{"id":24353,"date":"2015-02-11T00:15:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T05:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=24353"},"modified":"2015-02-10T13:17:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T18:17:28","slug":"free-holding-nothing-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/11\/free-holding-nothing-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Free To Be (Holding Nothing Back)"},"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;\">I am chosen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am free<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am living for eternity<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Free now forever <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You picked me up, turned me around <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You set my feet on solid ground<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Yours now forever <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And nothing&#8217;s gonna hold me back<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">No, nothing&#8217;s gonna hold me back <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nothing&#8217;s gonna hold me back <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My chains fell off, my heart was free<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;m alive to live for You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;m alive to live for You <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Amazing love, how can it be <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You give everything for me, <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>You give everything for me<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You washed my sin and shame away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">The slate is clean\u2014a brand new day; free now forever <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now boldly I approach Your throne <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">To claim this crown through Christ my own <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Yours now forever <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;m free to live&#8230;free to give&#8230;free to be&#8230;I&#8217;m free to love You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PHxoYrqEmoY?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Songwriters: Tim Hughes and Martin Smith;<br \/>\nPerformed by Jesus Culture<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you dancing around your living room, hands raised, singing \u2018Nothing\u2019s gonna hold me back&#8230;You give everything for me-e-e-e!\u2019 ??? \u00a0You (me, too!) have much to be dancing about&#8230;so much to be praising our Lord and thanking Him for! \u00a0We are chosen&#8230;free&#8230;and living for eternity! \u00a0We are alive because of His amazing Love! \u00a0Our sin and shame has been washed away&#8230;and the slate was made clean! AND, we ARE now His FOREVER!<\/p>\n<p>Only through mercy and the accomplishments of the Messiah have we been given access to God\u2019s throne. \u00a0Amazing, isn\u2019t it? \u00a0And to think, this had been Almighty God\u2019s intention all along! \u00a0His loving plan for us!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is according to the purpose of the ages,<br \/>\nwhich He made in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord,<br \/>\nin whom we have boldness, access, and confidence through faith in Him.<br \/>\nEphesians 3:11 and 12<\/p>\n<p>We are free\u2014totally, completely, not of our own works, absolutely&#8230;by grace. We have been set free from the sin of Adam that besets all mankind; free from a life of slavery to sin; free from condemnation; free from the Law; free from judgment; free to be all that God intends us to be! We should live like it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,<br \/>\nbecause through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life<br \/>\nset me free from the law of sin and death.<br \/>\nRomans 8:1 and 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, &#8220;If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;<br \/>\nand you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.<br \/>\nSo if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.\u201d<br \/>\nJohn 8:31 and 32, 36<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For freedom Christ has set us free;<br \/>\nstand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.<br \/>\nGalatians 5:1<\/p>\n<p>So throw your hands up in praise and adoration of the One Who loves you so! \u00a0Sing your little heart out&#8230;hold nothing back!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;m free to live<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I\u2019m free to give<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I\u2019m free to be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;m free to love You<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am chosen I am free I am living for eternity Free now forever You picked me up, turned me around You set my feet on solid ground Yours now forever And nothing&#8217;s gonna hold me back No, nothing&#8217;s gonna hold me back Nothing&#8217;s gonna hold me back My chains fell off, my heart was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[235,5307,1736,1287,425,5305,5306,5572,3971,5304,4932,1588,5303],"class_list":["post-24353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-ephesians-311-12","tag-galatians-51","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-holding-nothing-back","tag-i-am-free","tag-jesus-culture","tag-john-831-36","tag-martin-smith","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-romans-81-2","tag-tim-hughes","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-6kN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24353","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24353"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24356,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24353\/revisions\/24356"}],"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=24353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}