{"id":25731,"date":"2015-05-09T00:15:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T04:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25731"},"modified":"2015-05-08T16:21:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T20:21:39","slug":"drops-in-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/09\/drops-in-the-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Drops In The Ocean"},"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 want you as you are, not as you ought to be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Won&#8217;t you lay down your guard and come to Me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The shame that grips you now is crippling<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It breaks My heart to see you suffering<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8216;Cause I am for you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m not against you<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">If you want to know<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> How far my love can go<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Just how deep, just how wide<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> If want to see<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> How much you mean to Me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Look at My hands, look at My side<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> If you could count the times I say you are forgiven<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It&#8217;s more than the drops in the ocean<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Don&#8217;t think you need to settle for a substitute<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When I&#8217;m the only love that changes you<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And I am for you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m not against you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And I am for you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m not against you<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I am for you,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m not against you<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bZH13wFGffg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hawk Nelson<br \/>\nWriters: Jon Steingard; Jason Ingram; Matt Bronleewe<\/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><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">Do you hear God speaking to you through this song?<\/span>\u00a0 God says, \u201c<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I want you as you are \u2026 come to Me &#8230; it breaks My heart to see you suffering<\/span>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then Jesus said,<br \/>\n&#8220;Come\u00a0to Me,<br \/>\nall of\u00a0you\u00a0who\u00a0are\u00a0weary and carry heavy burdens,<br \/>\nand I will give\u00a0you\u00a0rest.&#8221;<br \/>\nMatthew 11:28<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>&#8216;Cause I am for you<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not against you<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be strong and courageous.<br \/>\nDo not be afraid or terrified because of them,<br \/>\nfor the LORD your God goes with you;<br \/>\nHe will never leave you nor forsake you.<br \/>\nDeuteronomy 31:6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For the LORD will not reject His people;<br \/>\nHe will never forsake His inheritance.<br \/>\nPsalm 94:14<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>If you want to know<br \/>\nHow far my love can go<br \/>\nJust how deep, just how wide<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then Christ will make His home in your hearts as you trust in Him.<br \/>\nYour roots will grow down into God\u2019s love and keep you strong.<br \/>\nAnd may you have the power to understand, as all God\u2019s people should,<br \/>\nhow wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is.<br \/>\nMay you experience the love of Christ,<br \/>\nthough it is too great to understand fully.<br \/>\nThen you will be made complete<br \/>\nwith all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.<br \/>\nEphesians 3:17-19<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The\u00a0Lord\u00a0says, \u201cI will rescue those who love Me.<br \/>\nI will protect those who trust in My name.<br \/>\nWhen they call on Me, I will answer;<br \/>\nI will be with them in trouble.<br \/>\nI will rescue and honor them.<br \/>\nI will reward them with a long life<br \/>\nand give them My salvation.\u201d<br \/>\nPsalms 91:14-17<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>If you want to see<br \/>\nHow much you mean to me<br \/>\nLook at my hands, look at my side<br \/>\nIf you could count the times I say you are forgiven<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s more than the drops in the ocean<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving,<br \/>\neven though we have rebelled against Him.<br \/>\nDaniel 9:9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He has removed our sins as far from us<br \/>\nas the east is from the west.<br \/>\nPsalm 103:12<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Once again You will have compassion on us.<br \/>\nYou will trample our sins under Your feet<br \/>\nand throw them into the depths of the ocean!<br \/>\nMicah 7:19<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Don&#8217;t think you need to settle for a substitute<br \/>\nWhen I&#8217;m the only love that changes you<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He is so rich in kindness and grace<br \/>\nthat He purchased our freedom with the blood of His Son<br \/>\nand forgave our sins.<br \/>\nEphesians 1:7<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Open your heart,<br \/>\n<\/em><em>It&#8217;s time that we start again<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But if we confess our sins to Him,<br \/>\nHe is faithful and just to forgive us our sins<br \/>\nand to cleanse us from all wickedness.<br \/>\n1 John 1:9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They found grace out in the desert,<br \/>\n\u2026out looking for a place to rest,<br \/>\n[they] met God out looking for them!<br \/>\nGod\u00a0told them, \u201cI\u2019ve never quit loving you and never will.<br \/>\nExpect love, love, and more love!<br \/>\nAnd so now I\u2019ll start over with you and build you up again&#8230;<br \/>\nJeremiah 31:2-4 MSG<\/p>\n<p>Do you see, my sisters, how much God loves you?!\u00a0 In all these Scriptures and so many more, God tells us \u201cI LOVE YOU!\u201d There is no substitute for God\u2019s love expressed in Jesus\u2019 willingness to come and die for us. What love! He is always for us. He\u2019s never against us. He always wants to forgive us. When shame grips us, when we are suffering, Jesus says, \u201c<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Open your heart, it\u2019s time we start again<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\">YOU ARE FORGIVEN! \u00a0YOU ARE LOVED!<\/span><\/h3>\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>Lord, thank You for expressing over and over again \u201c<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>how wide, how long, how high, and how deep<\/em><\/span>\u201d Your love is for each of us. \u00a0You are so rich in kindness and grace, that You forgive us more times than there are \u201c<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">drops in the ocean<\/span><\/em>.\u201d \u00a0Help us to always accept Your love and forgiveness. \u00a0Help us share this good news with others. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 precious Name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want you as you are, not as you ought to be Won&#8217;t you lay down your guard and come to Me The shame that grips you now is crippling It breaks My heart to see you suffering &#8216;Cause I am for you I&#8217;m not against you If you want to know How far my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"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":[44,3491,8839,7512,8836,2698,5329,425,1288,8841,1672,8840,3692,8838,8837,4932],"class_list":["post-25731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-john-19","tag-clella-fox","tag-daniel-99","tag-deuteronomy-316","tag-drops-in-the-ocean","tag-ephesians-17","tag-ephesians-317-19","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-hawk-nelson","tag-jeremiah-312-4","tag-matthew-1128","tag-micah-719","tag-psalm-10312","tag-psalm-9114-17","tag-psalm-9414","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-6H1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25731","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\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25731"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25736,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25731\/revisions\/25736"}],"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=25731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}