{"id":26167,"date":"2015-06-06T00:15:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T04:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26167"},"modified":"2015-06-06T08:43:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T12:43:47","slug":"i-can-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/06\/i-can-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"I Can Pray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" 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><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I may never sing a song that brings people to their feet<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And mighty men of world renown I may never get to meet<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But I have an invitation to hasten to His throne<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To lay my burdens at His feet and make my petitions known<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I can pray<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Though the storm around me rages<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I can trust the Rock of ages when I pray<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And the peace I can\u2019t explain when I call upon His Name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I just know I\u2019m not the same when I pray<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">When it seems the road I\u2019m trav\u2019ling on just doesn\u2019t have an end<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I have found that He will be my brother and my friend<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> For He never will forsake me; He will always hear my plea<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Because He stands beside the Father, interceding just for me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">If my people<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Who are called by My Name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Will humble themselves<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Will humble themselves and pray<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NkNpKVdGf84?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><\/center><center>Singer\/ Songwriter: <em>Kim Culpepper<\/em><\/center><center><\/center><center><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/center>I heard this song several months ago, and it spoke to me. \u00a0I put it in my &#8216;maybe&#8217; list of songs to blog, not knowing when or if I was to share it. \u00a0Over the past two months a 16 year old young man in our church has been struggling with a deadly illness and has been through several brains surgeries already, with the almost certain need for more. \u00a0Our congregation, friends and family, both near and far, are praying for this boy! \u00a0What more can we do?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Share each other\u2019s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.<br \/>\nGalatians 6:2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Instead of worrying, pray.<br \/>\nLet petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers,<br \/>\nletting God know your concerns.<br \/>\nBefore you know it, a sense of God\u2019s wholeness,<br \/>\neverything coming together for good,\u00a0will come and settle you down.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.<br \/>\nPhilippians 4:6-7 MSG<\/p>\n<p>The songs I sing will never bring people to their feet, and won\u2019t heal Zach. \u00a0The mighty men of world renown can visit him at his hospital bedside, but they can\u2019t heal Zach.\u00a0\u00a0This road that Zach and his family are traveling on seems to have no end. \u00a0This is a storm that is too great for any human to conquer. \u00a0Perhaps you, too, (physically, emotionally, or spiritually), are on a rugged road that seems to have no end, and are in a storm too great to conquer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT GOD!<\/strong>\u00a0 Each of us has an invitation to hasten to the Throne of the One and Only God, the Rock of Ages, Who can do anything, including heal our dear Zach and calm your storm. That is exactly what Zach\u2019s parents, and we are doing daily, even moment-by-moment, and I encourage you to do the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">Where else can we find peace?<br \/>\nWho else assures us that He hears our prayers?<br \/>\nWho else promises to never leave us or forsake us?<br \/>\nWho else can calm the storm?<br \/>\nWho else can heal Zach?<br \/>\nWho else can smooth your road?<br \/>\nNo one, <strong>BUT GOD!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God.<br \/>\nThere we will receive His mercy,<br \/>\nand we will find grace to help us when we need it most.<br \/>\nHebrews 14:16 NLT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD God is the eternal Rock.<br \/>\nIsaiah 26:4<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Trust in Him at all times, you people;<br \/>\npour out your hearts to Him, for God is our Refuge.<br \/>\nPsalm 62:8<\/p>\n<p>As one song says, \u201c<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Our God is an awesome God, Who reigns in Heaven above, with wisdom, power, and love, our God is an awesome God.<\/em><\/span>\u201d \u00a0With that assurance, we run into God\u2019s Throne Room, and lay our \u201c<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>burdens at His feet and make my (our) petitions known<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is there<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>we have the assurance that He hears our prayers<\/li>\n<li>we know that Jesus is interceding before our Father for us<\/li>\n<li>we find our peace<\/li>\n<li>we find our answers<\/li>\n<li>we are \u201cnot the same when I (we) pray.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If God is for us, who can be against us?<br \/>\nHe who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all,<br \/>\nhow will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?&#8230;<br \/>\nChrist Jesus is the One who died<br \/>\n\u2014more than that, Who was raised\u2014<br \/>\nWho is at the right hand of God, Who indeed is interceding for us\u2026.<br \/>\nRomans 8:31-39<\/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>Whatever your storm is today, dear friend, believe that Jesus wants you to come to Him with it. \u00a0Believe He will take care of your need, no matter what is it. \u00a0When you can\u2019t do anything else, <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>YOU CAN PRAY<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0And we, your sisters in Christ, will pray with you. \u00a0Jesus is waiting and listening\u2026and answering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,<br \/>\nwill guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.<br \/>\nPhilippians 4:7 NIV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You.<br \/>\nIsaiah 26:3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you.<br \/>\nI do not give to you as the world gives.<br \/>\nDo not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.<br \/>\nJohn 14:27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I may never sing a song that brings people to their feet And mighty men of world renown I may never get to meet But I have an invitation to hasten to His throne To lay my burdens at His feet and make my petitions known I can pray Though the storm around me rages [&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":[3491,8976,1287,425,8977,8974,534,8978,560,8975,5168,1673,1717,3814,4932,8979],"class_list":["post-26167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-clella-fox","tag-galatians-62","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-hebrews-1416","tag-i-can-pray","tag-isaiah-263","tag-isaiah-264","tag-john-1427","tag-kim-culpepper","tag-our-god-is-an-awesome-god","tag-philippians-46-7","tag-philippians-47","tag-psalm-628","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-romans-831-39","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-6O3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26167","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=26167"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26170,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26167\/revisions\/26170"}],"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=26167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}