#8217;s afraid of something you may do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We have all been there, right? \u00a0Satan loves taking potshots at all of us, hoping to make us feel less than acceptable. \u00a0He distracts us from our purpose by making us feel unlovable and unworthy. atan throws the past in our face, points out our shortcomings and tells us we will never be enough. \u00a0But 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT) states, \u201cThis means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!\u201d And Romans 8:1 (HCSB) tells us,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>We have been given our freedom. We are redeemed.<\/p>\n<p>The enemy loves it when we try to earn grace. \u00a0However, we don\u2019t need to do anything for Christ to get right with God. \u00a0It has already been done for us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is through Him that we have received grace (God\u2019s unmerited favor).<br \/>\nRomans 1:5a AMP<\/p>\n<p>It is <strong>all<\/strong> about God\u2019s grace. \u00a0We don\u2019t have to <em>try harder<\/em> or<em> be better<\/em> to make Christ love us more. \u00a0Christ\u2019s love for us is more than we can fathom and it will never change. We have something greater within us already and we need to understand just how He sees us\u2014<strong>holy, worthy, redeemed!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, the next time the devil starts taking potshots at you, remember&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There\u2019ll be days I lose the battle<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Grace says that it doesn\u2019t matter<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause the Cross already won the war<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He\u2019s Greater<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He\u2019s Greater<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Father, I am so thankful that You are greater than the enemy and that You see me as lovable and worthy. \u00a0When satan takes shots at me, remind me there is no condemnation in You\u2014that Your grace is all I need. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name &#8211; Amen, it is so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bring your tired Bring your shame Bring your guilt Bring your pain Don\u2019t you know that\u2019s not your name You will always be much more to me Every day I wrestle with the voices That keep telling me I\u2019m not right But that\u2019s all right \u2018Cause I hear a voice and He calls me redeemed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"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":[4070,1570,5889,1287,425,3807,6798,4844,8205,8206,4932,1721],"class_list":["post-23874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-john-44","tag-2-corinthians-517","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gods-grace","tag-greater","tag-mercyme","tag-more-than-conquerors","tag-now-no-condemnation-in-christ-jesus","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-romans-81","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-6d4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23874","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=23874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23877,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23874\/revisions\/23877"}],"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=23874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}