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Paths of Faith Christian Prayersongs Inspired by the Holy Spirit
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<span class="font_xl"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/6aa075bda8601c37b9a7f0aa902341498c75a049/original/paths-of-faith-album-cover.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span><span class="font_large">It is with a humble, grateful heart that I announce the publication of my 29th musical album to God’s precious children, inspired by His Holy Spirit, who enabled me to create it through the risen Lord Jesus Christ within me, to the glory of our Heavenly Father, in Jesus’ name. </span>
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<h4><span class="font_large">Paths of Faith is an appropriate title for this album of prayersongs, the first vocal album the Lord has inspired me to release since Paths of Mercy in 2019, just before the Coronavirus Pandemic broke out in December of that year. </span></h4>
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<span class="font_xl">In 2009 the Lord gave me the gift to sing and create instrumental music. He had to ask me three times if I would sing for Him so reluctant was I to be a musician for His glory. </span><br><br>I had been a visual artist all my life and art was my passion. I had always prayed to be an excellent artist, illustrator, and children’s book writer for His glory. When He asked me to sing for Him, He said that He needed my voice of all things!~I felt I needed to remind Him that my little boy had howled when I’d sung Him “Jesus Loves Me” once. <br><br>Undaunted, the Lord would not give up. He wanted me to surrender my will and to walk a new path with Him by faith. <br><br>I loved the Lord so much. He had given up everything for me when He suffered and died on the cross to redeem our souls. How could I not now give up everything for Him? Though it felt like dying, I said I would sing and make music for Him. I hardly knew what I was getting myself in for, but trusted that my Lord Jesus Christ would never do anything to hurt me. <br><br>At first I felt like I was being thrown to the lions. Having been a professional in one career, now He was plunging me on a path where I would be like a baby learning to crawl, following Him, whom I could only see and hear by faith. <br><br>What is faith? <br><br><span class="font_large">The Bible tells us “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen…Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear… <br>But without faith it is impossible to please (God): for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.” <br>Hebrews 11:1-3,6 - KJV </span>
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<h4><span class="font_large">I knew nothing at all about the music industry but trusted God to guide me every step of the way. He instructed me to do everything the opposite of the way the world does things. Which made no sense. All He would say was, “Trust Me, My child.” <br><br>After all, it was <em>His </em>music. I had not up and made myself a musician~ the Lord had. He knew what His plans for it were. <br><br>I learned that the Lord wanted to communicate to His children through His music. I should have known that from the beginning. Duh. <br><br>The songs were inspired by His word through His Holy Spirit. <br>They were motivated by prayer and worship from abiding in my Lord Jesus Christ. </span></h4>
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<br><span class="font_large"><strong><em>Jesus had said, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without Me ye can do nothing.” John 15:4-5 - KJV </em></strong></span>
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<span class="font_large">The Lord told me that the songs were to be “Musical Conversations” with His children. If they would take the song titles and go into their prayer closets with their bibles and look up the reference that the title referred to in their bibles and meditate on the verses or bible story and study the word of God and pray to Him and abide in Him alone, that He would speak to them what He wanted to say to them. <br><br>The important thing was that His children should get back to their prayer closets and abide in Christ and return to studying His word, allowing HIM to teach them through His Holy Spirit. <br><br>The Lord was seeking a personal relationship with His children. He said they were distracted by many things and had lost sight of Him. They had gone after the world.</span><br><br><span class="font_large">In the Gospel of Matthew Jesus said, <em>“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and *mammon.” Matthew 6:24 - KJV</em></span><br> </h3>
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<span class="font_large">(*Mammon means money or the world or anything that makes the soul’s heart beat faster than Jesus or God~ mammon therefore is another word for an idol.) <br>Anything that takes the Christian’s attention away from the Lord Jesus Christ can become an idol whether it be a relationship, a hobby, social media, a ministry, an organization, politics, any pursuit whatsoever that seems right but misses the mark ever so slightly. In fact another translation for "sin" is to “miss the mark.” </span><br><br><br><em><span class="font_large">“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:1-2 - KJV </span></em>
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<h4><span class="font_large">The Path of Faith is one in which we keep our eyes on our Master who is the Author and Perfecter of our Faith, who is the Lord Jesus Christ and we surrender our wills and lay our lives down for Him. </span></h4>
<h3><span class="font_large">Christians must not keep our eyes on this world. No matter what is going on. <br><br>Paul lived under the malevolent emperor Nero of Rome of whom it was believed that he torched the city to justify building a more magnificent one. Because of the intense criticism he received, he devised a plan where he blamed the followers of Christ for the crime. In A.D. 64 brutal persecution erupted there against the Christians. <br><br> Tacitus (c. A.D. 60-120) a Roman Historian, wrote in his Annals (XV.44). <br><br><em>“…Besides being put to death they were made to serve as objects of amusement; they were clothed in the hides of beasts and torn to death by dogs; others were crucified, others set on fire to serve to illuminate the night when daylight failed. </em></span></h3>
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<br><span class="font_large"><em>Nero had thrown open his grounds for the display, and was putting on a show in the circus, where he mingled with the people in the dress of charioteer or drove about in his chariot. All this gave rise to a feeling of pity, even towards men whose guilt merited the most exemplary punishment; for it was felt that they were being destroyed not for the public good but to gratify the cruelty of an individual.” ~quoted from http://christiancourier.com </em></span><br> </h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Despite this horror, what does Paul say when he mentions the government?</span></h3>
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<span class="font_large">He wrote: </span><em><span class="font_large">“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:1-4 - KJV </span></em><br> </h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><em>Peter wrote, “Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? <br>And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? <br>Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” 1 Peter 4:16-19 - KJV </em></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Both Peter and Paul mentioned in their epistles that our true Kingdom is not of this world. It would have been truly foolish and dangerous for them to go about writing “our true Emperor and King ~the Only Lord and God Jesus Christ to whom we alone pay honor and allegiance….and we don’t obey any laws but His…”<br>Instead, they wrote as the Holy Spirit led them.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">They must stay alive and preach the Gospel which was their true mission, therefore they must be peacemakers so they could carry out the Lord’s work, keeping Christ’s command to walk in love. </span></h3>
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<br><span class="font_large">James the Apostles wrote: “But the wisdom that comes from God is like this: “First, it is pure. It is also peaceful, gentle, and easy to please. This wisdom is always ready to help people who have trouble and to do good for others.“ ERV James 3:17 </span><br> </h3>
<h3> <span class="font_large">Jesus told Pilate when asked if He was a king, “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight…” John 18:36 </span>
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<br><span class="font_large">The apostles did not go looking for a fight. Paul wrote, “No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” 2 Timothy 2:4 - KJV </span>
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<h3><span class="font_large">Their true commitment was to their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ whom they loved with all their heart, soul and mind and strength.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">If a worldly law conflicted with God’s Holy Law, of course they must obey God.<br>For example, in the Old Testament when the Pharaoh commanded all the baby boys to be drowned Moses’s parents did not comply with his edict but obeyed the Lord to save their child. </span></h3>
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<br><span class="font_large">For the Lord Almighty is our true King and His commandments must prevail and this is what the word of God teaches.</span>
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<br><span class="font_large">The apostles imply this even when they don’t come right out and say it for the danger it might have presented. <br>They walked a Path of Faith ~ surely Peter had trod this Path with Christ on the Sea of Galilee when he’d briefly walked on its waters with the Lord before taking his eyes off his Master, then sank beneath the waves. The Lord had quickly rescued his Apostle when Peter cried out, “Lord, save me!” </span>
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<br><span class="font_large">The Prayersong on my album “Thy Voice Comes Over The Waters” was inspired by this Bible story and it deals with trying to recognize Christ in the gray areas of His word. </span>
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<br><span class="font_large">Peter wrote, “Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul. </span><br><br><span class="font_large"><em>(*Sinful desires are any desires opposed to God’s will~not exhibiting the love of Christ is disobeying Christ’s will for Christ said, “I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 - CSB) </em></span>
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<h3><em><span class="font_large">"Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day He visits. <br>Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the emperor as the supreme authority or to governors as those sent out by Him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good. <br><br>For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good. Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as God’s slaves. Honor everyone. Love the brothers and sisters. Fear God. Honor the emperor.” 1 Peter 2:11-17 - CSB </span></em></h3>
<h3><em><strong><span class="font_large">Paul wrote: “Let everyone submit to the governing authorities, <br>since there is no authority except from God, <br>and the authorities that exist are instituted by God. <br>So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, <br>and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves…” Hebrews 13:1-3 </span></strong></em></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Eventually because the early Christians trusted Christ and walked according to the word of God and the path of faith, they obeyed both Christ and His word to submit to human authority for the sake of the Lord, by the third century under the Emperor Constantine the Great, Christianity became the dominant religion of the Roman Empire. </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Christians had but to obey Christ their true King for this to happen. <br>They had to always be abiding in Christ to know and understand His will.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Paul wrote, “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.” Ephesians 5:17 - KJV </span></h3>
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<br> <br><span class="font_large">Abiding in Christ is getting alone with our risen Lord and Savior by faith and reading His word and allowing the Holy Spirit to teach us apart from the distractions of social media, friends, or work, or anything else. <br>It is a very private, sacred holy affair between you and the Lord and the only way we can will grow closer to the Lord. </span><br> </h3>
<h3><strong><span class="font_xl">Jesus said, “But when you pray, you should go into your room and close the door. Then pray to your Father. He is there in that private place. He can see what is done in private, and he will reward you.” </span></strong></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Christ may lead us down a thorny path. <br>No one can or should judge any child of God for the Path that Christ leads them to follow. Never judge a child of God by their afflictions. </span></h3>
<h3><em><span class="font_large">“Speak not evil one of another, brethren. </span><span class="font_large">He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.” ~James 4:11 - KJV </span></em></h3>
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<span class="font_large">Who are we to condemn the child whom Christ suffered, bled, and died to redeem? My prayersong “Father, Forgive Me” deals with how our sin hurts others and Christ ultimately. </span><br> </h3>
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<span class="font_large">The Path of Faith may lead to persecution or martyrdom.</span><br><br><span class="font_large">Paul wrote, “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” 2 Timothy 3:12 - KJV <br><br>Jesus said, “And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of Me will find it.” Matthew 10:38-39 -CSB </span>
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<h3><span class="font_large">The Path of Faith is the path that leads with Christ to the cross. It is a path of suffering. But if we go to the cross with Christ we will also rise with Him in His resurrection! <br>For we are being conformed to His image on this journey. </span></h3>
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<br><span class="font_large">“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 - KJV </span>
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<h3><span class="font_large">Along this path we must learn to let go of our own will and say to our Heavenly Father along with Christ, “Father, not My will, but Thy will.” <br><br>We must pray, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” <br><br>But those who will not love as Christ loved us, who will only read Christ’s words and filter out the parts they do not agree with, do not truly love Christ for Christ said, </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_xl">“If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. <br>The one who doesn’t love Me will not keep My words. The word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me.” <br>John 14:23-24 - CSB </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">The word parse means to break down, analyze, or scrutinize and is the opposite of accepting by faith as a little child. <br>One cannot parse a cup of water Christ gives them to drink. We either drink it in front of Him or pour it on the ground and say “No thank You, Lord, I don’t trust it.” </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Christ and His Holy Spirit are the Living Water of Life. We receive the Lord by faith.</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">We receive His words by faith. If we fight and rebel and scrutinize, analyze complain, revile and scorn, we don’t love the Lord or keep or believe His word. </span></h3>
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<span class="font_large">Paul wrote that Christ was the Rock in the wilderness, where Moses got the water for the Israelites and they grumbled and grieved God over their unbelief. </span><br><br><em><span class="font_large">“Now I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless God was not pleased with most of them, since they were struck down in the wilderness. <br>1 Corinthians 10:1-5 - CSB </span></em>
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<h3><span class="font_large">“Today If You Hear God’s Voice” is a song the Lord gave me on my new album to witness to that Bible story. <br>Listen to the song or to a clip. Then go into your prayer closet with your bible and look up and read the story in the scriptures it refers to. <br>Pray and ask the Lord to help you hear His voice and to walk His path of faith. </span></h3>
