{"id":27177,"date":"2015-08-18T00:30:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27177"},"modified":"2015-08-18T00:40:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T04:40:19","slug":"words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/18\/words\/","title":{"rendered":"Words"},"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;\">They&#8217;ve made me feel like a prisoner<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> They&#8217;ve made me feel set free<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> They&#8217;ve made me feel like a criminal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Made me feel like a king<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">They&#8217;ve lifted my heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To places I&#8217;d never been<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And they&#8217;ve dragged me down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Back to where I began<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Words can build you up<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Words can break you down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Start a fire in your heart or<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Put it out<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let my words be life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let my words be truth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I don&#8217;t wanna say a word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Unless it points the world back to You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You can heal the heartache<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Speak over the fear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> (Speak over the fear)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> God, Your voice is the only thing<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We need to hear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> (We need to hear)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Words can build us up<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Words can break us down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Start a fire in our hearts or<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Put it out<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let my words be life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let my words be truth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I don&#8217;t wanna say a word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Unless it points the world back to You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> (Back to You)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let the words I say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> (Let the words I say)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Be the sound of Your grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> (Sound like Your grace)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I don&#8217;t wanna say a word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Unless it points the world back to You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna speak Your love<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Not just another noise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh, I wanna be Your light<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I wanna be Your voice<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let my words be life<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let my words be truth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I don&#8217;t wanna say a word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Unless it points the world back to You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> (Back to You)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let the words I say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> (Let the words I say)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Be the sound of Your grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> (Sound like Your grace)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I don&#8217;t wanna say a word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Unless it points the world back to You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> (Back to You)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Words can build us up<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Words can break us down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Start a fire in our hearts<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Or put it out<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I don&#8217;t wanna say a word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Unless it points the world back to You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hawk Nelson: Words (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/anVweXDcxhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hawk Nelson<\/em><br \/>\nWritten by Jonathan Steingard, \u00a0Matt Hammitt, and Seth Mosley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We can use our words to build up or to tear down. \u00a0It is our choice. \u00a0I am sure we all have heard words that have torn us down in our past. \u00a0We often repeat what we hear or what we<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> believe<\/span> we hear. \u00a0God did not give us those words.\u00a0<em><span class=\"text Luke-6-46\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"text Luke-6-46\"><span class=\"woj\">Why do you call Me \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 and not do what I tell you?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-25185\" class=\"text Luke-6-47\"><span class=\"woj\">Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you what he is like:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-25186\" class=\"text Luke-6-48\"><span class=\"woj\">he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock.<br \/>\nAnd when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house<br \/>\nand could not shake it, because it had been well built.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span>Luke 6:46-48<\/p>\n<p>When we hear those words that have torn us down repeating in our minds, we need to rebuke them. \u00a0We need to repeat the promises God has told us about who we are in Him.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are His adopted sons and daughters<\/li>\n<li>We are loved<\/li>\n<li>We are cherished<\/li>\n<li>We are not beyond His help<\/li>\n<li>We do have a hope in God through His Son Jesus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u271e \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Father, thank You for the promise of Your Son and for the promise of being Yours. \u00a0Help us to see through the lies and deceit constantly echoing in our minds. \u00a0Give us the strength to turn the lies to right thinking in You and embracing Your promises. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;ve made me feel like a prisoner They&#8217;ve made me feel set free They&#8217;ve made me feel like a criminal Made me feel like a king They&#8217;ve lifted my heart To places I&#8217;d never been And they&#8217;ve dragged me down Back to where I began Words can build you up Words can break you down 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