{"id":27664,"date":"2015-09-15T00:15:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T04:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27664"},"modified":"2015-09-14T23:25:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T03:25:12","slug":"i-refuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/15\/i-refuse\/","title":{"rendered":"I Refuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"musicAnswerHero\" class=\"videoPlayer\">\n<div id=\"musicAnswerHero_thimg\" class=\"vp_embed\">\n<div class=\"cico\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sometimes I, I just want to close my eyes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And act like everyone\u2019s alright, when I know they\u2019re not<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> This world needs God, but it\u2019s easier to stand and watch<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I could say a prayer and just move on, like nothing&#8217;s wrong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But I refuse<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cico\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cico\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Cause I don\u2019t want to live like I don\u2019t care<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I don\u2019t want to say another empty prayer<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oh, I refuse to<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sit around and wait for someone else<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">To do what God has called me to do myself<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Oh, I could choose not to move<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">But I refuse<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"heroExpando\" class=\"b_twoColOnly\">\n<div id=\"helyrics\">\n<p class=\"b_paractl\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I can hear the least of these, crying out so desperately<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And I know we are the hands and feet of You, oh God<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> So if You say move, it&#8217;s time for me to follow through<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And do what I was made to do, and show them who You are<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"b_paractl\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">To stand and watch the weary and lost<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Cry out for help<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I refuse to turn my back and try and act<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Like all is well<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I refuse to stay unchanged, to wait another day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To die to myself<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I refuse to make one more excuse<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Josh Wilson - I Refuse\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6B1Lv8k5pEc?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>Josh Wilson<br \/>\n<\/em>Singer\/Songwriter<\/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>It is so easy to sit around and not do anything. \u00a0It is much harder to do something about our problems or the issues we see around us. \u00a0All we need to do is ask God to help us be strong and give us the courage to do what is right. 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