{"id":26070,"date":"2015-05-31T00:15:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T04:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26070"},"modified":"2015-05-30T23:15:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T03:15:23","slug":"your-grace-finds-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/31\/your-grace-finds-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Grace Finds Me"},"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><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s there in a newborn cry<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There in the light of every sunrise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There in the shadows of this life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your great grace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s there on the mountain top<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There in the everyday and the mundane<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There in the sorrow and the dancing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your great grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh, such grace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">From the creation to the Cross<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There from the Cross into eternity<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your grace finds me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Yes, Your grace finds me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s there on the wedding day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There in the weeping by the gravesite<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There in the very breath we breathe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your great grace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">It&#8217;s the same for the rich and poor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The same for the saint and for the sinner<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Enough for this whole wide world<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your great grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh, such grace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There in the darkest night of the soul<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> There in the sweetest songs of victory<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Your grace finds me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Yes your grace finds me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Your great grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh such grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Your great grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh such grace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So I&#8217;m breathing in Your grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And breathing out Your praise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m breathing in Your grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Forever I&#8217;ll be<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Your grace finds me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Yes Your grace finds me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/orY_OWKTyfU?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matt Redman<br \/>\nwritten along with Jonas Myrin<\/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>As long as there is sin, there will be grace. \u00a0And, even when we don&#8217;t realize it and we aren&#8217;t even looking for it, grace finds us. \u00a0Can you think of a time lately when you needed grace? \u00a0The awesome thing is that it really is everywhere. \u00a0It&#8217;s in the thorns that pierce us and the heavy loads we carry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.<br \/>\nBut He said to me, &#8220;My grace is sufficient for you,<br \/>\nfor My power is made perfect in weakness.&#8221;<br \/>\nTherefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,<br \/>\nso that Christ&#8217;s power may rest on me.<br \/>\n2 Corinthians 12:8-9<\/p>\n<p>Grace meets us when we need His mercy and compassion. \u00a0Sometimes the pit we fall into isn&#8217;t always one that we chose&#8230;maybe someone pushed us in and we are struggling to get out. \u00a0More than anything we need His hand of grace to pull us out and His mercy to steady us so that we can keep moving forward instead of looking behind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence,<br \/>\nso that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.<br \/>\nHebrews 4:16<\/p>\n<p>And when we do <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>breathe in God&#8217;s grace<\/em><\/span>, we need to <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>breathe out His praise<\/em><\/span> for all that He is and all that He does. \u00a0And when we are doubting that we are even worthy of coming to His throne, may we be reminded that nothing that we have done or will ever do is what qualifies us to receive His grace and mercy. \u00a0It is the love that God has for us that He would send His only Son to die. \u00a0It was the carrying of the Cross and the death of Jesus that gives us our grace ticket into His presence.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Do you need to be reminded again that you are loved and wanted?<br \/>\nListen again to the words of this song and claim them as they are for you&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Let us pray:<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Dear heavenly Father, You are so amazing and loving. \u00a0You are so full of mercy and compassion for each one of Your children. \u00a0Your forgiveness has no end. \u00a0Lord, we praise You today for the Cross. Because of the love You have for us, we will not be shaken because You have placed us on a firm foundation. \u00a0Thank You that we can come to You freely with any request and You listen. \u00a0You are always working on our behalf. \u00a0Please wrap Your arms around those today that need to be reminded. \u00a0We love You. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s there in a newborn cry There in the light of every sunrise There in the shadows of this life Your great grace It&#8217;s there on the mountain top There in the everyday and the mundane There in the sorrow and the dancing Your great grace Oh, such grace From the creation to the Cross [&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":[8944,249,425,454,496,6885,589,6208,8943,4932,938,6764],"class_list":["post-26070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-2-corinthians-128-9","tag-compassion","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-grace","tag-hebrews-416","tag-jonas-myrin","tag-kim-spring","tag-matt-redman-songwriter-and-singer","tag-mercy-and-forgiveness","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-scripture","tag-your-grace-finds-me","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-6Mu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26070","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=26070"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26084,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26070\/revisions\/26084"}],"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=26070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}