{"id":25168,"date":"2015-03-29T00:15:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T04:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25168"},"modified":"2015-03-28T21:46:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T01:46:29","slug":"at-calvary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/29\/at-calvary\/","title":{"rendered":"At Calvary"},"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>Y<span style=\"color: #800080;\">ears I spent in vanity and pride<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Caring not my Lord was crucified<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Knowing not it was for me He died<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> On Calvary<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Mercy there was great, and grace was free<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Pardon there was multiplied to me<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> There my burdened soul found liberty<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> At Calvary<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">By God\u2019s Word at last my sin I learned<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Then I trembled at the law I\u2019d spurned<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Till my guilty soul imploring turned<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To Calvary<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now I\u2019ve giv\u2019n to Jesus everything<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Now I gladly own Him as my King<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Now my raptured soul can only sing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Of Calvary<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oh, the love that drew salvation\u2019s plan<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh, the grace that brought it down to man<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> At Calvary<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6vvMPD0iwGk?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Gaither Music<br \/>\nwritten by William Newell and composed by Daniel Towner<\/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;\">In Whom we have redemption through His blood,<br \/>\nthe forgiveness of sins,<br \/>\naccording to the riches of His grace.<br \/>\nEphesians 1:7<\/p>\n<p>I have a sweet memory of Easter&#8230;I&#8217;ve got my pink Easter basket with tulle and lots of colored eggs, and I&#8217;m holding my mom&#8217;s hand as we head into the sanctuary. \u00a0Oh, how I loved Easter and the new white Sunday shoes. \u00a0But most of all, even at a young age, I loved the message. My God loved me so much that He allowed my Jesus, His Son, to become a man and walk the earth and ultimately die in my place. \u00a0After the message the choir would sing and chills would go all over as we sang about this day.<\/p>\n<p>This song takes me back to those days&#8230;listen to the story behind the song:<\/p>\n<p>William Newell wrote this hymn about his own testimony of God&#8217;s love and grace in his life that began with Jesus suffering and dying on the Cross to save him. \u00a0He was a teacher at the Moody Bible Institute and a Bible conference speaker. One day, while he was on his way to teach his class, he came up with the words to this hymn. He wrote them down quickly on the back of an envelope, just as they appear today. He then met with Daniel Towner, Director of music at the Institute, and showed him the words he had written. \u00a0Immediately Towner began working to compose a tune.<\/p>\n<p>An hour later, the two met up and actually sang the hymn together. They were so grateful to God for this. \u00a0The hymn was published in 1895 in a collection called &#8220;Famous Hymns.&#8221; \u00a0The words of this hymn are sung all over the world in all denominations. \u00a0And, at Easter, the words mean just a little bit more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Mercy was great and grace was free, <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>pardon there was multiplied for me, <\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>there my burdened soul found liberty&#8230;at Calvary<\/em><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>As you listen to this hymn, I pray that you will ponder all that this means for you and maybe write your thoughts down. \u00a0He died for you, my friend. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>At Calvary<\/em><\/span>, all that you have done or ever will do was nailed to the cross with Jesus.<\/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>Let us pray: Dear God, You are mighty and awesome. \u00a0Your love for us is unimaginable and Your grace and mercy are free. \u00a0Lord, as we come closer to Easter may we remember that it is not about the pastels and the bunnies but about something far greater&#8212;our Salvation. \u00a0One dark day Your Son was hung on a cross and died. \u00a0You couldn&#8217;t look. But on the third day He rose and now He lives and reigns with You. Thank You! \u00a0We love You&#8230;In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years I spent in vanity and pride Caring not my Lord was crucified Knowing not it was for me He died On Calvary Mercy there was great, and grace was free Pardon there was multiplied to me There my burdened soul found liberty At Calvary By God\u2019s Word at last my sin I learned Then [&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":[8665,2114,2698,8667,1287,425,8666,589,4932,3090],"class_list":["post-25168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-at-calvary","tag-easter","tag-ephesians-17","tag-gaither-music","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-his-death","tag-kim-spring","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-resurrection","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-6xW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25168","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=25168"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25182,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25168\/revisions\/25182"}],"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=25168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}