{"id":26261,"date":"2015-06-12T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26261"},"modified":"2015-06-11T10:15:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T14:15:37","slug":"into-your-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/12\/into-your-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Into Your Presence"},"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;\">I came here to lose myself<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To give all I am away<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I&#8217;m offering all I have to give<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And I will take nothing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I will take nothing but You<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>So take me into Your Presence<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> Into Your glory<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> I am surrendered to You<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> There You can change me<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> And rearrange me<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em> I need You<br \/>\nOh, I need You, Lord<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Cause I need You, Lord<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause I need You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/acDqBFYMIlg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><\/center><center>BJ Putnam<\/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>Having worked in the counseling profession for the past 4\u00bd years, and with being a counseling student&#8230;a wife&#8230;and a mother, the words \u201cI need&#8230;\u201d have passed my ears on more occasions than I can count. \u00a0It has been determined by psychologists, theorists and intellectuals over the years that we as humans have basic needs, and I agree\u2014there are elements in our life that we need to thrive and survive, such as food, water, connections with others, etc. \u00a0However, there is one need that is missing from the charts and graphs, from the lists of needs that have been expressed to me. \u00a0And that is the <em><strong>need<\/strong> of a relationship with the Father<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day I will make statements like \u201cI need coffee,\u201d \u201cI need a better pen,\u201d \u201cI need to go to the store,\u201d \u201cI need to make more money,\u201d etc. \u00a0But I wonder how many times I say \u201cI need God\u201d? \u00a0How many times do I go past the assumed notion that I need His Presence in my life, that I need His hand on my family, and verbalize my<em><strong> need<\/strong> for Him<\/em>. \u00a0As I hear the words repeating in this song, \u201cI need You, I need You,\u201d I have such a sense of peace. \u00a0Of all the needs in life, there is truly one that stands above the rest:<em> my<\/em> {<em>our<\/em>}<em> <strong>need<\/strong><\/em> for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>The next time I am tired, instead of saying \u201cI need coffee,\u201d I will say \u201cI need You!\u201d \u00a0Instead of saying \u201cI need to make more money,\u201d I will say \u201cI need You!\u201d \u00a0Today, what need can you replace with the words \u201cI need You!\u201d?<\/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 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let\u2019s pray:<\/span> Father, we have many perceived needs in life, but there is one need that trumps them all\u2014the need for You. \u00a0As the words of this song state, we need you to change us and rearrange us, we need You. \u00a0Thank You for being the one need we know for certain will be met. \u00a0Thank You for being ever present in our lives. \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name we pray, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came here to lose myself To give all I am away I&#8217;m offering all I have to give And I will take nothing I will take nothing but You So take me into Your Presence Into Your glory I am surrendered to You There You can change me And rearrange me I need You [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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":[9012,1287,425,9014,9013,9015,4932,1075],"class_list":["post-26261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-bj-putnam","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-into-your-presence","tag-need-for-god","tag-our-biggest-need-is-for-him","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-tonya-ellison","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-6Pz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26261","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26261"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26263,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26261\/revisions\/26263"}],"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=26261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}