{"id":29160,"date":"2015-12-20T00:15:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T05:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=29160"},"modified":"2015-12-19T22:20:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T03:20:33","slug":"amen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/20\/amen\/","title":{"rendered":"Amen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23090\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\" alt=\"phssChristmasgraphic2014\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Y<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">ou have given us a new name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> The sons and daughters of Your righteousness<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">And You have taken all of our shame<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And given us the gift of holiness<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Lord we&#8217;re crying out for faith<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> To believe the words You say<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">You say we are loved<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> You say we belong to You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Your Grace is enough<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Nothing more that we can do<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> You say we&#8217;ve been bought<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> By Your blood, by Your blood<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And all that we can say<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Is Amen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Amen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">You have given us a new hope<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> An anchor for the soul that shall not fail<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Jesus we believe Your truth shines<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Yes in the darkest night You shall prevail<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Lord we&#8217;re crying out for faith<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> To believe the words You say<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Amen, Your word is true<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Amen, we trust in You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HFjVWWDpG1o?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><center>Steven Curtis Chapman<br \/>\nwritten along with Rend Collective<\/center><center><\/center><center><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">* \u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 *<\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy.<br \/>\nI have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.<br \/>\nJohn 10:10<\/p>\n<p>Jesus&#8230;the one Name that takes away all fear and shame. \u00a0He is the Hope that we hold on to and the Anchor that keeps us grounded.<\/p>\n<p>The enemy comes at us in so many ways, especially this time of year when our focus gets a little off. We should be thinking of how awesome it is that Jesus came as a small baby to save us from sin. Instead we get so frustrated and overwhelmed because we have so much to buy and it always feels like it is never enough.<\/p>\n<p>What if we had kept Christmas about Him&#8212;would we be a bit happier, more joyful? \u00a0What if we gave instead of received? \u00a0What if we praised Him for His provision instead of petitioning for more? What if we just rested in Him this season and soaked in the love that He has for us. \u00a0And reminded ourselves that HE is always <em>for<\/em> us. {Can I get an Amen?}<\/p>\n<p>So today, I pray that hope prevails in your life&#8230;and that Jesus fills you with peace and love&#8230;and that you spread it to all that will listen. \u00a0And, if you do not have a relationship with Him&#8230;and IF you want to know this Jesus, He is here for you! \u00a0Just pray this prayer today&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jesus, come into my heart. \u00a0I know that I am a sinner and I need forgiveness. \u00a0I believe You died for me. \u00a0I want to live with You as Lord of my Life! \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have given us a new name The sons and daughters of Your righteousness And You have taken all of our shame And given us the gift of holiness Lord we&#8217;re crying out for faith To believe the words You say You say we are loved You say we belong to You Your Grace is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":23090,"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":[89,425,8693,559,589,938,1547,6041],"class_list":["post-29160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-amen","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-hymns-and-spiritual-songs-blog","tag-john-1010","tag-kim-spring","tag-scripture","tag-sinners-prayer","tag-steven-curtis-chapman","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s39pHp-amen","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29160","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29160"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29165,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29160\/revisions\/29165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}