{"id":25990,"date":"2015-05-25T00:15:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T04:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=25990"},"modified":"2015-05-25T00:15:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T04:15:51","slug":"soul-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/25\/soul-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul On Fire"},"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 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">God, I&#8217;m running for Your heart<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m running for Your heart<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Till I am a soul on fire<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Lord, I&#8217;m longing for Your ways<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m waiting for the day<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When I am a soul on fire<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Till I am a soul on fire<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lord, restore the joy I had<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I have wandered, bring me back<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> In this darkness, lead me through<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Until all I see is You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lord, let me burn for You again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let me return to You again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And Lord, let me burn for You again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And let me return to You again<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7lv9oMjv_0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Third Day<\/em><br \/>\nMac Powell, Tai Anderson, Mark Lee, David Carr,<br \/>\nalong with Brenton Brown,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Matt Maher<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Restore to me the joy of Your salvation.<br \/>\nPsalm 51:12 AMP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;<em>To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul&#8217;s paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too easily satisfied religionist, but justified in happy experience by the children of the burning heart<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0&#8211; A. W. Tozer<\/p>\n<p>This song has been stuck in my head for weeks. \u00a0I finally gave in and decided to use it for my blog. \u00a0Why was I so unwilling to write about it? \u00a0I am not sure. \u00a0I want to believe I am longing for His ways instead of my own. But perhaps I am not&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>We are all pursuing something. \u00a0We are chasing after dreams and desires, seeking to secure the things we are passionate about. \u00a0Sometimes pursuing our own goals <em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em> pursuing God become mutually exclusive. \u00a0We run hard after success and security. \u00a0And sometimes along the way we lose our joy and our passion for God. \u00a0We become consumed by obtaining more worldly wealth and lose sight of our eternal wealth.<\/p>\n<p>Why do we waste our time running after things that will never satisfy us? \u00a0Too often it takes a disaster, a tragedy, a major loss or failure for God to regain our attention. \u00a0It would be so much easier on us if we would continually seek revival in our souls&#8230;if we made a conscious decision daily to run hard after God.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Matthew Henry stated,<br \/>\n&#8220;Wherever there is true grace there is a desire for more grace.&#8221;<br \/>\nKing David put it like this,<br \/>\n\u201cMy soul follows hard after You: Your right hand upholds me.\u201d (Psalm 63:8)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We should be hot on the heels of God\u2014earnestly, and expectantly, seeking Him. \u00a0It requires effort and endurance on our part but the rewards we reap cannot be counted or contained.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe this song has been stuck in my mind as a personal reminder to be running after God&#8217;s heart. \u00a0Maybe it is to bring me back from my worldly wanderings and restore the joy that can only be found in an intimate relationship with God. \u00a0Perhaps this song will remain in my mind and in my heart until I, again, have a soul on fire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lord, please help me return to You again. \u00a0Restore my joy, let it abound in me. \u00a0May I daily run hard after Your heart and may Your right hand uphold me. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; 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