{"id":25973,"date":"2015-05-24T00:15:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T04:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25973"},"modified":"2015-05-23T09:22:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T13:22:39","slug":"cast-my-cares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/24\/cast-my-cares\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast My Cares"},"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;\">When fear feels bigger than my faith<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And struggles steal my breath away<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When my back&#8217;s pressed up against the wall<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> With the weight of my worries stacked up tall<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;re strong enough to hold it all<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will cast my cares on You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;re the Anchor of my hope<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The only One Who&#8217;s in control<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I will cast my cares on You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;ll trade the troubles of this world<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"> For Your peace inside my soul<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">This war&#8217;s not what I would&#8217;ve chosen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But You see the future no one knows yet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And You&#8217;re\u00a0still good when I can&#8217;t<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> See the working of Your hands<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You&#8217;re holding it all<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;m finding there&#8217;s freedom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When I lay it all on Your shoulders<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cast my cares,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Cast my cares,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Cast my cares on You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0_iSBxatfgQ?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Finding Favour<br \/>\nWriters: Blake NeeSmith, Casy Brown &amp; Sam Tinnesz<\/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 *\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you;<br \/>\nHe will never let the righteous be shaken.<br \/>\nPsalm 52:22<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.<br \/>\n1 Peter 1:7<\/p>\n<p>Why is it that we still worry and doubt, even when He has proven to us over and over again that He will always come through for us and that all the resources that are our Father&#8217;s are ours, too? \u00a0I can look back, week after week, and see His hand in my life and His provision; yet I can still get myself all worked up and anxious.<\/p>\n<p>I have areas in my life that are so easy to hand over to God&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>my children&#8217;s safety<\/li>\n<li>protection over us<\/li>\n<li>my parents well-being<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;and the list goes on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But there is one that I continue to give Him&#8230;and then take back (and it is on-going). \u00a0But God is always faithful and He reminds me over and over again in His Word that His promises always come true (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+corinthians+1%3A20&amp;version=NASB;NLT;NIV;AMP;KJV\" target=\"_blank\">Deuteronomy 7:9<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+corinthians+1%3A20&amp;version=NASB;NLT;NIV;AMP;KJV\" target=\"_blank\">2 Corinthians 1:20<\/a>) and that if He cares about the birds in the air, how much more does He care about us (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=matthew+6%3A25-34&amp;version=NASB;NLT;NIV;AMP;KJV\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 6:25-34<\/a>)?<\/p>\n<p><em>What are you holding onto today that is keeping you from the joy that is yours<\/em>? \u00a0Our God is so capable of handling all of our problems all at once. He is everywhere and He is so close to you. \u00a0His love reaches to the ends of the earth and knows no end. \u00a0Today I challenge us all to make a list of three things that we need to give to Him and let Him handle. \u00a0Journal them and see if your load is a little lighter and your smile is a little brighter! \u00a0And look in the Bible and seek those verses on just this topic, casting it all on God!<\/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 *\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Let us pray<\/em><\/span>: Dear God, You are so loving and so true. \u00a0You are always the same even when everything around us is changing. \u00a0You are so capable of holding all of our burdens on Your shoulders. \u00a0Oh Lord, we are Your children and we need You. \u00a0Help us to love You more each day and to remember to give You all our problems, believing that You will take care of it. \u00a0We love You and we trust You. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When fear feels bigger than my faith And struggles steal my breath away When my back&#8217;s pressed up against the wall With the weight of my worries stacked up tall You&#8217;re strong enough to hold it all I will cast my cares on You You&#8217;re the Anchor of my hope The only One Who&#8217;s in [&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":[3792,8908,8910,8907,6630,1287,425,8693,589,8909,4932,938],"class_list":["post-25973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-1-peter-17","tag-cast-my-cares","tag-casting-your-burdens-on-him","tag-finding-favor","tag-freedom-from-burdens","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-hymns-and-spiritual-songs-blog","tag-kim-spring","tag-psalm-5222","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-scripture","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-6KV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25973","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=25973"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25982,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25973\/revisions\/25982"}],"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=25973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}