{"id":26449,"date":"2015-07-01T00:15:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T04:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26449"},"modified":"2015-06-29T23:26:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T03:26:18","slug":"holding-nothing-back-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/01\/holding-nothing-back-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding Nothing Back"},"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 am chosen, I am free,<br \/>\nI am living for eternity\u2026free now forever<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You picked me up, turned me around<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You set my feet on solid ground<br \/>\nI\u2019m Yours now forever<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And nothing\u2019s gonna hold me back<br \/>\nNo, nothing\u2019s gonna hold me back<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Nothing\u2019s gonna hold me back<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>My chains fell off, my heart was free<br \/>\nI\u2019m alive to live for You, I\u2019m alive to live for You<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>Amazing love, how can it be<br \/>\nYou gave everything for me<br \/>\nYou gave everything for me<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You washed my sin and shame away<br \/>\nThe slate is clean\u2014a brand new day; free now forever<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Now boldly I approach Your throne to claim this crown<br \/>\nThrough Christ my own<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I\u2019m Yours now forever<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I\u2019m free to live\u2026free to give\u2026free to be\u2026I\u2019m free to love You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9I8fPNcxYj4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Beth Croft w\/ Jesus Culture<\/em><br \/>\nSongwriters: Tim Hughes and Martin Smith<\/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>Are you dancing around your living room, hands raised, singing \u2018<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Nothing\u2019s gonna hold me back\u2026You gave everything for me-e-e-e<\/em>!<\/span>\u2019 \u00a0You (me, too!) have much to be dancing about\u2026so much to be praising our Lord and thanking Him for! \u00a0We are chosen\u2026free\u2026and living for eternity! \u00a0We are alive because of His amazing Love! Our sin and shame has been washed away\u2026and the slate was made clean! \u00a0AND, we ARE now His FOREVER!<\/p>\n<p>Only through mercy and the accomplishments of the Messiah have we been given access to God\u2019s throne. \u00a0Amazing, isn\u2019t it? \u00a0And to think&#8212;this had been Almighty God\u2019s intention all along!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is according to the purpose of the ages,<br \/>\nwhich He made in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord,<br \/>\nin whom we have boldness, access, and confidence through faith in Him.<br \/>\nEphesians 3:11 and 12<\/p>\n<p>We are free\u2014totally, completely, not of our own works\u2014by grace. \u00a0We have been set free from the sin of Adam that besets all mankind; free from a life of slavery to sin; free from condemnation; free from the Law; free from judgment; free to be all that God intends us to be! \u00a0We should live like it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,<br \/>\nbecause through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life<br \/>\nset me free from the law of sin and death.<br \/>\nRomans 8:1 and 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him,<br \/>\n\u201cIf you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;<br \/>\nand you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.<br \/>\nSo if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.\u201d<br \/>\nJohn 8:31 and 32, 36<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For freedom Christ has set us free;<br \/>\nstand firm therefore,<br \/>\nand do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.<br \/>\nGalatians 5:1<\/p>\n<p>So throw your hands up in praise and adoration of the One Who loves you so! \u00a0Sing your little heart out\u2026<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>hold nothing back<\/em><\/span>. \u00a0\u2018Cause you ARE free! <span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0\u2665 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am chosen, I am free, I am living for eternity\u2026free now forever You picked me up, turned me around You set my feet on solid ground I\u2019m Yours now forever And nothing\u2019s gonna hold me back No, nothing\u2019s gonna hold me back Nothing\u2019s gonna hold me back My chains fell off, my heart was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[5302,235,5307,1736,1287,425,5305,5306,5572,3971,5304,4932,1588,5303],"class_list":["post-26449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-beth-croft","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-ephesians-311-12","tag-galatians-51","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-holding-nothing-back","tag-i-am-free","tag-jesus-culture","tag-john-831-36","tag-martin-smith","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-romans-81-2","tag-tim-hughes","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-6SB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26449","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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26452,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26449\/revisions\/26452"}],"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=26449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}