{"id":27837,"date":"2015-09-25T00:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T04:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27837"},"modified":"2015-09-24T16:12:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T20:12:42","slug":"first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/25\/first\/","title":{"rendered":"First"},"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;\">Before I bring my need<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will bring my heart<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Before I lift my cares<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will lift my arms<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna know You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna find You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">In every season<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">In every moment<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Before I bring my need<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will bring my heart<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">And seek You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">First<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna seek You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna seek You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">First<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna keep You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna keep You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">First<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">More than anything I want<br \/>\nI want You<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">First<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Before I speak a word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let me hear Your voice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And in the midst of pain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let me feel Your joy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Ooh, I wanna know You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I wanna find You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">In every season<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">In every moment<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Before I speak a word<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I will bring my heart<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are my treasure and my reward<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let nothing ever come before<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You are my treasure and my reward<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let nothing ever come before<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I seek You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">First<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HB1mLJkH6kw?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center><em>Lauren Daigle<\/em><center><\/center><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\"><em><strong>First<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. \u00a0You know this is one of the most taught-on subjects in the church. \u00a0It is something we&#8217;ve heard said\u2014and have said ourselves\u2014all of our lives. \u00a0But for some reason it is one of the most difficult things to do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Seek God\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #800080; text-decoration: underline;\">first<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We get our coffee <span style=\"color: #800080;\">first<\/span>&#8230;.we scan facebook <span style=\"color: #800080;\">first<\/span>&#8230;watch the news <span style=\"color: #800080;\">first<\/span>&#8230;pour our heart out to a friend <span style=\"color: #800080;\">first<\/span>\u2014all <em>before<\/em> seeking God. \u00a0I am very guilty of this. \u00a0I make excuses saying that I have no time, no energy, I can take care of it myself&#8230;. \u00a0But the One I need to be putting<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> first<\/span><\/em> is often an afterthought when the situation or circumstance becomes too big or when the pain is too strong. \u00a0The sweet, simple words of this song remind us that before everything we put Him <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">first<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In every season, in every moment<\/span><\/em>&#8230;\u201d Ladies, this week let us make an intentional effort to put God <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">first<\/span><\/em>. \u00a0Let us seek Him in every season and every moment. \u00a0Let Him be our <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">first<\/span> <\/em>line of defense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Let&#8217;s pray<\/em><\/span>: Lord, how refreshing it is to know that You are our \u2018first\u2019. \u00a0Before we have to worry about what to say or how to say it&#8230;before we worry about what we&#8217;re going to do&#8230;You are always here for us to look to for guidance. Lord, please forgive us if we have neglected this. \u00a0Forgive us for looking to ourselves rather than to You. \u00a0Thank You for still remaining. \u00a0Lord, we will seek You first! \u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name we pray, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I bring my need I will bring my heart Before I lift my cares I will lift my arms I wanna know You I wanna find You In every season In every moment Before I bring my need I will bring my heart And seek You First I wanna seek You I wanna seek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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":[9441,1287,425,5266,9440,4932,9442,1075],"class_list":["post-27837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-first","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-keep-god-first","tag-lauren-daigle","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-seek-god-first","tag-tonya-ellison","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-first","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27837","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27837"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27842,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27837\/revisions\/27842"}],"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=27837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}