{"id":25523,"date":"2015-04-27T00:15:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T04:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25523"},"modified":"2015-04-26T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T18:35:38","slug":"our-god-is-greater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/27\/our-god-is-greater\/","title":{"rendered":"Our God (Is Greater)"},"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;\">Water You turned into wine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Opened the eyes of the blind<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There\u2019s no one like You, none like You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Into the darkness You shine<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Out of the ashes we rise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There&#8217;s no one like You, none like You<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Our God is greater, our God is stronger<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> God You are higher than any other<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Our God is Healer, awesome in power<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Our God, Our God<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And if our God is with us, then what could stand against<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And if our God is with us, then what could stand against.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> What could stand against<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NJpt1hSYf2o?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chris Tomlin<br \/>\nwritten along with Jonas Myrin, Matt\u00a0Redman, Jesse Reeves<\/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;\">Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him]<br \/>\nand have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist],<br \/>\nbecause He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world.<br \/>\n1 John 4:4 AMP<\/p>\n<p>I was writing a devotional blog on 1 John 4:4 and this song got stuck in my head. \u00a0Such a great reminder that we have nothing to fear. \u00a0Our God IS greater than the enemy and anything he can throw at us. \u00a0The Scriptures repeat this over and over again:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods,<br \/>\nbecause He did wonders when the Egyptians acted arrogantly against Israel.<br \/>\nExodus 18:11 HCSB<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of hosts was with him.<br \/>\n2 Samuel 5:10\/1 Chronicles 11:9 NASB<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the temple which I build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.<br \/>\n2 Chronicles 2:5 NKJV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be strong and courageous.<br \/>\nBe not afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him,<br \/>\nfor there is Another with us greater than [all those] with him.<br \/>\n2 Chronicles 32:7 AMP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Look, God is greater than we can understand.<br \/>\nJob 36:26 NLT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Greater than the roar of many waters\u2014the mighty breakers of the sea\u2014the Lord on high is majestic.<br \/>\nPsalm 93:4 HCSB<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For I know that Yahweh is great; our Lord is greater than all gods.<br \/>\nPsalm 135:5 HCSB<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>On and on it goes&#8212;our God <strong>is<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Greater<\/strong><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Greater<\/strong> <\/span>than any human being.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Greater<\/strong><\/span> than all of our enemies.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Greater<\/strong><\/span> than any obstacles or circumstances in our life.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Greater<\/strong> <\/span>than any of our mistakes, our failures, our flaws.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To quote MercyMe:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">\u201cThere&#8217;ll be days I lose the battle<br \/>\nGrace says that it doesn&#8217;t matter<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause the Cross already won the war<br \/>\nAnd greater is the One living inside of me<br \/>\nThan he who is living in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our God is greater, stronger, higher than anyone or anything else. \u00a0<strong>Period<\/strong>. \u00a0His power is beyond our understanding. \u00a0Since God<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>is for us, who or what could ever stop us<\/em><\/span>? \u00a0Since God <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>is with us, then what could ever stand against us<\/em><\/span>?<\/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: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Thank You, Lord! \u00a0You are greater than any other and Your power far exceeds anything we could imagine. Thank You for lifting us out of the ashes and shining Your light on us. \u00a0In Your precious name I pray, Amen \u2013 It is so!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water You turned into wine Opened the eyes of the blind There\u2019s no one like You, none like You Into the darkness You shine Out of the ashes we rise There&#8217;s no one like You, none like You Our God is greater, our God is stronger God You are higher than any other Our God [&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":[4070,8767,8766,1302,5889,8765,1287,425,8768,8764,8770,8769,4932],"class_list":["post-25523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-john-44","tag-2-chronicles-25","tag-2-samuel-510","tag-chris-tomlin","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-exodus-1811","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-job-3626","tag-our-god","tag-psalm-1355","tag-psalm-934","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","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-6DF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25523","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=25523"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25525,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25523\/revisions\/25525"}],"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=25523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}