{"id":27719,"date":"2015-09-17T00:15:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T04:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27719"},"modified":"2015-09-16T23:21:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T03:21:39","slug":"we-are-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/17\/we-are-free\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Free"},"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;\">Chains are broken, &#8217;cause You have spoken<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> It is finished on the Cross<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Now I&#8217;m living in Your freedom<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Jesus, You have set me free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">By the power of Your Spirit<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Every captive is released<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> For this purpose, I am living<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> &#8216;Cause, Jesus, You have set me free<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nothing\u02bcs gonna hold me back<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> No, nothing\u02bcs gonna keep me down<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Jesus has set me free, I\u02bbm free indeed<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will give You praise<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> With everything I am I\u02bcll praise<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Whatever may come my way<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You have won the victory, oh You set me free<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I\u02bcm surrounded by Your goodness<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> I am covered by Your grace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> My heart is grateful, forever thankful<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> &#8216;Cause, Jesus, You have set me free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will give You praise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> With everything I am I\u02bcll praise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Whatever may come my way<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You have won the victory<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">We are free, we are free<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And we have the victory<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will give You praise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> With everything I am I\u02bcll praise<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Whatever may come my way<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You have won the victory, You set me free<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LwCZp5-tSYg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>PlanetShakers<\/em><br \/>\nJoth Hunt<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Set me free from my prison,\u00a0that I may praise Your name.<br \/>\nThen the righteous will gather about me<br \/>\nbecause of Your goodness to me.<br \/>\nPsalm 142:7 NIV<\/p>\n<p>Here is David\u2026once again\u2026on the run for his life from Saul, hiding in a cave, acknowledging the need for his God\u2019s deliverance and protection. \u00a0And don\u2019t you just love his motivation? \u00a0Listen again to what he writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c\u2026[so] that I may <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">praise Your name<\/span>,<br \/>\nthen the righteous will gather about me because of Your goodness to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, he <strong>definitely<\/strong> needed to be rescued from the cave. \u00a0Yes, he <strong>surely<\/strong> needed to be delivered from this situation. \u00a0Yes, he <strong>absolutely<\/strong> was in dire straits fearing for his life. \u00a0But, even more than being rescued, delivered, and saved,<strong> he wanted to praise his Deliverer, his Rescuer, his Savior and tell others about God\u2019s goodness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And this was always the recurring theme of David\u2019s heart\u2014to praise God! \u00a0Even now, thousands of years later, you and I are so often brought to the place of praise through the beautiful, praise-filled words of David\u2019s psalms, yes? \u00a0Here are a few of my oh-so-very favorites:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;<br \/>\nMy heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.<br \/>\nI will sing to the Lord,<br \/>\nBecause He has dealt bountifully with me.<br \/>\nPsalms 13:5-6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My mouth shall tell of Your righteous acts<br \/>\nand of Your deeds of salvation all the day,<br \/>\nfor their number is more than I know.<br \/>\nPsalm 71:15<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,<br \/>\nAnd Your thoughts toward us;<br \/>\nThere is none to compare with You.<br \/>\nPsalm 40:5<\/p>\n<p>In Psalm 142, we hear of David\u2019s desire to not only praise God for rescuing him but that other\u2019s, also, would praise God for this. \u00a0How about me (and you)? 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