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<span class="font_large">There are many prayersongs on this album that refer to bible stories and concepts. Please use the songs to let God speak to your hearts through His Holy Word, and abide in the Lord Jesus Christ, our True Vine. <br>He is speaking through His word, through His Holy Spirit in these songs He inspired from His Word. <br>May He help us turn our attention towards Him and away from all that distracts us. </span><br><br><em><span class="font_large">“Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses <br>surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, <br>keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. <br>For the joy that lay before Him, He endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. <br>For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, so that you won’t grow weary and give up. <br>In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood."<br>Hebrews 12:1-4 - CSB </span></em>
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<span class="font_large">Heavenly Father, thank You for this new album of beautiful prayer songs inspired from Thy word. Thank You for encouraging me to walk Thy path of faith with You even though it is a difficult path filled with many challenges along the way; but one that requires me to trust You always despite my fears and doubts. For Lord, You are ever with me and have always been so faithful even as You promised. Please encourage Thy children to walk with You down Thy path of faith and to trust You in the way You are asking them to and never to doubt that You keep every promise forever. Help each one to hear Thy voice speaking to them in their hearts today and through Thy holy word and may You guide them with Thy wisdom and discernment, and fill them with Thy holy love and mercy and grace, In Jesus’ name, amen. Thank You, Lord, we love You. </span><br><br> </h3>
<h3><strong><span class="font_large">More Encouraging Scriptures </span></strong></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Live in harmony with one another. <br>Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. <br>Do not be wise in your own estimation. <br>Do not repay anyone evil for evil. <br>Give careful thought to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes. <br>If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. <br>Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God’s wrath, <br>because it is written, “Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay,” says the Lord. <br>But If your enemy is hungry, feed him. <br>If he is thirsty, give him something to drink. <br>For in so doing you will be heaping fiery coals on his head. </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good. <br>Romans 12:16-21 - CSB </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Let everyone submit to the governing authorities, <br>since there is no authority except from God, <br>and the authorities that exist are instituted by God. <br>So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, <br>and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves. </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. <br>Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? <br>Do what is good, and you will have its approval. <br>For it is God’s servant for your good. <br>But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. <br>For it is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong. <br>Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath but also because of your conscience. <br>And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s servants, continually attending to these tasks. <br>Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor. </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, <br>for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">The commandments, Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not covet; and any other commandment, are summed up by this commandment: <br>Love your neighbor as yourself. <br>Love does no wrong to a neighbor. </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law. <br>Romans 13:1-10 - CSB </span></h3>
<p><em>Paths of Faith Album Notes: Copyright © 2021 by Suzanne Davis Harden, All Rights Reserved. </em></p>
<p><em>Album Cover Paths of Faith Christian Prayersongs Inspired by the Holy Spirit Original Illustration by Suzanne Davis Harden Copyright © 2021 All rights reserved. </em></p>
<p><em>Through the Indwelling Risen Lord Jesus Christ, Inspired by The Holy Spirit, to the Glory of God the Father, In Jesus’ name, Amen. </em></p>
<p><em>Scripture Quotations: King James Bible: Public Domain/ The Christian Standard Bible: Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers/ <br>ERV (Easy To Read Version Bible) Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International <br> <br>History Quotations from Tacitus (c. A.D. 60-120) Roman Historian, Annals (XV.44) http://christiancourier.com</em></p>
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Midnight Prayers & Meditations ~Volume Two
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<h2>Midnight Prayers and Meditations~Volume 2 <br>By Suzanne Davis Harden </h2>
<p>For those who want a quick overview of my new release "Midnight Prayers, Volume II"~ <em>"Original Keyboard Instrumental Prayers Featuring the Various Instrumental Voices of Guitar, Strings, & Piano Solos Performed by Suzanne Davis Harden, through the Risen Lord Jesus Christ, Inspired by the Holy Spirit, to the glory of God the Father, In Jesus’ name, amen."</em></p>
<p>For those who want more detail, my new release is the second chapter of the album of original keyboard instrumentals that I published last Autumn in the twilight of 2020, forever to be remembered as the year of the Pandemic.</p>
<p>I had several of the songs on this second volume ready to publish even back then, but the Lord had me wait to publish the current album for various reasons. </p>
<p><br><em><strong>God’s word says, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven…” ~Ecclesiastes 3:1 - KJV </strong></em></p>
<p>The Lord has blessed me with much music for His glory through the risen Lord Jesus Christ in me. But He only directs me to publish what He wishes according to His plans and purposes. <br>It is as if the Lord uses each song or composition to teach me that not everything is chosen for the spotlight right now, and yet everything is loved and special at all times. </p>
<p>All of the music He has blessed me with was created for His glory and glorifies Him in its own way whether it gets published a month from now, in six months or ten years, or whether it never gets published at all. <br>I truly believe that all of His music serves a divine purpose and brings Him glory in the way He has chosen in its own time. </p>
<p>If we could only understand that each one of us are like the musical compositions He inspires. We all exist because the Lord <em>wanted to create us; </em>He loves us all very much. </p>
<p><strong><em>“Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him would not be lost but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world. He did not send Him to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through Him.” ~John 3:16-17 - ERV </em></strong></p>
<p>God is infinite and His love and mercy toward us are measureless. </p>
<p>His thoughts are far beyond our thoughts and He does not think as we think. <br>We can’t wrap our minds around an infinite Being. </p>
<p><strong><em>“The teaching about the cross seems foolish to those who are lost. But to us who are being saved it is the power of God. As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will confuse the understanding of the intelligent.” <br>1 Corinthians 1:18-19 - ERV </em></strong></p>
<p>God is as far above us as the universe is wide. <br>If we try to define Him by putting Him in a neat box of rationalizations we fail. <br>He is not a black and white formula. <br>He does not make sense at all to our rational minds. <br>He will blow us away when we truly come to know Him. </p>
<p>“<em><strong>So what does this say about the philosopher, the law expert, or anyone in this world who is skilled in making clever arguments? <br>God has made the wisdom of the world look foolish. <br>This is what God in His wisdom decided: Since the world did not find Him through its own wisdom, He used the message that sounds foolish to save those who believe it.” <br>1 Corinthians 1:20-21 - ERV </strong></em></p>
<p>We will go insane trying to define Him in any traditional sense.</p>
<p>He won’t be standardized, denominationalized, fit into neat theologies, philosophies, and so forth; for the minute we try we fall flat on our faces and He has to pick us up; dust us off and say, <em>“Read My Word again.” </em></p>
<p><em><strong>“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord. <br>For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 - KJV </strong></em></p>
<p>We might not like or agree with His word in all its completeness. <br>And we might be tempted to pick and choose what we want to believe out of it. <br>But have we never considered listening to Jesus Christ? </p>
<p>Jesus teaches us <em>how </em>to read His word. <br>He spoke in parables. <br>He spoke in metaphor and pictures. </p>
<p>His word is spiritual. <br>Many of His disciples left Him when He spoke to them spiritually. </p>
<p><em><strong>Jesus said, “My words are spirit and they are life. The flesh profits nothing.” (John 6:6:63) </strong></em></p>
<p>If we approach Christ and His word with a literal mind we are not going to know Him or understand His word. </p>
<p>We must walk by faith and not by sight. (*See 2 Corinthians 5:7) </p>
<p>We must trust and believe that He is real: </p>
<p><br>“<em><strong>Faith is what makes real the things we hope for. <br>It is proof of what we cannot see. <br>God was pleased with the people who lived a long time ago because they had faith like this. <br>Faith helps us understand that God created the whole world by His command. <br>This means that the things we see were made by something that cannot be seen. <br>Without faith no one can please God. <br>Whoever comes to God must believe that He is real and that He rewards those who sincerely try to find Him.” <br>Hebrews 11:1-3,6 - ERV (Easy To Read Version Bible) </strong></em></p>
<p>I sing by faith. <br>I play the keyboard by faith. I have no real background in music. <br>Really. <br>All of my background and training are in the visual arts. </p>
<p>I did not grow up with any musical gift or any idea of becoming a musician. <br>My whole passion and goal was to become a visual artist. <br>Art was the love of my life. Music merely existed to stimulate my artistic creativity. In other words, I listened to it while I created my art. </p>
<p>God sovereignly gave me a gift of music in 2009 and I accepted it by faith. <br>Since then I have played the piano nearly every day; songs the Lord gives me by faith. </p>
<p><br>My songs are more like prayers ascending to Heaven. <br>I pray and it is the risen Lord Jesus Christ within me by His Holy Spirit who inspires the music and who plays through me. </p>
<p>It is the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ within me who creates all the music. <br>I know that sounds strange. <br>But Jesus Christ is a risen, living Savior. <br>He is alive within me! </p>
<p>This is what Christianity teaches. </p>
<p><em><strong>Jesus said, “On that day you will know that I am in the Father. You will know that you are in Me and I am in you. Those who really love Me are the ones who not only know My commands but also obey them. My Father will love such people, and I will love them. I will make Myself known to them.” ~John 14:20-21 - ERV (Easy To Read Version Bible) </strong></em></p>
<p>If someone who calls themself a Christian says this is not true then they are denying the Lord Jesus Christ. <br>For Jesus Christ said He is a living, risen Savior. <br>He said that He has risen from the dead, that He lives inside those who accept Him as their Savior and Lord, that He seals them with His Holy Spirit, that He does give His children gifts with which to glorify Him on this earth, and that no one can dictate to Him what kind of gifts He is allowed to give His children. <br>The Lord is a God of miracles and He is in the Heavens, the Bible declares, and He does whatever He pleases. </p>
<p><em><strong>“Our God is in heaven, and He does whatever He wants.” <br>Psalm 115:3 - ERV (Easy To Read Version Bible) </strong></em></p>
<p>God did what He wanted when He gave me the gift of music. <br>I praise Him for this beautiful gift and will use it to glorify Him for as long as He enables me to by His almighty grace and power. </p>
<p>For it is through Christ alone that I can create any music or do any of the creative things He blesses me with. </p>
<p>I will publicly proclaim that it is the risen Lord Jesus Christ in me doing these works because when Christ walked the earth He said it was His Father in Him who did the miracles that He accomplished and not Himself. </p>
<p><em><strong>“Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do: for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.” ~ John 5:19 - KJV (King James Version Bible) </strong></em></p>
<p>The Bible asserts that we are to live as Christ lived who always glorified His Heavenly Father. <br>I want to always try to glorify my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the way I believe He asks me to.</p>
<p><br><em><strong>“He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked.” 1 John 2:6 - KJV </strong></em></p>
<p>Surely I fail miserably at walking as Jesus walked because I’m not perfect like Jesus was. But I know that following Christ is a little like driving. </p>
<p><br>If I point my car at my target and drive toward it, then I’m more likely to get to my object than if I don’t aim at any goal at all. </p>
<p><br>So every day I try to aim my whole heart at the Lord Jesus Christ. Sometimes I have fender benders, sometimes I run off the road into the ditch when I take my eyes off my Lord, sometimes another “car” runs into me and hurts me terribly; then I have to forgive them. </p>
<p><br>So many things can happen on this journey with Christ. <br>But God’s word has good directions to follow to help me. <br>And Christ’s love sustains me. </p>
<p><br>Jesus has paid the price for all my sins on His cross. </p>
<p>When I confess them to Him and tell Him I’m sorry for grieving Him, He forgives me, dusts me off and sets me right again on my journey with Him. </p>
<p><br><em><strong>God is love. (1 John 4:8) </strong></em></p>
<p><br>God loves me more than I will ever begin to comprehend. </p>
<p>If I meditate on Christ's suffering on the cross maybe I can understand a little about God's love. <br>His agony and death on the cross make me weep. <br>For I learn that God loved me so much that He would allow Himself to be tortured to pay the price for my sins to be forgiven so that I could be His child and be given eternal life and fellowship with Him. </p>
<p>Not only that, but so that He could put a portion of His Holy Spirit inside of me and bring glory to His name throughout Heaven and earth through my weak vessel to demonstrate His reality. </p>
<p>God is real. <br>Christ is real. He lives inside of me and has made all of the music I’ve published through me. <br>Twenty eight albums now since 2013. </p>
<p>If He can use a weak vessel who suffers from daily migraines, <br>ME Chronic Fatigue syndrome, and painful fibromyalgia to accomplish His purposes on this earth, then I know that He can use <em>anyone </em>who will simply believe and walk by faith to glorify Him. </p>
<p>But more importantly, Christ wants a living, vital relationship with people. </p>
<p>Jesus Christ wants all to believe in His reality in the 21st century: that He is a <em>living, resurrected Savior</em>, not someone who only lived two thousand years ago only to be studied and quoted by an elite few. </p>
<p>The Lord Jesus Christ wants to live and shine through all who will invite Him into their hearts and who love and obey Him~ <em><strong>“For there is no respect of persons with God.” Romans 2:11 - KJV </strong></em></p>
<p>May those who hear my music understand this message and be encouraged to believe that Christ cherishes them and desires an abiding, eternal friendship with them. </p>
<p><em><strong>Jesus said, “He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him. <br>… If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him.” ~John 14:21,23 - KJV </strong></em></p>
<p>May our merciful loving God be forever honored, loved, and praised. In Jesus’ name, amen. </p>
<p>Midnight Prayers & Meditations, Volume Two, is dedicated to my Heavenly Abba Father, Beloved Lord Jesus Christ, and Beloved Lord Holy Spirit, through the risen Lord Jesus Christ, inspired by the Holy Spirit, to the glory and honor of God the Father, to proclaim their praises throughout the earth. In Jesus’ name, amen. </p>
<p>*Special Thanks and Dedication to my beloved husband Mark for all his technical assistance in Copyrighting my music and uploading my files despite many recent health challenges. <br>May God bless you forever and always for all you do, sweet Mark! </p>
<p>Midnight Prayers & Meditations, Volume Two, Copyright © (P) 2021, by Suzanne Davis Harden, All Rights Reserved.</p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6512207
2021-01-02T14:23:53-05:00
2021-01-02T14:23:53-05:00
Happy New Year!
