{"id":25183,"date":"2015-03-30T00:15:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T04:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25183"},"modified":"2015-03-28T23:02:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T03:02:45","slug":"because-he-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/30\/because-he-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Because He Lives"},"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;\">God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He came to love, heal and forgive<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">He lived and died to buy my pardon <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Because He lives, I can face tomorrow <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Because He lives, all fear is gone<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Because I know He holds the future <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And life is worth the living<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just because He lives<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">How sweet to hold a newborn baby<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And feel the pride and joy he gives <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But greater still the calm assurance <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">This child can face uncertain days because He lives<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And then one day, I&#8217;ll cross the river<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ll fight life&#8217;s final war with pain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And then, as death gives way to victory <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;ll see the lights of glory and I&#8217;ll know He lives<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHx0tsA0jbA?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><\/center><center>Alabama<br \/>\nWriter(s): Bill Gaither, Patrick Standfast, Arnthor Birgisson, Christian Karlsson, Alceu Alvez Damico, Gloria Gaither<\/center><center><\/center><center><\/center><center><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 * <\/span><\/center>In choosing the songs I&#8217;ve been blogging on, I\u2019ve been taking it old school recently. \u00a0Don\u2019t get me wrong&#8230;I love the contemporary Christian music. \u00a0But there is something about Easter that takes me back to the gospel songs I grew up on. \u00a0I actually heard the Bill Gaither Trio perform this song live. \u00a0(Now I\u2019m dating myself!)<\/p>\n<p>This song has been on my mind the past couple of weeks. \u00a0There are things in my life that are a bit uncertain right now. \u00a0That\u2019s tough on a recovering control freak with an \u201cI can fix this!\u201d complex. \u00a0So I find the words of this song comforting and reassuring. \u00a0Simply because \u00a0&#8216;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>an empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives<\/em><\/span>!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>2 Chronicles 20:17 (HCSB) is one of my favorite Scriptures. This is why I can face my tomorrows without fear\u2014Yahweh is with me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cYou do not have to fight this battle.<br \/>\nPosition yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.<br \/>\nHe is with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged.<br \/>\nTomorrow, go out to face them, for Yahweh is with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesus didn\u2019t remain in the tomb. \u00a0Hell had no power over Him. \u00a0Acts 2:31b (NASB) states \u201cHe was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.\u201d \u00a0Romans 6:9 (AMP) puts it this way \u201cBecause we know that Christ (the Anointed One), being once raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him.\u201d \u00a0Or better yet, look at Jesus\u2019 words in Revelation 1:18 (NKJV).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore.<br \/>\nAmen. \u00a0And I have the keys of Hades and of Death!<\/p>\n<p>(I love this emphatic statement!) \u00a0The unequivocal truth is Jesus overcame death and conquered hell. \u00a0So what do we have to fear? \u00a0Nothing! \u00a0One day, when we see the \u2018<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">lights of glory<\/span><\/em>\u2019 we will confidently say:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cO death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?\u201d<br \/>\n1 Corinthians 15:55<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Because then we will KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>He Lives<\/em><\/span>!<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oh Lord, I will never be able to thank You or praise You enough for the wonderful things You have done for me. \u00a0Because You live, I truly can face each day without fear\u2014knowing You came to love, heal, and forgive. \u00a0You lived and died to buy my pardon, something I would have never been able to obtain on my own. \u00a0Remind me of this when uncertainty threatens to overwhelm me. \u00a0In Your Holy name I ask this \u2013 Amen, It Is So!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus He came to love, heal and forgive He lived and died to buy my pardon An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives Because He lives, I can face tomorrow Because He lives, all fear is gone Because I know He holds the future 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":[8668,8672,8670,8673,8674,5889,8667,1287,425,8676,4932,8669,8671,8675],"class_list":["post-25183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-corinthians-1555","tag-2-chronicles-2017","tag-acts-231","tag-alabama","tag-because-he-lives","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-gaither-music","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-hell-and-death-had-no-power-over-jesus","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-revelations-118","tag-romans-69","tag-yahweh-is-with-me","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-6yb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25183","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=25183"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25189,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25183\/revisions\/25189"}],"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=25183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}