{"id":28215,"date":"2015-10-26T00:15:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T04:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28215"},"modified":"2015-10-25T21:55:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T01:55:29","slug":"flawless-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/26\/flawless-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Flawless"},"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;\">There\u2019s got to be more<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Than going back and forth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> From doing right to doing wrong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> \u2018Cause we were taught that\u2019s who we are<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Come on get in line right behind me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You along with everybody<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Thinking there\u2019s worth in what you do<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Then like a hero who takes the stage when<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> We\u2019re on the edge of our seats saying it\u2019s too late<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Well let me introduce you to amazing grace<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">No matter the bumps<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> No matter the bruises<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> No matter the scars<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Still the truth is<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The Cross has made<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The Cross has made you flawless<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> No matter the hurt<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Or how deep the wound is<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> No matter the pain<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Still the truth is<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The Cross has made<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The Cross has made you flawless<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Could it possibly be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That we simply can\u2019t believe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> That this unconditional<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Kind of love would be enough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> To take a filthy wretch like this<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And wrap him up in righteousness<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But that\u2019s exactly what He did<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Take a breath smile and say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Right here right now I\u2019m ok<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Because the Cross was enough<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wjLlLPZderk?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>MercyMe<br \/>\n<\/em>Songwriters: \u00a0Solomon Olds, Ben Glover, Nathan Cochran, Mike Scheuchzer,<br \/>\nBarry Graul, Robby Shaffer, Bart Millard, David Arthur Garcia<\/p>\n<p class=\"writers\" 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 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Flawless<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Having no defects or faults (dictionary.com)<\/li>\n<li>Without any blemishes or imperfections; perfect (Google)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You shall be blameless (complete, perfect) before the Lord your God<br \/>\nDeuteronomy 18:13 AMP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">God appointed His Son with an oath,<br \/>\nand His Son has been made the perfect High Priest forever.<br \/>\nHebrews 7:28b NLT<\/p>\n<p>As I was reading Psalm 18:30, the word &#8220;<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">flawless<\/span><\/em>&#8221; jumped out at me:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As for God, His way is perfect:<br \/>\nThe Lord&#8217;s Word is flawless;<br \/>\nHe shields all who take refuge in Him.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, I immediately started singing this song. \u00a0We know God is flawless. \u00a0Scripture repeatedly reveals His perfection:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The law of the Lord is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul;<br \/>\nPsalm 19:7 AMP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He is the Rock, His work is perfect;<br \/>\nDeuteronomy 32:4 NKJV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">God\u2014His way is perfect; the Word of the Lord is pure.<br \/>\n2 Samuel 22:31 HCSB<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">God is Light [He is holy, His message is truthful, He is perfect in righteousness],<br \/>\nand in Him there is no darkness at all [no sin, no wickedness, no imperfection].<br \/>\n1 John 1:5 AMP<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I don&#8217;t know about y&#8217;all, but I have a really hard time thinking of myself as &#8216;flawless, unblemished, blameless&#8217; \u00a0(much less, perfect!). \u00a0I know my faults, my imperfections. \u00a0So does God. \u00a0But&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Could it possibly be<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> That we simply can\u2019t believe<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> That this unconditional<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Kind of love would be enough<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> To take a filthy wretch like this<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> And wrap him up in righteousness<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> But that\u2019s exactly what He did<\/em><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>That is exactly what God did! \u00a0He sent His Son in our place. \u00a0The Lord is our High Priest who intercedes for us. \u00a0God views us through the righteousness of Christ. \u00a0We are blameless, complete, perfect before Him. \u00a0God&#8217;s perfection is THE source of our perfection. \u00a0We are His workmanship and His work is perfect and flawless. So, instead of beating ourselves up for our flaws and imperfections, let&#8217;s just<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Take a breath, smile and say<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Right here right now I\u2019m ok<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em> Because the Cross was<\/em><\/span><strong> (and still is)<\/strong> <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">enough<\/span><\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Cross has <em>indeed<\/em> made us flawless.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s got to be more Than going back and forth From doing right to doing wrong \u2018Cause we were taught that\u2019s who we are Come on get in line right behind me You along with everybody Thinking there\u2019s worth in what you do Then like a hero who takes the stage when We\u2019re on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"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":[1669,5889,9596,8865,1287,425,4844,9585,4932,9597],"class_list":["post-28215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-amazing-grace","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-deuteronomy-1813","tag-flawless","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-mercyme","tag-psalm-1830","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-the-cross-has-made-us-flawless","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-7l5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28215","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\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28215"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28313,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28215\/revisions\/28313"}],"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=28215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}