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<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>Happy New Year Everyone! </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas and New Year's Holiday! </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">The Lord gave me a new video piano song to share with you today and I pray it will bless and encourage you as much as you bless and encourage me!</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>The song is called <em>"Hide God's Word in Your Heart." </em></strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>I've designed and illustrated three different twelve month scripture calendars so far in the past several years.</strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>The Lord inspired me to do this because with such frequent severe migraines I was getting really discouraged. He wanted to give me hope. So He led me to make Calendars with a Scripture promise for each month to give me hope.</strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>Every month He led me to meditate on the scripture that was featured for that month. His word is a well that can never run dry. No matter how often I studied and meditated on the bible promise for each month, the Lord could lead me to some new insight to give me hope. </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>My goal came to be to memorize the twelve verses of the calendar by the time the New Year rolled around. </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>Then the Lord would inspire me to create another calendar with twelve more verses to give me hope to keep persevering. </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>Psalms 107:20 says, <span style="color:#8e44ad;"><em>"He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions."</em></span></strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>Another way of saying "destructions" is <em>darkness, negativity, emptiness, or hopelessness</em>. </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>God gave me all of the promises in His word through the gift of creating those scripture calendars. </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>As I meditated on His word each month I was abiding in Christ's heart and allowing Him to speak to me through His word. He was giving me new hope through the light of His word. This was part of my healing journey. </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>The Lord showed me that hiding His Word in my heart was far more than using His word as a silly superstitious affirmation or positive quote one hangs on a wall like a good luck charm. For His word has no power to help anyone who makes it into an idol. if we make a god of His word, we dishonor God who is the Author of His Word.</strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>Hiding God's word in our heart means taking the time to find out where did that verse come from in the bible? What are the verses before and after it saying? What is the context of the verse? What is the background? </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>I could end up going into a full on Bible study with just one quote and one thing can lead to another when studying God's word which is why it is an inexhaustible fountain. </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>It is always very encouraging to study God's word. But one thing is very important. </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>Pray before and after and during the study of God's word.</strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>The Psalmist prayed something very profound in Psalms 119 which I make my prayer always.</strong> <span style="color:#9b59b6;"><em>"Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed." Psalms 119:80</em></span></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">May we ever pray to abide in Christ and walk in the light of His truth and in His love with Him daily. We do that by abiding faithfully in prayer and studying His word. </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">It is also important to find a good Church to attend where God's word is preached and where we can have fellowship with other believers. </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">Doing all of the above things help us remain strong and united in Christ. </span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large">I hope you enjoy the video piano song!</span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>May the Lord fill your hearts with rivers of hope and peace in the coming year, and keep you all safe and well, in Jesus' name.</strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>Much love in Christ,</strong></span></h3>
<h3><span class="font_large"><strong>Suzanne </strong></span></h3>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
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2020-11-03T09:58:12-05:00
2020-11-03T11:34:22-05:00
New Release! Midnight Prayers & Meditations Inspired By The Holy Spirit
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<h2><strong style="font-size: 1.4em;">Midnight Prayers & Meditations; </strong></h2>
<h2><span class="font_large"><strong>Original Keyboard Instrumentals Inspired By The Holy Spirit </strong></span></h2>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong><i>Peaceful Celestial instrumental melodies </i></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>This album of Instrumental prayers inspired by the Holy Spirit is one of my favorites to listen to while painting, writing, or studying, and having quiet time with the Lord. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>I love to listen to it when I fall asleep at night as I know that the music had its birth as my prayers ascending to heaven. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>The 2020 Pandemic this past year has been a challenge for everyone all over the world. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Night and day during these past long months, I have joined the many who have been praying for an end to the suffering. </strong></span></p>
<h2><span class="font_large"><strong>The music on Midnight Prayers and Meditations evolved out of myriad prayers lifted to Heaven. </strong></span></h2>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>For I’ve seen so many all around me go through the shadow valley of suffering over the past several months. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>I well know this place for it seems I’ve dwelt here for many long years now as I’ve suffered from daily chronic migraines and fibromyalgia. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Just as the Lord has faithfully been with me throughout my sojourn in the Shadow Valley, it could also be called His Shadow Shelter referred to in Psalm 91, for those who will put their trust in Him despite all appearances that nothing good will ever happen for them anymore. That all will always be doom and gloom forever now because the suffering keeps coming day after day and there does not seem to be any hope on the horizon. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>I know from experience that we can trust the Lord for He really is faithful, though He often does not make any sense to our rational minds. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>We will be at peace as we abide under His shadow. For He has been and remains with us during these difficult times. We will look back someday and say with the Psalmist: </strong></span></p>
<h2><span class="font_large"><strong><em>“Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.” Psalms 77:19 KJV </em></strong></span></h2>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>No one wants to go through suffering and affliction. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>The Psalmist wrote, <em>“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept Thy word.” Psalm119:67 </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>The apostles wrote that God disciplines us to make us holy. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Then someone might ask, “<em>Did God send the plague to discipline us?” </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Why not ask “<em>Why did my mother or father or spouse, or myself——-fill in the blank....have to get cancer?” </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Or “<em>Why did my father or child or spouse or you name the person.... have to get sick and die?” </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong><em>Why did I or my spouse or my father or mother, fill in the blank——get laid off of their job? </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong><em>Why did a marriage fail? </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong><em>Why did a child, a parent, an aunt or uncle, a friend take their life? </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>On and on the list of suffering is endless. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Don’t you see that those are not the right questions though? </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>God did not <em>cause</em> the cancer or death or broken marriage or lost job or other suffering any more than He caused this worldwide plague. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>We live in a sin scarred world. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Sin brought sickness and death to God’s once perfect creation. (See Genesis 3~The Fall) </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>God’s word reveals that the natural outcome of sin is corruption and death. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong> “<em>For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” ~ Romans 6:23 </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>The Apostles taught that God uses suffering, afflictions, and trials to test and refine our faith, to bring us closer to God, and to perfect our character. </strong></span></p>
<h2><span class="font_large"><strong>However, our Creator is a God of love. <em>(*See 1 John 4:8) </em></strong></span></h2>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>He is not the Author of evil. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>John the Apostle wrote that “<em>God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.” (*1 John 1:5) </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>But God is able to weave all things, even the sad things, together for good for those who love Him. (See Romans 8:28) </strong></span></p>
<h2><span class="font_large"><strong>Because of sin, there is evil, suffering, and sickness in this world. </strong></span></h2>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>God has declared that all humans are sinners because we have broken His Law and that ...dust we are and unto dust we shall return. (See Genesis 3:19) </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Jesus, the Son of God, suffered and died on the cross for us so that we might have eternal life with Him and His Heavenly Father. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>He came to give us peace with God and restore our fellowship with Him. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>He died to save us from the sin that makes us want to harm our bodies, that makes us want to do what will harm others by not loving God, ourselves, or our neighbor. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>He died to set us free to love God, ourselves, and each other. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>When we ask Christ into our heart, He forgives our sins; </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>He cleanses us from all of the wrong inside of us. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>He gives us a new heart. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>He makes us His child. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>He downloads His Holy Spirit inside of us to help us want to live in the right way that pleases Him. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>As we read His word we find out what He wants us to do and how He wants us to live. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>God loves us so much that He gave us His only Son Jesus Christ to suffer and to die on the cross as a holy sacrifice for our sins. (See John 3:16-17) </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>By bearing our sins He could give us His own righteousness. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>We would not ever have to try and be good enough to please Him by keeping a set of rules or a Law to to get into heaven. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Christ was holy enough, and kept God’s Law for us. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>And because He kept God’s Law for us, we can get into Heaven just by accepting His free Gift~the gift of His righteousness. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>“<em>For God hath made Christ to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” ~2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Midnight Prayers and Meditations was the Lord’s Gift to me as I asked my Lord Jesus Christ how to pray for everyone during this Coronavirus crisis and all of the unrest sweeping our nation. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>Daily people are filled with fear, stress, and anxiety and need to find comfort and peace in Him. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>The Lord wants people to find a quiet place to get alone with Him, to find rest in His heart. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>He will comfort them as they seek Him, for He loves each of us as if we were the only child He had to love. </strong></span></p>
<h2><span class="font_large"><strong>“God did not choose us to suffer His anger. God chose us to have salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus died for us so that we can live together with Him.” (<em>*1 Thessalonians 5:9-10a ERV) </em></strong></span></h2>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>It is such a beautiful honor and joy to be able to share the gift of this music from the Lord with you now. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>I pray that as you combine your own prayers with these meditative instrumental prayers, that the Lord will hear your own supplications along with these instrumentals every time their melodies are played all over the world and that He will pour rivers of healing, comfort, peace, and grace all over the earth. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong><em>May the Lord give strength unto His people; may the Lord bless His people with peace. ~ See Psalms 29:11 </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>In Jesus’ mighty name amen... </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong><em>I dedicate this album to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ apart from whom I can do nothing and who inspired all of these instrumental prayer songs through His Holy Spirit, and to my Heavenly Abba Father~whom I love with all my heart. </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>May the Most High God be glorified through this work in every way throughout the earth and heavens. </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font_large"><strong>In Jesus’ name, amen.</strong></span></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
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2020-01-22T23:28:27-05:00
2020-01-22T23:28:27-05:00
Update on Our Peaceful Prayersongs Website!
