{"id":25804,"date":"2015-05-14T00:15:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T04:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25804"},"modified":"2015-05-13T22:24:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T02:24:34","slug":"cry-out-to-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/14\/cry-out-to-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cry Out To Jesus"},"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;\">To everyone who&#8217;s lost someone they love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Long before it was their time<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You feel like the days you had were not enough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">when you said goodbye<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And to all of the people with burdens and pains<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Keeping you back from your life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You believe that there&#8217;s nothing and there is no one<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Who can make it right<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There is hope for the helpless<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Rest for the weary<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Love for the broken heart<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There is grace and forgiveness<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mercy and healing<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">He&#8217;ll meet you wherever you are<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">For the marriage that&#8217;s struggling just to hang on<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">They&#8217;ve lost all of their faith in love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">They&#8217;ve done all they can to make it right again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Still it&#8217;s not enough<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">For the ones who can&#8217;t break the addictions and chains<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You try to give up but you come back again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Just remember that you&#8217;re not alone in your shame<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And your suffering<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When your lonely<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And it feels like the whole world is falling on you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cry to Jesus<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">To the widow who struggles with being alone<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Wiping the tears from her eyes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">For the children around the world without a home<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Say a prayer tonight<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VeGNgBwPTMA?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"archive-description\">\n<p class=\"archive-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Third Day<\/em><br \/>\nBrad Avery, David Carr, Mac Powell, Mark Lee, Tai Anderson<\/p>\n<p class=\"archive-title\" 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 class=\"archive-title\">There is record after record after record throughout the Scriptures of people who loved God, showed their love by their obedience, and did wonderful things as they served Him\u2026and yet, at times, were at their wits\u2019 end. \u00a0 \u00a0Here is one example that you may be familiar with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"archive-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">When Mordecai learned all that had been done,<br \/>\nhe tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes,<br \/>\nand went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.<br \/>\nEsther 4:1<\/p>\n<p class=\"archive-title\">This account (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Esther%203&amp;version=NIV;NLT;NASB;AMP\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>) in the Book of Esther is an incredible example of harrowing times\u2014so alarming and scary!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-14658 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-womens tag-acts-221 tag-coleen-hayden tag-cry-out-to-god tag-cry-to-god tag-darlene-schacht tag-distraught tag-esther tag-esther-41-3 tag-esther-the-beauty-of-courageous-submission tag-feelings tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour tag-gods-promises tag-isaiah-3019 tag-mordecai tag-proverbs-35-8 tag-psalm-1201 tag-psalm-346 tag-psalms-1391-3 tag-psalms-1421-2 tag-psalms-5516-17 tag-trust-god tag-womens-bible-studies entry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A word I would use to describe the state of Mordecai&#8217;s heart is \u00a0distraught.\u00a0 The word, <em>distraught<\/em>, means \u2018overly agitated, worried, full of grief, worked up, deeply upset, in a panic.\u2019\u00a0 In Latin, it literally means to <em>be pulled apart<\/em>.\u00a0 Have you ever felt like this?\u00a0 I am thinking you are nodding your head\u2026for sure I have, too.\u00a0 There are many reactions and responses <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">to<\/span> the gut-wrenching emotion of being distraught. Perhaps you might feel as Mordecai did and react by crying out loudly.\u00a0 Or, rather, you might feel \u2018frozen\u2019 and not sure what to do.\u00a0 Maybe you might feel like you had been punched and just fall to your knees in despondency.\u00a0 These emotions\u2014being distraught, despondent, unsure\u2014are <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">feelings<\/span> that the enemy of our souls would want you to\u00a0experience and succumb to\u00a0<span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">in<\/span> defeat.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is One Who knows we will feel like this at times and wants us to seek Him for relief and help and deliverance.\u00a0 Our heavenly Father is the One Who has put \u2018feelings\u2019 into our makeup.\u00a0 Remember He formed and made us; He knows every part of our being\u2026our feelings and our thoughts, too.<\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.<br \/>\nYou know my downsitting and <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">my<\/span> uprising;<br \/>\nYou understand my thought afar off.<br \/>\nYou sift and search out my path and my lying down;<br \/>\nYou are acquainted with all my ways.<br \/>\nPsalms 139:1-3<\/p>\n<p>Almighty God wants us to come to Him at any time, with all of our feelings; yes, even when we are distraught, despondent, unsure.\u00a0 He already knows we are feeling this way\u2026He just wants us to seek Him!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.<br \/>\nIn all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.<br \/>\nDo not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.<br \/>\nIt will be healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.<br \/>\nProverbs 3:5-8<\/p>\n<p>The same feelings that S<span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">atan<\/span> attempts to use to pull us down and defeat us, God can use to draw us to Himself.\u00a0 Listen to the words of the psalmist when he was distraught, despondent, unsure.\u00a0 Just like Mordecai, he cried out to God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As for me, I call to God, and the Lord saves me.<br \/>\nEvening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.<br \/>\nPsalms 55:16 and 17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With my voice I cry out to the Lord;<br \/>\nwith my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.<br \/>\nI pour out my complaint before Him; I tell my trouble before Him.<br \/>\nPsalms 142:1 and 2<\/p>\n<p>May I encourage each of you to never, ever hold back your need to cry out to your heavenly Father.\u00a0 He is always listening.\u00a0 He has promised.\u00a0 His promises are ours to stand firmly on knowing Who has spoken them, and Who will bring them to pass. \u00a0 You know those times when you fall to your knees\u2026so unsure of what to do.\u00a0 God simply desires a heart of humility as You come before Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In my distress I cried to the Lord, and He answered me.<br \/>\nPsalm 120:1<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.<br \/>\nPsalm 34:6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.<br \/>\nActs 2:21<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry;<br \/>\n<span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">when<\/span> He hears it, He will answer you.<br \/>\nIsaiah 30:19<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; color: #800080;\">Cry out, my friend&#8230;He will hear and He will answer! 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