{"id":26508,"date":"2015-06-28T00:20:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T04:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=26508"},"modified":"2015-06-26T09:47:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T13:47:41","slug":"the-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/28\/the-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"The Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13840\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg\" alt=\"SeekingHimLogo\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #008080;\">So let us seize\u00a0and hold fast<br \/>\nand\u00a0retain without wavering<br \/>\nthe hope we cherish<br \/>\nand\u00a0confess and our acknowledgement of it,<br \/>\nfor He Who promised is reliable<br \/>\n(sure) and\u00a0faithful to His Word.<br \/>\nHebrews 10:23 AMP<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kUXldeUFzVk?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyrics-body\">\n<div id=\"lyrics-body-text\">\n<p class=\"verse\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I never said that I would give you silver or gold<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Or that you would never feel the fire or shiver in the cold<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> But I did say you&#8217;d never walk through this world alone<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> And I did say, don&#8217;t make this world your home<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I never said that fear wouldn&#8217;t find you in the night<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Or that loneliness was something you&#8217;d never have to fight<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> But I did say I&#8217;d be right there by your side<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> And I did say I&#8217;ll always help you fight<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8216;Cause you know I made a promise that I intend to keep<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> My grace will be sufficient in every time of need<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> my love will be the anchor that you can hold onto<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> This is the promise, this is the promise I&#8217;ve made to you<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I never said that friends would never turn their backs on you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Or that the world around you wouldn&#8217;t see you as a fool<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> But I did say like Me you&#8217;ll surely be despised<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> And I did say My ways confound the wise<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I didn&#8217;t say you&#8217;d never taste the bitter kiss of death<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> Or have to walk through chilly Jordan to enter into rest<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> But I did say I&#8217;d be waiting right on the other side<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> And I did say I&#8217;ll dry every tear you cry<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">&#8216;Cause you know I made a promise that I&#8217;ve prepared a place<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> And some day sooner than you think you&#8217;ll see Me face to face<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> And you&#8217;ll sing with the angels and a countless multitude<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> This is the promise, this is the promise I&#8217;ve made to you<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">So just keep on walkin&#8217;, don&#8217;t turn to the left or right<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> And in the midst of darkness, let this be your light<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> That hell can&#8217;t separate us and you&#8217;re gonna make it through<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008080;\"> This is the promise, this is the promise I made to you<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"writers\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Half A Mile<br \/>\nwritten by\u00a0Don Poythress and Brian White<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So let us seize\u00a0and hold fast and\u00a0retain without wavering the hope we cherish and\u00a0confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and\u00a0faithful to His Word. 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