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<p><span class="font_large">Thank you everyone for being so patient with us about our recent website issues here at Peaceful Prayer Songs. We had to take our site offline briefly for some technical issues as we migrated our site from one web hosting site to another. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Our Host Baby site will shut down all of their sites by the end of this month. Consequently, we had to move our Host Baby site to another musician site that Host Baby and CD Baby provided for us. With so many of their users migrating their sites all at once to the new site, it was bound to experience some hiccups. And it did, believe me! But it is a wonderful new site and I am so thankful for our new home. The technical support people have truly gone out of their way to be as helpful as possible even though they must have so many new people to deal with. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">If you see my new site and it looks a bit different or if it is missing some of the old things from the Host Baby site you were used to seeing ~like most of my albums and links~ please be patient. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Not everything exported from my Host Baby site and it may take a while to get everything back to normal. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">And please say prayers for the tech support people who must handle so much more work from so many more new users now. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">The demands on their time must be enormous. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">in the meantime, I am so thankful that our site is back up and it is looking so nice! We all have so much to be thankful for; thankful for all that we <em><strong>do </strong></em>have, and not stress over what we <em><strong>do not </strong></em>have. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">God is in control always. He is driving the universe and He is driving my car for me. He knows what is best at all times and His word assures me that all things work out for good to those who love God. He will finish the good work He began in each one of us. (see Philippians 1:6) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">May God bless you all with His beautiful peace that passes all understanding, in Jesus' name, amen. </span></p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs
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2019-10-17T20:00:00-04:00
2019-10-18T12:34:29-04:00
A Language All Their Own
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>All Glory To God Forever (Inspired by Psalm 19)</strong><br><br><strong>The heavens sing of Thy glory,</strong><br><strong>The skies reveal Thy work </strong><br><strong>Every day they sing of Thee</strong><br><strong>In songs that have no words...</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><strong>Every day and night they sing</strong><br><strong>They pour forth melodies </strong><br><strong>In a language without sound</strong><br><strong>Their love to Thee they bring.</strong><br><br><strong>Though their speech be silent</strong><br><strong>Their grammar be unknown </strong><br><strong>Their syntax may be foreign </strong><br><strong>Yet they may be known...</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><strong>Everywhere in all the earth</strong><br><strong>In every place they go </strong><br><strong>God makes their language understood</strong><br><strong>Where their songs are sown.</strong><br><br><strong>They sing God’s holy truths</strong><br><strong>Every night and day</strong><br><strong>They glorify the Most High</strong><br><strong>They praise His holy name...</strong><br><br><strong>Before all of the Angels</strong><br><strong>And all the Universe</strong><br><strong>Their songs are triumphs of His grace</strong><br><strong>That display His works...</strong><br><br><strong>All glory to God forever </strong><br><strong>They’re singing all the day...</strong><br><strong>All glory! Glory! Glory!</strong><br><strong>May Christ be ever praised!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><strong>All glory to Christ forever</strong><br><strong>Who saved the world from sin</strong><br><strong>May Christ be praised forevermore</strong><br><strong>By all who honor Him,</strong><br><strong>In Jesus’ holy name,</strong><br><strong>Amen.</strong><br><br><em><strong>(Prayer Song) All Glory To Christ, </strong></em></p>
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<p><strong><em>“The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows His handiwork. Day after day they pour out speech, and night after night they display knowledge. </em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world...” Psalms 19:1-4 WEB </em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em><strong><em>“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.<br></em></strong></em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em></em></strong><strong><em>For the invisible things of Him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even His everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse. </em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em><strong><em>Because, *knowing God, they didn’t glorify Him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.”~ Romans 1:18-21 WEB</em></strong></em></strong></p>
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<strong>*Please note that Paul addresses these words to those who are <em>Believers </em>in God, to those who <em>DO KNOW GOD. </em></strong>
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<h4><strong>The word Paul used for *<em>know</em> is</strong></h4>
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<li><strong><em>Strongs1097 γινώσκω [GINW/SKW] {ginṓskō} \ghin-oce'-ko\a prolonged form of a primary verb; to "know" (absolutely)(allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.</em></strong></li>
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<h4><strong>*Please re-read the above passages in Romans 1 -<em>not as addressed to unbelievers, </em>-but as to the <em>believer who has suppressed the truth about God in Christ.</em>..</strong></h4>
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<h4><strong>One needs to READ the Bible and not merely books ABOUT the Bible, ie --commentaries by people.</strong></h4>
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<h4><strong>Because we are ALL human and we all make mistakes.</strong></h4>
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<strong>One needs to read what our Lord Jesus and the Apostles taught ~~~</strong>
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<strong><em>~~not what so and so taught, or even what a denomination or school or theology or philosophy that professes to be Christianity teaches ~</em></strong><strong><em>because our destiny is at stake. </em></strong>
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<strong><em>Jesus said, “But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. </em></strong>
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<h4><strong>If we argue that the pastor or a famous person is more educated and better able to teach us than Jesus Christ from His Word or the Holy Spirit through His word, then we do <em>not believe</em> Jesus’ words.</strong></h4>
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<h4><strong>We become a follower of our pastor or famous teacher or author or philosopher or school rather than Jesus Christ.</strong></h4>
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<h4><strong>That person cannot be our Savior though.</strong></h4>
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<h4><strong>If we are a follower of a human and not actually following Christ, we profess we do not actually believe the above words that Christ spoke that He alone must be our MAIN TEACHER~ RABBI, and the following verses ( *See below) from the Word of God.</strong></h4>
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<h4><strong>Meditate on the following scripture verses…they reinforce Jesus’ teachings that we must abide in HIM, allow His Holy Spirit to privately teach us as we maintain a consistent prayer life with Him, worship Him, and personally study His Word with Him that we might come to know our Lord and Savior personally and glorify <em>Him</em> as we were created to.</strong></h4>
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<h4><strong>All we have is idolatry if we reverse His paradigm of worship Jesus first and foremost~ if we make <em>anything</em> but Jesus our Head, we will have only an idol.</strong></h4>
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<h4><strong>The first commandment is to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind, and strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5)</strong></h4>
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<h4><strong>If we stop loving JESUS as our Head, we wander off into error and we will, before we know it,change the truth of God into a lie and be self deceived yet still call ourselves a Christian.</strong></h4>
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<li><strong><em>Jesus said, “He that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings: and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Father's which sent Me."</em></strong></li>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Peaceful Prayersongs Copyright © 2019 by SD Harden, All rights reserved, All Glory to God, Prayer Poem, All Glory To God, Copyright © 2019 by SD Harden, All rights reserved, All Glory to Christ,</em><em>Scripture Collage Painting, Copyright © 2019 by SD Harden, All rights reserved, All Glory to God, Scripture Quotations taken from the King James Version Bible, and World English Bible WEB) (Public Domain)</em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043951
2019-04-09T20:00:00-04:00
2019-04-10T14:12:53-04:00
Wordless Lullabies
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://peacefulprayersongscom.hostbaby.com/img/from_cdbaby/IMG_0982.JPG" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Nana Suzanne Rocking baby Vera humming to her" height="600" width="600" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Wordless Lullabies<br><br>On my new album, <strong><em>“Until The Day Breaks,</em></strong>” I included four wordless lullabies. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Of course there are sixteen other tracks on my album and I don't mean to exclude them here, but these four songs are very different from the others so I want to focus on them as the subject of this post. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> All of the other songs the Lord gave me in the usual way He gives me songs, but these four were composed very much as one of my paintings are composed: like a treasure hunt, like a puzzle, and over the course of many months. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">These were some of the songs that the Lord had helped me to create after much trial and error in my search for some type of music that would help alleviate the pain and anxiety that accompany my frequent bouts with migraines. <br></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> <br>It was not until I had the wondrous joy of taking care of my second grandbaby that I heard what might be a key ingredient in the remedy I was searching for. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://peacefulprayersongscom.hostbaby.com/img/from_cdbaby/28251823-D345-46D6-A880-3BEA408F1C0A.jpeg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Nana SuzanneRocking baby Vera humming to her" height="600" width="448" /><br><br>God uses millions, perhaps trillions of conduits through which He speaks to us all the time. We just don’t always recognize, accept, or pay attention to His delivery systems. Who would have ever thought that God would have spoken His wisdom to me through a bathroom fan? </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><br>When Baby Vera was two months old we took care of her for a couple of weeks. When fretful, nothing would calm little Vera but the monotonous bathroom fan in the house we were renting. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br>This exhaust fan produced an exquisitely loud white noise like the sound of the surf of the ocean waves pounding the shore, only it was continuous. It's noise completely drowned out all other noise in the house, somehow comforting baby Vera, yet only as long as I held her and sang softly to her. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://peacefulprayersongscom.hostbaby.com/img/from_cdbaby/B7B72A84-F891-48AB-8F02-ECCDA665ED11.jpeg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Nana Suzanne holding baby Vera humming to her" height="600" width="335" /><br>The reverb and the white noise blended together in a wondrous way with the soft humming sound so that it helped baby Vera doze off quietly.<br></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br>Her daddy had also discovered that if he rocked her gently and sang to her in the bathroom with the exhaust fan running that she would calm down. It was not so much a matter of <em>who</em> did the singing, so much as it was <em>the combination</em> of soft singing, the fan noise, of being held close and rocked gently that calmed her. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><br><br>I thought about the combination of soft humming with white noise and the effect it could have on my migraines.<br>What if somehow a similar calming effect like the fan noise and the humming produced in baby Vera could somehow be reproduced in music? Just the right blending of humming, white noise, reverb, and echoes, for example? I prayed and asked the Lord for wisdom. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I was desperate to find some kind of relief. (My migraines are very severe, particularly during allergy season when pollen levels are high.)<br>I can’t tolerate the usual triptan migraine medications or anti-inflammatory relievers unless they are topical. So I must seek alternatives to help combat my pain and other fierce symptoms. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br>When I get migraines I flee to the arms of the Lord. Like a fierce storm exploding in my head, a nightmare erupts with my brain feeling like it’s expanding in all directions. I can only cling to the one sure Rock who is stable and who will never leave or forsake me. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br>I needed a type of wordless music that would alleviate my anxiety, for anything with words was out of the question.<br>Words can be distorted in a migraine, as can traditional music, along with odors, and sight. I needed soothing sounds. Like white noise. Like a mommy’s humming. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br>The Lord led me to softly hum in whatever tune He gave me. <br>Then He led me to layer the humming tracks until just the right echo was produced. <br>I prayed and then edited the sound until I thought I had gotten just the right reverb setting. Then came the test. <br>If that result did not work on my migraines I had to go back and re-adjust the layering and/or settings until I found what would work to alleviate my anxiety, comfort me, and put me to sleep during a fierce migraine attack. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br>Finally the Lord led me to discover what sound settings brought relief. He helped me to create several of what I called “wordless lullabies” so I could put them into a playlist and use them to calm me when my illness flares.<br><br>How I thank the Lord for this blessing, and for the Holy Spirit who gave me the wisdom to understand what I needed to do to make these wordless lullabies. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">They didn't reproduce the sounds that I thought I needed to get the effects I was after. What worked for little Vera was <em>the key</em> that helped me understand what <em>type of sound</em> I needed to <em>work toward</em>. But it was not the sound I was meant to duplicate to achieve my goal. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Ultimately, the Lord knew what I needed all along. He had me pray and search the matter out. It took over two years of seeking, praying, and experimenting. So much trial and effort. I have found this promise from scripture to be so true: </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><em>“If any of you needs wisdom to know what you should do, you should ask God, and he will give it to you. God is generous to everyone and doesn’t find fault with them.” James 1:5 <br></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><br>When we ask God for wisdom. His Spirit gives it to us in His own way and time. If we don't get our answer right away, we need to be patient. The answer will come but we need to remember, God wants to teach us something. Some lessons just can't be learned overnight, in one day, in two weeks, or even in two years. Some things even can take a life time to learn. <br></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">God loves us all so very much. We are all truly His precious little Lambs Whom He treasures like a mommy treasures her little ones.<br>The Lord said in His Word: </p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em>“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the child of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.” Isaiah 49:15-16 - KJV</em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://peacefulprayersongscom.hostbaby.com/img/from_cdbaby/D2666992-E685-4C6C-B089-7E0A5D9C1AED.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Scripture:God will not forget you He has engraved you on His hand your walls are always before Him: Isaiah 49:16" height="600" width="600" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><br><br>I pray that the Lord will use these four wordless lullabies to comfort you or your little ones and bring you peace, even as He has used them to comfort me in my suffering.<br>They are best played very low and when you go to sleep or need to relax or do quiet or creative tasks. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br>May God bless you!<br>Love always and forever,<br>Suzanne<br><br>Wordless Lullabies: </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br>When The Wind Sings<br>The Angel Ballet<br>By The Mercy Tree River Lullaby<br>The Moon Danced and All the Stars Sang<br><br><em>Until The Day Breaks ~ Peaceful Lullabies For Children © (P) 2019 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved All Glory To God.</em><br><em>Wordless Lullabies © 2019 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. All Glory To God. </em><br><em>Original Photos by M Harden & FS Harden © 2017 All Rights Reserved. </em><br><br></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043950
