{"id":23974,"date":"2015-01-18T00:15:48","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T05:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=23974"},"modified":"2015-01-18T07:24:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T12:24:54","slug":"take-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/18\/take-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Heart"},"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><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">There is a Light<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It burns brighter than the sun<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He steals the night<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And casts no shadow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There is Hope<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Should oceans rise and mountains fall<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He never fails<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> So take heart<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Let His love lead us through the night<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Hold on to hope<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> And take courage again<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In death by love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The fallen world was overcome<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He wears the scars of our freedom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In His Name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All our fears are swept away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He never fails<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All our troubles<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And all our tears<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> God our Hope<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He has overcome<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">All our failures<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And all our fear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He has overcome<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">All our heartache<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And all our pain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Healer<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He has overcome<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">All our burdens<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And all our shame<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Freedom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He has overcome<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">All our troubles<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And all our tears<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Hope<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He has overcome<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">All our failures<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And all our fear<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Love<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He has overcome<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Justice<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Grace<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Freedom<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He has overcome<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Refuge<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">God our Strength<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">God is with us<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He has overcome<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8MfBQ30Ta9w?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Songwriter: Joel Houston\u00a0~~ \u00a0Hillsong United<\/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>Oh, how I <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>love<\/em><\/strong><\/span> His promises. \u00a0They comfort us in all situations. \u00a0Whether you need healing physically or you need chains to be broken&#8212;He is always the answer. \u00a0There is no burden too heavy that He can&#8217;t carry it for you.<\/p>\n<p>If there is one thing we know for sure it is that this world is changing daily (and not always for the better). \u00a0There is so much hurt and anger, there are so many lost people trying to find an answer and searching for a little hope. \u00a0But we as Jesus&#8217; followers know that Hope&#8212;and His name is Jesus. \u00a0He never changes and He never fails. \u00a0He is our strength and He is our refuge in times of trouble. \u00a0And He is that Light in the midst of this dark world.<\/p>\n<p>God is just so full of grace and mercy, and so much love. \u00a0Every fear and every failure, He has already conquered it for us. \u00a0He has overcome this world. \u00a0And to prove to us just how much He loves us, He sent Jesus, His only Son, to die for us so that we can live in Heaven forever with Him. \u00a0In His hands, He bears the scars of the nails and every sin that we would ever commit hung on that cross that day. \u00a0Do you realize that we are free?<\/p>\n<p>What do you need freedom from today? \u00a0If you have \u00a0just a little faith, He can move that mountain in front of you. \u00a0 He can break the chains of addictions. \u00a0He can take anger away. He can give peace to the one who suffers from anxiety&#8230;and grace and mercy to the one who can&#8217;t forgive himself. \u00a0I pray as you listen to this worship song that you will let His love wash over you. \u00a0<em>I pray that you feel loved<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong> because you are<\/strong><\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have told you all this so that you may have peace in Me.<br \/>\nHere on this earth you will have many trials and sorrows.<br \/>\nBut take heart, because I have overcome the world.<br \/>\nJohn 16:33<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.<br \/>\nHebrews 13:8<\/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>Let us pray:<br \/>\nDearest Lord, You are so awesome and amazing! \u00a0You are our Portion and Strong Tower in this shifting world. \u00a0Thank You for taking our burdens and giving us peace. Thank You for the grace and love You give so freely. You have overcome and You give us strength. \u00a0May we take this light that You give us and share it with all who will listen. \u00a0You are good, You are God, and You are still on the throne. \u00a0We love You. In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a Light It burns brighter than the sun He steals the night And casts no shadow There is Hope Should oceans rise and mountains fall He never fails So take heart Let His love lead us through the night Hold on to hope And take courage again In death by love The fallen [&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":[10,1468,1287,425,495,5472,518,5491,1477,589,8250,938,1018,8249],"class_list":["post-23974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-forgiveness","tag-freedom","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-hebrews-138","tag-hillsong-united","tag-hope","tag-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-john-1633","tag-kim-spring","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-song","tag-scripture","tag-strength","tag-take-heart","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-6eG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23974","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=23974"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23986,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23974\/revisions\/23986"}],"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=23974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}