{"id":28734,"date":"2015-11-20T00:15:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T05:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28734"},"modified":"2015-11-19T11:02:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T16:02:04","slug":"lift-your-head-weary-sinner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/20\/lift-your-head-weary-sinner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lift Your Head, Weary Sinner"},"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>Lift your head, weary sinner, the river\u2019s just ahead<br \/>\nDown the path of forgiveness salvation\u2019s waiting there<br \/>\nYou built a mighty fortress 10,000 burdens high<br \/>\nLove is here to lift you up, here to lift you high<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re lost and wandering<br \/>\nCome stumbling in like a prodigal child<br \/>\nSee the walls start crumbling<br \/>\nLet the gates of glory open wide<\/p>\n<p>All who\u2019ve strayed and walked away, unspeakable things you\u2019ve done<br \/>\nFix your eyes on the mountain, let the past be dead and gone<br \/>\nCome,\u00a0all saints and sinners, you can\u2019t outrun God<br \/>\nWhatever you\u2019ve done can\u2019t overcome the power of the Blood<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re lost and wrecked again<br \/>\nCome stumbling in like a prodigal child<br \/>\nSee the walls start crumbling<br \/>\nLet the gates of glory be open wide<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SYdhJFI7QlI?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">David Crowder Band<br \/>\nSongwriters: Ed Cash, David Crowder, Seth Philpott<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One thing that we try to teach our children is that you always walk with your head held high. \u00a0Be proud of who you are. \u00a0We also teach them that there will be times in life when our actions or choices make this hard. \u00a0We will be weighed down by the impact of something we\u2019ve said or done&#8230;and we can\u2019t hold up our heads. \u00a0We feel as if the stares and whispers of others are directed at us. \u00a0We feel shame and guilt for something we are responsible for. \u00a0The first line of this song always grabs me\u2026 \u201c<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>L<\/em><em>ift your head, weary sinner<\/em><\/span>\u201d\u2026 Maybe we\u2019re not even aware that we are living life with our head down OR maybe it\u2019s painfully obvious.<\/p>\n<p>This song refers to the prodigal son, a situation we each have\u00a0been familiar with at one point in time. \u00a0We have all been the prodigal daughter, and we all need to hear these words from time to time\u2026 \u201c<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Lift your head, weary sinner<\/em><\/span>\u201d\u2026 \u00a0And I also try to remember the words of Romans 8:38-39:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God\u2019s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow\u2014not even the powers of hell can separate us from God\u2019s love.<br \/>\nNo power in the sky above or in the earth below\u2014indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When we seek forgiveness and when our eyes are fixed on God, nothing can stand between us and Him. \u00a0His &#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>gates of glory [are] opened wide<\/em><\/span>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let\u2019s Pray<\/span><\/em>: Lord, there are times when we feel that we have turned so far away from You that it may seem as if we cannot turn back. \u00a0But Lord, through this song and through Your Word, you have reminded us that nothing can separate us from Your love. \u00a0Thank You for this. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name we pray, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lift your head, weary sinner, the river\u2019s just ahead Down the path of forgiveness salvation\u2019s waiting there You built a mighty fortress 10,000 burdens high Love is here to lift you up, here to lift you high If you\u2019re lost and wandering Come stumbling in like a prodigal child See the walls start crumbling Let [&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":[3294,1287,425,9694,5332,4932,5024,9696,1075,9695],"class_list":["post-28734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-david-crowder","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-lift-your-head","tag-nothing-can-separate-us-from-gods-love","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","tag-romans-838-39","tag-the-prodigal","tag-tonya-ellison","tag-weary-sinner","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-7ts","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28734","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=28734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28736,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28734\/revisions\/28736"}],"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=28734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}