2019-02-16T19:00:00-05:00
2019-05-13T22:56:08-04:00
New Release-To Everything A Season
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>To Everything A Season</strong></p>
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<p><strong>“To Everything A Season” is my twenty third published album. It’s music sends me to my knees in holy fear and awe every time I listen to it, as I try to grasp the message that the Lord is trying to convey through each of its seventeen tracks.</strong><br><br><strong>While it is true that every song on this album was initially birthed through me in the form of a musical prayer, the Holy Spirit influenced each composition like an invisible musical conductor directing its course and flow as I played and worshiped the Lord. </strong></p>
<p><br><br><strong> This is essentially how the Lord Jesus Christ creates all of His songs through me.</strong><br><strong>When I’m finished playing I usually pray and ask Him to please tell me what I should name the music. </strong></p>
<p><br><strong>Sometimes He guides me to make prayer songs about what we have been studying in the Bible. </strong><br><strong>If It is a prayer song for someone I will call it a prayer for that person. </strong><br><strong>The Lord does not inspire me to do things the same way all the time. </strong></p>
<p><br><br><strong>Jesus Christ made the following remark about life in the Holy Spirit... </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><strong><em>“The wind blows wherever it wants to. You hear it, but you don’t know where it is coming from or where it is going. It is the same with everyone who is born from the Spirit.” John 3:8 </em> </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><br><strong>Because one of the characteristics of God is to keep moving, to not stay static, I have learned in my walk with Christ to not take anything, any gift, any person, position, any privilege, anything at all, for granted because what is true today, can all change tomorrow just like the seasons change. </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><br><br><strong>Summer leaves, so green and full on the trees, in the Autumn turn into myriads of bright colors. Those leaves must not think they will possess their lovely colors forever. They only wear them for a short while. Alas, their beauty fades and dries up into crispy brown wisps that blow away from their once secure estates in the branches of the trees, carried off by the cold, bitter winds when the season moves on into Winter. </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><br><br><strong> As I listen to “Song For My Abba Father - Thanksgiving,” I see in my mind a mighty rushing river of water that flows into many other rivers. </strong><br><strong>That River is ever moving onward and spreading Life, Joy, Peace, and Hope wherever it flows. </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><br><strong>For who is Abba but the eternal everlasting Father of all life, <em>“...the Lord, The Creator of Heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is, who keeps truth forever...” Psalm 146:6 </em></strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><br><strong>Why do Christians call Father God “Abba?” </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><em><strong>“The true children of God are those who let God’s Spirit lead them. The Spirit that we received is not a spirit that makes us slaves again and causes us to fear. The Spirit that we have makes us God’s chosen children. And with that Spirit we cry out, “ Abba, Father.” Romans 8:14-15 </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong></strong></em><br><strong>What does <em>Abba</em> mean? </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><strong>Strongs G5 *ABBA {Abbâ} ab-bah'of Chaldee origin); father as a *vocative:--Abba.</strong><br><strong> (In Latin grammar and other languages the vocative case is used to address or invoke a person or thing) </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><br><strong>Jesus Christ, the Son of God, used the term “Abba” in addressing His Heavenly Father in the Garden of Gethsemane on the eve before His crucifixion as He wrestled in deep sorrow and spiritual pain, fervently praying over the monumental task that lay before Him. </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><em><strong>“Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.' Mark 14:35-36 (Young’s Literal Translation)</strong></em><br><br><strong>The Apostle Paul further explained why Christians call God “Abba”~ </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><em><strong>“But when the right time came, God sent His Son, who was born from a woman and lived under the law. </strong></em><br><em><strong>God did this so that He could buy the freedom of those who were under the law. God’s purpose was to make us His children. </strong></em><br><em><strong>Since you are now God’s children, He has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts. The Spirit cries out, “ Abba, Father.” Now you are not slaves like before. </strong></em><br><em><strong>You are God’s children, and you will receive everything He promised His children.” Galatians 4:4-7 (ERV) </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong></strong></em><br><br><strong>The passage in Galations makes much more sense to those Jewish Christians to whom Paul was writing his epistle. </strong></p>
<p><strong>They were trying to return to the Law of Moses.</strong></p>
<p><br><strong>Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law for everyone, Jew and Gentile, by living a sinless life, and then dying on the cross and shedding His spotless blood for our sins, then rising from the dead in victory over death. </strong><br><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. " John 14:6 (NIV)<br></strong></p>
<p><strong>A new season had begun in God’s Time. </strong></p>
<p><br><strong>My instrumental songs on the Album <em>“I Am God’s Child”</em> and <em>“My Name Is Written In The Lamb’s Book Of Life,”</em> are both inspired by scriptures that assure me that Christ has made me His child, sealed me with His Holy Spirit, and recorded my name in His Book Of Life...</strong></p>
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<p><br><br><strong>...As I listened to a couple of these songs on the Album I wanted to bow my face before the Lord in silence and just listen for His still, small voice. </strong><br><strong>Both of the instrumentals <em>“...Judgment Must Begin With The House Of God” </em>and, <em>“...Lord, Lord.</em>...” not only echo similar biblical topics, they are closely related in their musical expression. </strong><br><strong>But what astounded me the most was that “<em>...Lord, Lord”</em> appears to be a sort of musical inversion of the instrumental worship song “<em>Christ, We Adore Thee,”</em> from my July 2018 release “<em>Come Worship The Lord.”</em> </strong><br><br><strong>These instrumentals are like three river songs that are two parts of ONE holy conversation from the Holy Spirit Of Christ~ our Holy River Of Life.</strong><br><br><strong>The Lord led me to compare the worship instrumental song <em>“Christ We Adore Thee,”</em> to the <em>“Lord, Lord”</em> Instrumental on my new Seasons Album so that I could begin to grasp the conversation He was trying to communicate to me through this music. </strong><br><br><strong><em>“Christ We Adore Thee”</em> is a worship instrumental. (<em>Worship is loving Christ, and true love for Christ is obeying Him. ~See John 14-15) </em></strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><strong>As I listened to both instrumentals I realized the Lord was saying that those who <em>truly do</em> love Christ and those who merely profess to love Him are like inverted echoes of each other. </strong></p>
<p><strong>While one is sincere, its reflection is but an image with no true substance beyond its appearance.</strong><br><br><strong>Since they do bear a strong resemblance, how does anyone discern the difference? </strong><br><br><em><strong>Jesus said, “... by their fruits Ye shall know them.” </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong></strong></em><br><strong>If one listens closely to the two songs, there is peace, self control, love, and stability in the worship song that is lacking in the “Lord, Lord” song. </strong><br><br><em><strong>“...Lord, Lord” ~ (8:14) is like a rushing river, coursing at lightning speed over its path as the drums become the hands of many souls passionately clapping, until all their staccato expressions of praise fall into a bottomless well of weariness..</strong></em><br><br><em><strong>… hollow, weary claps of the drums now become as ten thousand bullets of fury hurled at the Holy One who had redeemed their souls ~ their empty echoes reverberating off towering mountains around the Rivers as their former professions of worship become violent curses of anger now focused on the One who had suffered and died on the cross for them. </strong></em><br><em><strong>…Their echoes ricochet off the endless mountains of eternity to pierce them with the truth of their own self-deception as the violins scream in bitter agony like howling sirens... Christ is weeping "Depart from Me, Depart from Me...you workers of iniquity...for I never knew you..." </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong></strong></em><br><br><strong>To be sure this song sends chills up my spine, and though the Lord created it through me, as I hear it I weep and fall to my knees before Him in Holy fear and pray with the Psalmist, <em>“Search me, Oh God and know my heart, try me and know my thoughts, and see if there be any wicked (*idolatrous) way in me.” Psalm 139:23-24 </em></strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><br><strong>Jesus said, <em>“Not every one that saith unto me, “Lord, Lord,” shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?” </em></strong><br><em><strong>And then will I profess unto them, “I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” ~ Matthew 7:21-23 … </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong></strong></em><br><br><strong>The Lord’s musical conversation in this instrumental refers not only to the Matthew 7:21-23 passages of scripture, but also to Jesus’ words in John 14 in which Jesus measures our love for Him by our obedience to Him.</strong></p>
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<p><strong></strong><br><br><em><strong>The music of this album reminds me of the seasons and how transitory they are. </strong></em><br><em><strong>We must not take our lives, our merciful God, His grace, nor any of His gifts for granted. </strong></em><br><em><strong>His seasons are dynamic and the Holy Spirit is ever on the move. </strong></em><br><em><strong>We should always be listening for His voice. </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong> </strong></em><br><br><strong>May we listen and move with Him, lest we be left in the wake of that mighty ever flowing River of Life, wondering, gaping alone, “Where did Jesus go?” Was it my River that left, or did I just willingly stop abiding or flowing along in Him?</strong><br><br><strong>Is Jesus asking each one us in this season to examine our hearts before Him? </strong><br><strong>Is He asking us to get back into His Word, to read the Bible for ourselves and allow the Holy Spirit to teach us without the distractions of the internet, social media, travel, our job, or whatever else is calling our attention away from Him ?</strong><br><br><strong>For the past year I have walked this excruciating path with my Lord and allowed Him to examine me. </strong><br><strong>But I can tell you it is better to face these issues now and to be completely honest with the Lord. </strong><br><br><em><strong>“Nothing in all the world can be hidden from God. He can clearly see all things. Everything is open before him. And to him we must explain the way we have lived.” Hebrews 4:13 ERV</strong></em><br><br><strong>Dare we ignore the Lord’s voice speaking to us in this season, asking us to turn our hearts back to Him, or will we respond like the rich young ruler? </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><em><strong>Jesus said to him, “One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; </strong></em><br><em><strong>and come, follow Me.</strong></em><br><strong><em>But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.” Luke 18:22-23</em> -</strong><br><br><strong>Listen reverently, prayerfully to the songs on this album.</strong><br><strong>The Lord will speak through this music to all who will take time to listen. </strong><br><br><strong>It is with a humble heart and much holy fear and respect that I share God’s gift of this new album with you. </strong></p>
<p><strong></strong><br><em><strong>“To Everything A Season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens...” Ecclesiastes 3:1 </strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong></strong></em><br><strong>All Glory To God the Father, My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, apart from Whom I can do nothing.</strong><br><strong>In Jesus’ name, amen. </strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>To Everything A Season © 2019 Suzanne Davis Harden All Glory to God All Rights Reserved. </em> <br></strong></p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs
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2019-01-24T19:00:00-05:00
2019-01-26T10:48:59-05:00
God Will Strengthen
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<strong>Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. <br>I will #strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ ~ Isaiah 41:10 (NASB) <br> <br></strong><strong>*Strengthen </strong><strong>אמץ</strong><br><strong>['âmats] A primitive root; to be alert, physically on foot, or mentally in courage: confirm, be courageous, stedfastly minded, strong, <br>establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen, make strong... <br></strong><br><strong>It is wonderful to meditate on the word * strengthen in Isaiah 41:10</strong><br><strong>How many of us have suffered an illness that has made us feel unsteady on our feet? <br>Dizziness can make us feel nervous or anxious about going outside, to work or to perform daily errands. </strong><br><strong>God promises if we will trust in Him, He will strengthen us. </strong><br><strong>His strength includes making us alert "physically on foot and mentally in courage...” <br>We will be alert and the Lord will uphold and steady us. <br></strong><br><strong>In light of our Bible verse, if the Lord upholds us, we don’t have to worry or be afraid. <br>For we are safe in the hands of the One who created us and who loves us more than we could ever imagine. <br>God promises that He will strengthen and give us courage to face anything that we are afraid to face. <br></strong><br><strong>The word strengthen in the verse tells us that God will make our minds strong and steadfast as we walk by faith <br>and trust and hope in Him. </strong><br><br><em><strong>Dear Heavenly Father,</strong></em><br><em><strong>May You bless all who are praying this prayer and may You grant the petitions they are asking from You. <br>Please fill them with rivers of Thy peace, hope, and love, and may You renew their strength as You uphold them with <br>Thy Almighty right hand. May You answer these prayers according to Thy will, in Jesus name, amen. Thank You, Lord. </strong></em><br>________________________</h2>
<p><em><strong>God Will Strengthen (Message & Scripture Painting) © 2019 SD Harden All Glory To God.</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Scripture Verse: The New American Standard Bible Translation © 1995 The Lockman Foundation</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Dictionary Reference: The Strong's Bible Concordance (Public Domain)</strong></em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
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2018-03-13T20:00:00-04:00
