{"id":24548,"date":"2015-02-22T00:15:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T05:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=24548"},"modified":"2015-02-21T22:31:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T03:31:49","slug":"evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/22\/evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence"},"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><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not a flag on a field<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s not a sign in my yard<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Not a cause that I join<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Not a phrase on a coin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s the change in my heart<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mercy and grace and compassion<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> They&#8217;re only words without action<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I need hands that are open<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Reaching out to broken hearts<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Cuz&#8217; that&#8217;s the only way this world<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Will ever know who You are<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Love is the evidence<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Love is the evidence<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Might be the pain that you share<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Might be the time that you spend<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Or the war you don&#8217;t fight<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Backing down from your pride<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> After all in the end<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">My life wasn&#8217;t changed by an argument<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That never would have been enough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My life was changed by the evidence of love<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Your hands that were open<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Reaching out to my broken heart<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zotmQph6xEc?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 Citizens Way<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <strong>\u00a0 * \u00a0~<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>~ \u00a0\u2665\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~ \u00a0*<\/span> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For I was hungry, and you fed Me.<br \/>\nI was thirsty, and you gave Me a drink.<br \/>\nI was a stranger, and you invited Me into your home.<br \/>\nI was naked, and you gave Me clothing.<br \/>\nI was sick, and you cared for Me.<br \/>\nI was in prison, and you visited Me.\u2019<br \/>\nThen these righteous ones will reply,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2018Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you?<br \/>\nOr thirsty and give you something to drink?<br \/>\nOr a stranger and show you hospitality?<br \/>\nOr naked and give you clothing?<br \/>\nWhen did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?\u2019<br \/>\n\u201cAnd the King will say, \u2018I tell you the truth,<br \/>\nwhen you did it to one of the least of these<br \/>\nmy brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!\u2019<br \/>\nMatthew 25:35-40 NLT<\/p>\n<p>One day we will stand before Jesus and He will speak to us, His sheep. \u00a0There will be one line on the right and one line on the left. \u00a0To some He will say; &#8220;Oh you, righteous and obedient sheep, I was in prison and you visited Me. I was hungry and you fed Me. I was thirsty and you gave Me water. I was homeless and you took Me in. I was needy and you met My needs.<\/p>\n<p>To the others He will say: &#8220;I was in prison and you didn&#8217;t come visit Me. \u00a0I was hungry and you didn&#8217;t give Me food. \u00a0I was thirsty and you gave Me no water. \u00a0I was cold and you gave Me no clothes. I had no home and you did not invite Me in.&#8221; \u00a0They will say; &#8220;Lord, when were You thirsty and hungry? When were You in prison? When were You homeless? When did I not clothe You?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He will answer: &#8220;If you have done it unto the least of these, you have done it unto Me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus calls us to love each other. \u00a0More and more we are to love all of God&#8217;s people. \u00a0Love changes lives. \u00a0You may not be able to change the world for everyone but you can change the world for one person just by investing in them and loving them and being Jesus to them. How can we do this? \u00a0We cannot do anything on our own, my friends&#8230;we have to cry out to Jesus to change our hearts and to make them like His.<\/p>\n<p>If only we could all do this&#8212;be intentional with our time here on earth and seek those who are in need and ask Him what we can do. Anyone come to mind? \u00a0If not, I pray this week that God opens your eyes to someone that you can bless. \u00a0In return, you will be blessed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>~ \u00a0\u2665\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>~ \u00a0* \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let us pray:<br \/>\nDearest Lord, You are amazing and loving and the Blesser of our lives. \u00a0You give so much love to each one of us. \u00a0You give us a life of abundance and we praise You for it all. \u00a0Oh Lord, may we be Your hands and feet to the hurting and needy of this world. \u00a0Help us to be intentional about our lives and live to love all people and serve them as You do. \u00a0Open our hearts, Lord, to receive the message that You want us to spread&#8212;the love of Jesus is so much that He died for them so that they can live with You forever. \u00a0As this song says, &#8221; <span style=\"color: #800080;\">that&#8217;s the only way this world w<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">ill ever know who You are&#8230;<\/span>&#8220;. \u00a0We love You, in Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not a flag on a field It&#8217;s not a sign in my yard Not a cause that I join Not a phrase on a coin It&#8217;s the change in my heart Mercy and grace and compassion They&#8217;re only words without action I need hands that are open Reaching out to broken hearts Cuz&#8217; that&#8217;s [&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":[6235,6976,8466,425,589,620,2104,5440,938],"class_list":["post-24548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-acts-of-love","tag-citizens-way","tag-evidence","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-kim-spring","tag-love","tag-matthew-2535-40","tag-psalm-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-scripture","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-evidence","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24548","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=24548"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24572,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24548\/revisions\/24572"}],"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=24548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}