{"id":26404,"date":"2015-06-21T00:15:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T04:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26404"},"modified":"2015-06-21T01:54:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T05:54:26","slug":"lift-your-head-weary-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/21\/lift-your-head-weary-sinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lift Your Head, Weary Sinner"},"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;\">Lift your head weary sinner the river&#8217;s just ahead<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Down the path of forgiveness salvation&#8217;s waiting there<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You built a mighty fortress 10,000 burdens high<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Love is here to lift you up, here to lift you high<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">If you&#8217;re lost and wandering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Come stumbling in like a prodigal child<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> See the walls start crumbling<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let the gates of glory open wide<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">All who&#8217;ve strayed and walked away, unspeakable things you&#8217;ve done<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Fix your eyes on the mountain, let the past be dead and gone<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Come all saints and sinners, you can&#8217;t outrun God<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Whatever you&#8217;ve done can&#8217;t overcome the power of the blood<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0tXTEE0uHy8?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">David Crowder Band<br \/>\nWriter(s): Ed Cash, David Crowder and Seth Philpott<\/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>I remember getting lost in the woods of our hunting camp and, though it&#8217;s been a while ago, I still remember that feeling. \u00a0It was hot and, at first, it was like an adventure. We looked at the trees and different birds and soaked in the beauty. \u00a0Fast forward an hour or so and we were still going in circles&#8230;and now we were thirsty and ready to get back home.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how it is when we go off course on our own&#8230;away from God and the life He has for us. \u00a0We walk in circles and hunger and thirst for something that only He can satisfy. \u00a0The awesome thing is that He is always waiting with open arms. \u00a0We are His prodigal sons and daughters. \u00a0 His gates are always open. \u00a0When we are tired of wandering on our own and doing things our way, we have a place to go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Is this you today? \u00a0Are you ready to come home? \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>God is waiting! \u00a0Lay it all down at His feet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here are some Scriptures to cling to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;My son,\u2019 the father said, \u2018you are always with me,<br \/>\nand everything I have is yours.<br \/>\nBut we had to celebrate and be glad,<br \/>\nbecause this brother of yours was dead and is alive again;<br \/>\nhe was lost and is found.\u2019<br \/>\nLuke 15:31-32<\/p>\n<div class=\"_3hi clearfix\">\n<div class=\"_38 direction_ltr\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD;<br \/>\nand they will be My people, and I will be their God,<br \/>\nfor they will return to Me with their whole heart.<br \/>\nBut in their distress they turned to the LORD God of Israel,<br \/>\nand they sought Him, and He let them find Him.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;\">Jeremiah 24:7\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pray with me<\/span><\/em>: Dear God, You are so good and so loving. You are the only constant, You are never changing. \u00a0Lord, we are tired of wandering and we are ready to come home. \u00a0Your ways are so much better than the path we have been on. We love You and praise You. \u00a0Thank You for always welcoming us back in love. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lift your head weary sinner the river&#8217;s just ahead Down the path of forgiveness salvation&#8217;s waiting there You built a mighty fortress 10,000 burdens high Love is here to lift you up, here to lift you high If you&#8217;re lost and wandering Come stumbling in like a prodigal child See the walls start crumbling Let [&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":[9067,1287,425,9069,1434,589,9068,6444,9066,4932],"class_list":["post-26404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-david-crowder-band","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-is-always-waiting","tag-jeremiah-247","tag-kim-spring","tag-life-your-head-weary-sinner","tag-luke-1531-32","tag-prodigal","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","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-6RS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26404","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=26404"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26411,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26404\/revisions\/26411"}],"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=26404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}