2018-03-14T18:26:34-04:00
The Angel of the Lord Encircles Me
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<p>My prayer song was inspired by Psalm 34:7 "The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and delivers them."<br><br>According to the Strong's Bible Concordance, the "angel of the Lord" often referred to the "theophanic angel" ~ a divine visitation of God appearing in the form of an angel. </p>
<p><br>Many bible scholars believe that the theophanic angel was the pre-incarnate Christ. The word means, "messenger of God, an angel, prophet, priest, or teacher." </p>
<p><br>The words "encamp about" mean to dwell in, or all around as in a circuit, on every side.</p>
<p><br>The words in the definition convey the idea that the angel (the messenger from God who is a teacher, priest, and prophet) is building a strong fortress all around the person he is guarding. </p>
<p><br>If a person fears the Lord, (by fear, the Psalmist means, honors, is morally reverent, and afraid to dishonor or offend the Lord), and if they abide in God’s strong fortress with the angel, and if that Angel is the Lord Jesus Christ, then something truly wonderful is going to happen. </p>
<p>That Angel is going to deliver them. </p>
<p>According to the Strong’s Bible Concordance, the word deliver means: <strong><em>"to remove, to draw out, equip for war, rescue, be armed, to make strong, to brace, to be saved." </em></strong></p>
<p>What are we going to be delivered from? </p>
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<li>Jesus is going to deliver us from whatever overwhelms, overcomes, or oppresses us.</li>
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<li>Jesus is going to remove whatever hinders us from advancing toward fulfilling His purpose in our life.</li>
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<li>First, Jesus saves our souls and forgives all our sins, washing them away as far as the east is from the west when we invite him into our heart to be our Lord and Savior. </li>
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<li><strong>“Therefore Jesus is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.” Hebrews 7:25</strong></li>
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<li>Jesus is going to heal us from whatever soul sickness that blinds us and keeps us from knowing and growing in Him.</li>
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<li><strong>“He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.” Psalm 107:20</strong></li>
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<li><strong>Jesus is committed to equipping us for spiritual battle; God is on our side~ He wants us to succeed:</strong></li>
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<li>“<em><strong>God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect.</strong></em>
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<li><em><strong>He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights.</strong></em></li>
<li><em><strong>He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.” Psalm 18:32-34</strong></em></li>
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<li> <strong>Jesus make us strong through helping us to read and understand His word, and giving us the grace and power to obey it:</strong>
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<li><strong>“For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.” ~Philippians 2:13</strong></li>
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<li><strong>Jesus delivers us so that we can overcome temptation.</strong></li>
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<li>“<em><strong>And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NLT)</strong></em>
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<li><strong>Jesus is going to give us victory over what had formerly overcome us:</strong></li>
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<li><em><strong>"For this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith." 1 John 5:4</strong></em></li>
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<li><strong>Finally, Jesus delivers us from our enemies when we put our trust in Him. He is committed to making us strong and whole. </strong></li>
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<li><strong>"<em>To them that have no might He increases strength." Isaiah 40:29</em></strong></li>
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<p><br><em><strong>Prayer</strong></em><br><em><strong>Heavenly Father,</strong></em><br><em><strong>Thank You for sending Thy Son Jesus Christ to by my Protector and Guardian, Savior, Redeemer, and Friend, who ever guards me night and day through His Holy Spirit who lives inside my heart. May You help me to truly understand all of the wonderful things my Lord Jesus does for all who trust Him as their Savior and Lord, in Jesus holy name, amen. </strong></em></p>
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<p><br><br><em><strong>“The Angel of The Lord Encircles Me” is a comforting, inspirational 2 minute 45 second Video Produced, Directed & Narrated by SD Harden with additional videography by MC Harden © 2018 All Rights Reserved.</strong></em><br><em><strong>The Prayer Poem and Illustration are from "Paths of Love Illustrated Prayer Song Book: Prayer Songs Celebrating God's Love" © 2015 All Rights Reserved. </strong></em><br><em><strong>The original piano solo,“The Angel of The Lord Encircles Me” used in the video is on the album “Paths of Love: Songs for Worship and Meditation” © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</strong></em><br><em><strong>Peaceful Prayersongs © 2018 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</strong></em></p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs
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2017-09-19T20:00:00-04:00
2017-09-20T10:15:41-04:00
Prayer For Mexico
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<p class="Default" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Prayer For Mexico & The Caribbean</strong></p>
<p class="Default"><strong>Heavenly Father, please shower the people of Mexico with all of the aid, relief, material, financial, and practical needs they are facing and may yet face in the wake of this tragedy; comfort & encourage them with assurances of Your great love for them, and give them hope and faith that will not give up despite all of their suffering; </strong></p>
<p class="Default"><strong>May You also protect all the people in the path of the hurricane in the Caribbean, keep them, their homes, their animals, and their businesses safe, and we ask that You downgrade the power of this storm and send it far out into the sea, thank You, Lord, </strong></p>
<p class="Default"><strong>in Jesus mighty name, amen.</strong></p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs
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2017-03-07T19:00:00-05:00
2017-03-12T12:27:17-04:00
God Is Our Refuge
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong>God is Our Refuge</strong></span><br><br><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong><em>"God is our refuge..." ~</em><strong><em>Psalm 46:1</em></strong></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong></strong></em></span><strong><strong>In Psalm 46:1, the Psalmist calls God his "refuge."</strong><br><strong> The original translation of the word means "shelter," a place of safety or covering from storm or danger. </strong></strong></p>
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<p><strong><strong><strong>In Psalm 46 the word for "Refuge" is translated</strong></strong></strong><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong><strong><strong> </strong></strong></strong></span><br><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong><strong></strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong><strong><strong>מחסה makh-as-eh '</strong></strong></strong></span><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong>Definition: a shelter (literally or figuratively)</strong></em></span><br><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong>Usage: hope, (place of) refuge, shelter, trust.</strong></em></span><br><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong>Notes: </strong></em></span><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong>refuge, shelter,</strong></em></span><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong> from rain or storm, from danger, of falsehood.</strong></em></span><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong> </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong>From a word meaning "To seek refuge, flee for protection, </strong></em></span><em><span style="color:#ffcc99">to put trust in God, confide or hope in God..." חָסָה châçâh, khaw-saw'; a primitive root: </span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong>From another word: בָּטַח bâṭach, baw-takh'; a primitive root; properly, to hie for refuge...figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure:—be bold...</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong>*(Strong's Bible Concordance & Thayer Bible Dictionary)</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong></strong></em></span><span style="color:#ffcc99">God is a Refuge of Trust</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong> </strong></em></span><strong><strong></strong></strong><strong>Another meaning of the word refuge is "trust." </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong><br><strong>The Psalmist sees God as someone he can put total confidence in and therefore, even though he cannot see the Lord, he believes and trusts completely in Him and in all that He says.</strong><br><strong> </strong><br><strong>The Psalmist points out metaphorically that if we put our trust in material things like our money, our job, our social status, our physical appearance, our health, our spouse, our family, our government, etc., </strong><strong>then all these things can disappear in an instant like mountains falling into the sea, as verse 2 of the Psalm so graphically portrays:</strong><br><br><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong>"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea... ~Psalm 46:1-2 (KJV)<br></strong></span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Though every material Refuge and hope is taken away and crumbles into the sea, the Psalmist says he will not be moved because his Refuge will still be standing firm and unshakable. </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong> </strong></span><strong></strong><strong>Another meaning of the word refuge is "hope." </strong><br><strong>The Psalmist has placed all his hope in God. </strong><br><strong>If we try to stand on a surface that is not stable we will fall. That is the same as placing our hope in material things. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong> Everything that we can see, feel, taste, and touch belongs to the material world and it is not permanent. It can fail us at some point so we are not wise to put our hopes in temporal things.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><strong>Although the Psalmist cannot see God, he believes that the Lord is not going to fail him, but will see him through every crisis because of <em>who</em> God is.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> <span style="color:#ffcc99">God Is A Refuge Of Truth </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><strong>The Psalmist's word for "refuge" also helps us to know that God is a refuge from <em>falsehood.</em></strong><br><strong>Many people abide in refuges that make false claims of health, wealth, beauty, longevity, popularity...the list is endless.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong><strong>The Psalmist believes that God is a Refuge of truth and in Him there is nothing false.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong><br><strong>Numbers 23:19 (ERV) says, <span style="color:#ffcc99"><em>"God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If he says he will do something, then he will do it. If he makes a promise, then he will do what he promised." <br></em></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em> </em></span></strong><br><strong>Throughout the Bible we are reminded that God never lies, that He is faithful and true to His word. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong><strong>In the New Testament James the Apostle wrote , <span style="color:#ffcc99"><em>"Every generous act of giving and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father who made the heavenly lights, in whom there is no inconsistency or shifting shadow.." ~James 1:17 ((ISV)</em></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em> </em></span></strong><br><strong>In 1 John 1:5 we read, <em><span style="color:#ffcc99">"This is the message that we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness—none at all! (ERV)</span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"> </span></em></strong><strong>Jesus said of the Holy Spirit in John 16:13 (ERV), "<span style="color:#ffcc99"><em>Yet when the Spirit of Truth comes, he’ll guide you into all truth."</em></span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99"></span></strong><br><strong>Of Jesus, Peter wrote, <em><span style="color:#ffcc99">“He never sinned, and he never told a lie.” 1 Peter 2:22 (ERV) <br></span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"></span></em></strong><br><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong>God is a Refuge of Love.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99">Psalm 36:5 (ERV) says,</span> <em><span style="color:#ffcc99">"Lord, your faithful love reaches to the sky. Your faithfulness is as high as the clouds.." </span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"></span> </em></strong><br><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong>Psalm 103:3-4, 8-13 ( ERV) says of God, "He forgives all our sins and heals all our sicknesses. He saves us from the grave, and He gives us love and compassion. The Lord is kind and merciful. He is patient and full of love. He does not always criticize. He does not stay angry with us forever. We sinned against him, but he didn’t give us the punishment we deserved. </strong></span></em><br><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong>His love for his followers is as high above us as heaven is above the earth. And he has taken our sins as far away from us as the east is from the west. The Lord is as kind to his followers as a father is to his children."</strong></span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong> </strong></span></em><br><strong>With such a loving, merciful, forgiving God, it is no wonder the Psalmist had such complete confidence and faith in Him! </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong><br><strong>Not only does God's word reveal that He is loving, merciful, kind, and forgiving; He promises never to fail or forsake those who put their hope and trust in Him. </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/d740935b186e558bbfd3adbe7162051420cca22c/original/blog-art-the-lord-of-hosts-with-us.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NTUweDU1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="550" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="550" /></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong><br><em><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99">Deuteronomy 31:8 (ERV) The Lord will lead you. He himself is with you. He will not fail you or leave you. Don’t worry. Don’t be afraid!”</span></strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><span style="color:#ffcc99"></span> </strong></em><br><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong>Joshua 1:9 (ERV) "Don’t be afraid, because the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” </strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><em><strong></strong></em></span><br><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong><em>Hebrews 13:5 (ERV) "God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never run away from you.” </em></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong></strong></span><strong>Like the Psalmist, we may not be able to see God, but He is the safest, most secure Refuge we could ever put our faith, hope, and trust in. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong><br><strong>And once we commit our hearts to Him, we will find that He is just as real as we are. We will be able to say with the Psalmist, </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong><br><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong>"The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge." (KJV)</strong></span></em><br><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong>~Psalm 46:11 </strong></span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong></strong></em><br><strong><em>Heavenly Father, I ask You to be my holy Refuge and Strength, be with me through every storm, meet all my needs, thank You, merciful Lord, I love You, in Jesus' name, amen.</em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em>Dear Friends, my featured video is "God Is Our Refuge" and can be viewed in the left sidebar. </em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em>It presents all the words to this beautiful Psalm against a backdrop of a peaceful piano solo from my new instrumental album, "God Is Our Refuge." </em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em>All of the music from the album can be streamed in the audio widget in the left sidebar. </em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em>Thanks for stopping by! God bless you!</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em>Love, Grace & Peace, </em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em>Suzanne </em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong>Strong's Bible Concordance, ( Strong's H982~בָּטַח bâṭach; Strong's H2620~,חָסָה châçâh,; Strong's H4268~ מַחֲסֶה (machaceh), https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H982<br></strong></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong>Scripture Quotations: ~Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International: KJV~King James Version Bible (Public Domain): ISV~International Standard Version Bible; Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. Used by permission of Davidson Press, LLC. </strong></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#ffcc99"><strong> God Is Our Refuge © 2017 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved./ Scripture Paintings © 2017 Suzanne Davis Harden/ All Other Material Peaceful Prayersongs © 2017 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</strong></span></em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
