{"id":28371,"date":"2015-10-30T00:15:36","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T04:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28371"},"modified":"2015-10-30T08:24:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T12:24:13","slug":"brave-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/30\/brave-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Brave"},"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;\">No one ever told me this would be easy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> But I never knew that it could be this hard<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Oh, the worry, the worry, the worry is weighing on me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Could you help me break down all these question marks<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And make me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Brave&#8230;I&#8217;ll fight like a soldier<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Brave&#8230;Rise like a warrior<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Brave&#8230;Won&#8217;t stop &#8217;til the final day<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Brave&#8230;I want to be stronger<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Brave&#8230;Going to be bolder<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Brave&#8230;Look up and I see the way<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You make me brave<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I know, I know I&#8217;m no superwoman <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">But impossible is possible with You <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">So no, no, no more running, no more hiding <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Strike the fire so I&#8217;ll be fearless too <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And make me<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">None go with me <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Still I&#8217;ll follow <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Through the joy and <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Through the sorrow <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cross before me <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">World behind me <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">There&#8217;s no turning back<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKPsf3cT5Yg?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Moriah Peters<\/em><br \/>\nWritten along with: Matt Bronleewe, Joel Smallbone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lyrics to <em>I Have Decided To Follow Jesus<\/em> &#8211; S. Sundar Singh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u00a0\u271e \u00a0 \u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m always telling my kids that they can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens them&#8230;and that nothing is impossible with God&#8230;and that He is always in control. \u00a0But I wonder if I believe that myself.<\/p>\n<p>Do I believe that I can do anything with God on my side? \u00a0Or do I tend to run and hide? \u00a0Doubt and avoid? \u00a0I think we can all relate to the words of this song; we want to be <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">stronger, braver, bolder<\/span><\/em>\u2026 We want to be so many things that we feel we aren\u2019t. \u00a0I see this song as an anthem, as a reminder from our Heavenly Father that through Him we can do anything. \u00a0Remember that <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>impossible is possible<\/em> <\/span>with Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me.<br \/>\nPhilippians 4:13 NKJV<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u00a0\u271e \u00a0 \u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lord, we often forget that <em>with<\/em> You <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anything is possible<\/span>. \u00a0That with You we can accomplish anything. \u00a0Thank You for the reminder through this song that we can be brave. \u00a0Despite what we are facing we can move forward with You on our side. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one ever told me this would be easy But I never knew that it could be this hard Oh, the worry, the worry, the worry is weighing on me Could you help me break down all these question marks And make me Brave&#8230;I&#8217;ll fight like a soldier Brave&#8230;Rise like a warrior Brave&#8230;Won&#8217;t stop &#8217;til [&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":[7652,1287,425,9610,6522,762,4932,1075,6504],"class_list":["post-28371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-brave","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-i-can-be-brave","tag-moriah-peters","tag-philippians-413","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-tonya-ellison","tag-with-god-all-things-are-possible","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-7nB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28371","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=28371"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28373,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28371\/revisions\/28373"}],"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=28371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}