{"id":25060,"date":"2015-03-23T00:15:46","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T04:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25060"},"modified":"2015-03-22T23:07:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T03:07:41","slug":"he-lives-i-serve-a-risen-savior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/23\/he-lives-i-serve-a-risen-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"He Lives (I Serve A Risen Savior)"},"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 serve a risen Savior, He&#8217;s in the world today<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I know that He is living whatever men may say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And just the time I need Him, He&#8217;s always near<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He lives, He lives<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Christ Jesus lives today<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He walks with me and talks with me<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Along life&#8217;s narrow way<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He lives, He lives<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Salvation to impart<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You ask me how I know He lives<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> He lives within my heart<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In all the world around me I see His loving care<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And tho&#8217; my heart grows weary I never will despair<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I know that He is leading thro&#8217; all the stormy blast<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The day of His appearing will come at last<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian, lift up your voice and sing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ the King<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The Hope of all who seek Him, the Help of all who find<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> None other is so loving, so good and kind<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mRi3l_pIKOA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Alan Jackson<br \/>\nWords and Music \u2013 Alfred Ackley, 1933<\/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>One morning I was feeling a bit sad&#8230;life wasn\u2019t going as I had envisioned. \u00a0And I was wondering why God wasn\u2019t answering my requests and my desperate pleas. \u00a0Then, in the mail, I received a beautiful card with some much-needed reminders. \u00a0In it was this Scripture:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For the Lord your God is living among you.<br \/>\nHe is a Mighty Savior.<br \/>\nHe will take delight in you with gladness.<br \/>\nWith His love, He will calm all your fears.<br \/>\nHe will rejoice over you with joyful songs.<br \/>\nZephaniah 3:17 NLT<\/p>\n<p>As I walked up the stairs to enjoy my quiet time, I was thinking about that verse, and this song sprang into my mind. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Christ lives!<\/span> \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">He lives in me<\/span><\/span>. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He walks with me and talks with me<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0He is my Hope and my Help. \u00a0No one loves me like He does. \u00a0Whenever I need Him, He is always near. \u00a0Christ is my Savior and He takes great delight in me. \u00a0He actually<em> rejoices over me with singing<\/em>! \u00a0(If that doesn\u2019t lift your mood, honey, you DO have problems!) \u00a0In a matter of moments my whole perspective had shifted.<\/p>\n<p>All of this reminded me of another card I had received earlier in the week that contained this Scripture:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you;<br \/>\ndo not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God.<br \/>\nI will strengthen\u2026yes, I will help you;<br \/>\nyes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand.<br \/>\nIsaiah 41:10 AMP<\/p>\n<p>Another card I received reminded me that God is with me ALL the time and that &#8216;God is my Strength and Power, and He makes my way perfect&#8217; (2 Samuel 22:33 NKJV). \u00a0God reminded me through these ladies and these cards that I have no reason to be dismayed or discouraged. \u00a0I have nothing to fear. \u00a0Christ lives and He holds me in His VICTORIOUS right hand. \u00a0(I just love that phrase!) \u00a0Christ alone is my Strength and my Power. \u00a0He loves me and &#8216;<em>makes my way perfect<\/em>.&#8217; \u00a0Who am I to question His plan?<\/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>Lord Jesus, thank You for the much needed reminder that You are alive and live within my heart. \u00a0Thank You for walking with me daily, talking with me, and calming my fears. \u00a0I am so very blessed that You take great delight in me and rejoice over me with joyful songs. \u00a0Thank You for the lesson I learned through all of this and giving me the words to share it with others. \u00a0In Your holy name, Amen \u2013 So Be It!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I serve a risen Savior, He&#8217;s in the world today I know that He is living whatever men may say I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer And just the time I need Him, He&#8217;s always near He lives, He lives Christ Jesus lives today He walks with me and [&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":[7285,5889,1287,425,8633,8632,4932,1912],"class_list":["post-25060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-alan-jackson","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-he-lives","tag-isaiah-4110-2-samuel-2233","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-zephaniah-317","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-6wc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25060","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=25060"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25062,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25060\/revisions\/25062"}],"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=25060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}