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The Story of the Song "O Holy Night"
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<p class="Body" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>(Lord) Everything remains today in keeping with Your laws, for all things exist to serve You. ~ Psalm 119:91 (The Voice Bible</em></strong><strong>)</strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body" style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Story of the Song "Oh Holy Night"</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure (1808 to 187</strong><strong>7) was a wine merchant who lived in a small French town in the 19th century. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>He enjoyed writing poetry and had developed a local reputation for his poems. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>In the year 1847, the local Parish priest asked Placide if he would write a Christmas poem for the Church's Midnight Mass Celebration of Christ's Birth.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Although not known as a god fearing man, or as one who attended church regularly, Placide must have been honored by such a request, for he agreed to write the poem. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong> Once he'd finished "</strong><strong>Contique Noel</strong><strong>" he asked his friend, the composer Adolphe Charles Adams, who was well known for composing ballets, to create music for it so that it could be sung by the congregation. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Although neither Placide nor Adolphe were Christians (Adolphe was of Jewish ancestry), these two men somehow created and composed one of the most beautiful Christmas Carols of the Christian Faith; one that especially brings great glory and honor to the Lord Jesus Christ.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Countless Christians and non Christians have sung this inspired song or various translations of it for nearly two hundred years.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Often we who <em>do</em> love the Lord may wonder what we can do to glorify our Savior. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>There are myriad ways to glorify God each day. The word means "to acknowledge and reveal the majesty of..."</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>We glorify God by praising and worshiping Him, giving Him thanks for all His blessings, for never failing us, and especially for sending Jesus to be our Savior.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>We glorify God by sharing our faith with others and encouraging them.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>We glorify God by obeying Him; this shows Him that we love Him.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>1 John 2:5 (NLT) "But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him."</em></strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>The Bible says that even the hard hearted Pharaoh who resisted God's commands through Moses to let the Lord's people go from Egypt was ultimately serving God's purpose and glorifying Him. ( God's word even says that the Lord had raised Pharaoh up to demonstrate His glory!) </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong><em>Romans 9:17 </em></strong><strong><em> (NLT) For the Scriptures say that God told Pharaoh, “I have appointed you for the very purpose of displaying my power in you and to spread my fame throughout the earth.” </em></strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>And so every time the King said no, God did more and more amazing miracles and demonstrated His awesome power and might to those who refused to believe in Him. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>God's word says in Romans 8:28 <span style="color:#99ccff">"<em>All Things Work Together for good to those who love God..</em>"</span> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The trial that appears so overwhelming may be the thing that gives us wings and helps us ultimately to bring great glory and honor to the Lord.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong><em>(Lord) Everything remains today in keeping with Your laws, for all things exist to serve You. ~ Psalm 119:91 (The Voice Bible</em></strong><strong>)</strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Neither Placide nor Adolphe were trying to glorify God and yet they ended up magnifying the Lord in a monumental way. In fact, Placide later repudiated Christianity altogether and even renounced his beautiful lyrics to </strong><strong>"Contique Noel</strong><strong>.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>The Church stopped allowing the Carol to be sung, but people loved it and continued to sing it in their homes.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The song found its ways across the sea to America where songwriter, Unitarian minister, and co-founder of the Harvard Musical Society, John Sullivan Dwight, (1818 to 1893) translated it into English in 1855. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Dwight was an ardent abolitionist. He translated the words from Placide's original Carol...</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><strong>"He sees a brother where there was only a slave,</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><strong>Love unites those that iron had chained..."</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>To: <span style="color:#00ccff">"Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother;</span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#00ccff"><strong>And in His name all oppression shall cease."</strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>John Sullivan Dwight saw a message in this song to encourage people to end slavery.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> The Christmas Carol became popular all across America especially during the Civil War, and in the Northern States.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>The song remains popular today. The most well known version is John Sullivan Dwight's Translation. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Heavenly Father, help us to understand that You are always in control, and that, even as Thy word proclaims, all things exist to serve Thy ultimate purposes. You used two non believers to create a beautiful Christmas Carol to bring glory to Thy name and to bless Thy Church. They had no idea what they were doing any more than the people who crucified Thy Son knew that they were participating in the most momentous act in history, the redemption of mankind by crucifying Thy Son so that we could be saved. This is why Jesus said as they drove the nails into His hands and feet, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." </strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Help us remember when we are facing storms & trials that You are ultimately in control and that whatever foe we are facing is on Thy leash and that You are going to work the situation out for our good. All will be well. Christ has won our victory. You have said so and You never lie. Thank You, Lord. I love You. In Jesus name, amen. </strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>I wish you all a beautiful Christmas holiday season and a new year filled with all of God's finest blessings. ~Suzanne</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>*John Sullivan Dwight's original lyrics to the familiar Carol "Oh Holy Night" are on my Christmas video "Night Divine." See Video in left sidebar! If you would like to compare Dwight's lyrics with the original poem by Placide Cappeau see "Contique Noel" below.</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong> <em>Literal English Translation of the Original Poem by </em></strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Midnight, Christians, is the solemn hour,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>When God as man descended unto us</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>To erase the stain of original sin</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>And to end the wrath of His Father.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The entire world thrills with hope</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>On this night that gives it a Saviour.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>People, kneel down, await your deliverance.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Christmas, Christmas, here is the Redeemer,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Christmas, Christmas, here is the Redeemer!</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>May the ardent light of our Faith</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Guide us all to the cradle of the infant,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>As in ancient times a brilliant star</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Guided the Oriental kings there.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The King of Kings was born in a humble manger;</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>O mighty ones of today, proud of your greatness,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>It is to your pride that God preaches.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Bow your heads before the Redeemer!</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Bow your heads before the Redeemer!</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The Redeemer has broken every bond:</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The Earth is free, and Heaven is open.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>He sees a brother where there was only a slave,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Love unites those that iron had chained.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Who will tell Him of our gratitude,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>For all of us He is born, He suffers and dies.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>People, stand up! Sing of your deliverance,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Christmas, Christmas, sing of the Redeemer,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Christmas, Christmas, sing of the Redeemer!</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Let all within us praise His holy name.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Christ is the Lord! O praise His Name forever,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>His power and glory evermore proclaim.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>His power and glory evermore proclaim.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><em><strong>The Story Of the Song "Oh Holy Night" © 2016 SD Harden All Rights Reserved. Scripture References: The Voice Bible © 2012 Thomas Nelson, Inc., New Living Translation Bible © 2015 Tyndale House Foundation </strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><em><strong>References: "The Amazing Story of Oh Holy Night" Beliefnet.com;</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><em><strong>"Best-loved Christmas carols. Stories behind 25 Yuletide F</strong><strong>avorites</strong><strong>" by Ronald Clancy. Sterling Publishing Company; Wikipedia </strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><em><strong> </strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>"Night Divine" Christmas Video by Suzanne Davis Harden</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Title song from the Christmas Album "Bethlehem's Star" available as MP3 download at:</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong><a href="https://itun.es/us/JqYigb" data-imported="1">https://itun.es/us/JqYigb</a></strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>*Order 3 or more Audio CDs at CD Baby and get 1 cent shipping on all Domestic and International orders! If you ever wanted to purchase audio CDs of my hymns, instrumental albums, or prayer songs, now is a good time to get them without paying shipping costs! These make great inspirational gifts!</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The physical Album for Bethlehem's Star is also available in my Etsy Shop:<br></strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>All of the tracks from Bethlehem's Star can be previewed in the audio widget in the left sidebar in the audio widget on this page. May the Lord use these beautiful Christmas carols to bless you throughout this holiday season!</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/c04deb5ead9b7594b995cdf7588420022dec07a8/original/jpeg-front-panel-bethlehems-star-album-art.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NTAweDUwMCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="500" width="500" /></strong></p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043943
2016-07-25T20:00:00-04:00
2016-07-26T12:42:28-04:00
In The Furnace Of Affliction
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<p class="Body" style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>In God's Shadow Shelter ~Comforting Instrumentals For Worship & Meditation © (P) 2016 Suzanne Davis Harden<br></strong></em></p>
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<p class="Body" style="text-align: center;"><em></em><strong><strong>In The Furnace of Affliction~ God's Shadow Shelter</strong></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Despite many setbacks and afflictions, by the grace of God and for His glory and honor I'm happy to announce the release of my new instrumental album "In God's Shadow Shelter." </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>This is the most comforting album that the Lord has ever given me. Born out of the fiery furnace, the Lord inspired "Shadow Shelter" to encourage me in my suffering. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>"In God's Shadow Shelter" is first of all a musical poem. The fifteen instrumental song titles when read together form an encouraging prayer poem filled with promises inspired by the Scriptures:</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <span style="color:#339966"><em>In God's Shadow Shelter © 2016 SD Harden</em></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <span style="color:#33cccc"><em>God Will Never Leave or Forsake You.</em> </span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>You Are Very Precious To God</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>He Numbers All Your Hair</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>No Evil Shall Befall You</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>His Mercy Reaches Far</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Beyond The Clouds...</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Beyond The Stars</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>God's Ways Are Unsearchable</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Sometimes God Is Silent</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Though God Be Silent, You Are Still In His Heart</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>The Storm Will Pass</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Rainbows Come After The Storm</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>God's Promises Are Rainbows</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>All Things Work Together For Good</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>God's Power Is Very Great.</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Each of the piano solos & instrumentals that make up the poem are some of the most beautiful that the Lord has ever given me. For God is truly a God of encouragement.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/ca719d983a4c598ad4b32ee03c591e87ffa45b82/original/my-foot-slips.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE OR FORSAKE YOU</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/2f4b1c970a0043ac728d77589687e6dfe6b8b016/original/god-wont-forsake-me.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>God is faithful to His word. Though I have suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia since 2006 and frequent severe migraines and year round allergies, these afflictions I had pretty much learned to live with and had been fairly stabilized till this past January. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Since then it seems I have suffered one illness after another that have not only been devastating but have also flared up my migraines. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>God has not failed to rescue me though I've often sunk to the depths of despair and discouragement thinking I would never be well again.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/7d46e39ef8e2e6d28fa69379cb907c864f228ae7/original/the-lord-is-nigh.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"></span></em><strong>The more afflictions I suffered, the closer the Lord drew me into the shadow shelter of His heart.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Things I thought I could not bear, when I cried out to Him for relief, He sent relief. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Like when I got an ear infection that produced a high pitch squeal in my ear which, whenever a storm came or there was a sudden change in barometric pressure, the noise became like the loud, shrill feedback from a microphone. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>That unbearable noise, coupled with the unrelenting pressure in my ears and head, and the migraines that the noise was constantly producing (noise being a main migraine trigger) nearly sent me to the edge of insanity.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/f10785613270dc0e23278435ebb6a4c67d2300df/original/the-righteous-cry.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>When I could bear it no more, God faithfully came to my rescue and He either quieted the noise to a whisper or silenced it altogether. Then He comforted me with His peace.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> But the noise and the pressure and the pain would always come back. I desperately wanted it gone for good. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> HIS MERCY REACHES FAR</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/1be97c8e25394bac4d1d3a3227b7aa53a764d4ab/original/god-love-is-great.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>I was on my knees begging for God's mercy, deliverance, any sort of miracle. I looked up every scripture on healing I could find and quoted them all to God. I all but angrily demanded that He keep His word until I was exhausted.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Many were praying for me. I was on many prayer chains. My church family were all praying for me. My husband prayed constantly for me and anointed me with oil. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>I finally saw the Lord Jesus in my heart, He was on His knees in the Garden of Gethsemene crying out to His Father, <span style="color:#33cccc"><em>"Father, not My will, but Thy will be done."</em> </span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>He had fought a great battle, great drops of bloody sweat ran down His weary body.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Hebrews 5:7-8 "While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered."</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/6ef086324b4aaebd7033878102d0c85041ec4a09/original/father-thy-will-be-done.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>At last I realized I was not above my Master. Jesus had left us with a prayer, <span style="color:#33cccc"><em>"Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as in heaven..."</em></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>I took a deep breath as I realized I was not allowing God to have His way with me by demanding things from Him. <span style="color:#33cccc"><em>"Love does not demand its own way." 1 Corinthians 13:5 (NLT)</em></span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>I realized I was not trusting the Lord and this was just making me even more miserable. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>2 Timothy 2:13 "If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is."</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>I can honestly testify that God's faithfulness and mercy cannot be exhausted. He will go to the depths of despair with us to comfort and encourage our hearts.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/cbb2fe76105d45e2eae805a9d972f399d08b8d24/original/mercy-reaches-to-the-clouds.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>I realized that I had to get on my knees and pray for forgiveness for demanding healing on my terms, and pray as my Lord Jesus had prayed, "Father, not my will but Thy will be done."</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>When I surrendered my will to God and confessed my anger, He blessed me with song after song, prayer poems, and pictures --all tokens of His unfailing love, comfort, mercy, forgiveness and grace. He gave me new insights from His word that helped sustain me through my trial. For the Lord is entirely faithful to His promise in 1 Corinthians 1o not to give us more than we can endure.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/540e2fd146e83d16db123befcbdc4466038defad/original/no-temptation-hath-taken-you.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>GOD'S WAYS ARE UNSEARCHABLE </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> In all these trials God was teaching me, and still is, to wait on Him, to trust His promises, to walk by faith, to believe His word over the enemy's lies who always contradicts the word of God and who always tries to discredit our God. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>For in all of our suffering, God intends to refine our faith, but the enemy's avowed goal is to steal our faith. Jesus said that the devil comes to "steal, kill, and destroy." But the Lord works through our trials to restore our life and to make us holy like Him.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>1 Peter 4:12-13 (ERV) </strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>"Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed."</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/0806202d7a617ad1914153cd4d6dce7c161ebca8/original/god-forgives.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>THE STORM WILL PASS</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> Am I completely healed? Not perhaps according to the worldly standards of perfect health. But when I stopped demanding that God heal me on my terms and prayed as Jesus did in the Garden, <span style="color:#33cccc"><em>"Father, not my will but Thy will be done,"</em> </span>He comforted me through His word and promised He would heal me in His own time and way. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Then He asked me, <em><span style="color:#99ccff">"What is worse, to be suffering afflictions according to God's will or to be perfectly healthy outwardly and to not know Jesus and be eternally lost?</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>When I meditated on that thought I saw my suffering in a whole new context. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The Lord revealed to me that His idea of good health is not the same as the world's perception for that excludes a large portion of the population. <em><span style="color:#33cccc">For His word says that many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. (Psalm 34:19)</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/e12ecd2680add664f99e6acd7fcd7f5e579ba741/original/i-am-poor-and-needy.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Because of sin, there is sickness and death in this world. As people age their bodies will wear out and become subject to more and more afflictions and illnesses. He showed me that His concept of good health is </strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Prosperity of soul and spirit,</strong></li>
<li><strong>Unbroken fellowship with God, made possible for us through the blood sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ,</strong></li>
<li><strong>Joy in one's life and work regardless of circumstances </strong></li>
<li><strong>Gratitude to God for one's life and gifts regardless of circumstances</strong></li>
<li><strong>The ability to rejoice always</strong></li>
<li><strong>Pray without ceasing,</strong></li>
<li><strong>And give thanks in all circumstances knowing that God is ultimately in control and all will work out for the good to those who love Him even as His word promises.</strong></li>
<li><strong>ALL THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS ARE GOD'S IDEA OF GOOD HEALTH AND THEY CAN APPLY TO A PERSON who suffers from any health challenge whatsoever If that person rises above the disease and glorifies God in spite of it. They can still choose to use their life to advance God's kingdom on this earth in the way that they can despite pain, despite physical, mental, or emotional weakness or limitations by the grace of God and in God's strength and power. </strong></li>
<li><strong>For our God rejects no one! By Jesus stripes we are healed, made every whit whole. Not by the world's standards maybe. And the rational mind can never comprehend or accept this and so gets angry with God and judges Him as unfaithful to His word when he is sick and not made well according to worldly standards. </strong></li>
<li><strong>But that person must thank God for what he is healthy in, for what he is able to do, for what he can glorify God in. </strong></li>
<li><strong>God promises to heal all our diseases in His word despite our thorns and afflictions, all of which His word has promised that He will always deliver His children from. His healing is always on His terms for He is sovereign and He is refining us.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all." Psalm 34:17</strong></li>
<li><strong>God can heal and often does heal and make a person completely well</strong></li>
<li><strong>God can and does perform miracles of healing </strong></li>
<li><strong> Any work of healing is always ultimately God's sovereign choice and we are always to pray as Jesus said to pray, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as in heaven..."</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/a0639e5030063d0b3f0ff08d21d8713b65021e92/original/god-heals-us.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>I believe God is healing me in His own way and time, that I am in fact, on a healing journey with Him. And I praise Him for His faithfulness. For He uses my afflictions to bring forth music, art, songs and poems to comfort me and through me, many others. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>And so I pray that He will use my suffering for His glory, and the comfort He has given me through the poem and music on "God's Shadow Shelter" to comfort and encourage others.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/0dbcc9f79f3d7ab448d2ca9ad900f9b90a8739b2/original/wait-on-the-lord.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> I came across a fascinating statement written by the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy as I was writing this post. I am praying this scripture and praying that I can attain to his level of Christlike love for the lost and dedication to our Lord Jesus Christ:</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>2 Timothy 2:10 (ERV)</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="Body"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>"So I am willing to endure anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in Christ Jesus to those God has chosen."</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> In the end it is not about me, or my comfort, or my health, but it's all about Jesus, who gave up everything, even His precious life that I might live forever with Him in eternity. He suffered more than anyone ever will imagine. And He did it because His Father asked Him to.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>"Father, not My will, but Thy will be done."</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>If we love God we will do His will, no matter what the cost.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/46fdecd16ec133e33cb0e60281a90bf37ab04c67/original/thy-will-oh-lord.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NDUweDQ1MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="450" width="450" /></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong>PRAYER</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong>Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Thy Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. Help us to love You so much that we will lay down our lives for You as Thy Son Jesus did. Help us to say with Jesus,</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong>Father, I want Thy will, not my will be done, on earth, as in heaven, thank You, Lord,</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><span style="color:#99ccff">In Jesus' name, amen.</span> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> *As you read and meditate on the scriptures that inspired the poem, "In God's Shadow Shelter" listen to the music from the album in the *audio player on the left.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> Pray and invite the Lord to minister His comforting love to your soul as He did mine through this music and His word. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>May our Heavenly Father use this album to His glory and to encourage and bless you in every way, in Jesus name, amen.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> God's Shadow Shelter is also available on Spotify: <a title="In God's Shadow Shelter" href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/suzannedavisharden14" data-imported="1">https://open.spotify.com/album/04BclVFBtMzeTLgulHVikH</a></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Itunes: <a title="In God's Shadow Shelter" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-gods-shadow-shelter-meditative/id1135032233" data-imported="1">https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-gods-shadow-shelter-meditative/id1135032233</a><br></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Amazon.com: <a title="In God's Shadow Shelter" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-gods-shadow-shelter-meditative/id1135032233" data-imported="1">In God's Shadow Shelter: Meditative Instrumental Solos Suzanne Davis Harden https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IIYY44C/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_uN8Lxb17ZKQZ1 via @amazon</a></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>CDbaby.com: <a title="In God's Shadow Shelter" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-gods-shadow-shelter-meditative/id1135032233" data-imported="1">http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/suzannedavisharden14</a></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>SCRIPTURES FROM "GOD'S SHADOW SHELTER"</strong></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong>1. Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV) "The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”</strong> </span></em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <span style="color:#33cccc">(God Will Never Leave or Forsake You.)</span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <em><span style="color:#99ccff">2. Isaiah 54:10 (NLT) "For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you."</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(You Are Very Precious To God.)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <em><span style="color:#99ccff">3. Matthew 10:30-31 (NLT) Jesus said, "And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows."</span> </em></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(He Numbers All Your Hair.)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <span style="color:#99ccff"><em>4. </em></span></strong><span style="color:#99ccff"><em><strong>Psalm 91:10 </strong><strong>(KJV) "There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling."</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(No Evil Shall Befall You.)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <em><span style="color:#99ccff">5. Psalm 103:11 (KJV) "For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him."</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(His Mercy Reaches Far...)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><em><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong>6. </strong><strong>Psalm 57:10 </strong><strong>(KJV) "For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds."</strong></span></em></p>
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<p class="Body"><em><strong><span style="color:#99ccff">7. Psalm 136:7-9 (KJV) "To Him that made great lights: for His mercy endureth for ever: The sun to rule by day: for His mercy endureth for ever: The moon and stars to rule by night: for His mercy endureth for ever.</span> </strong></em></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(Beyond The Stars.)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong> <em>8. Job 5:8-9 (NKJV) “But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause— Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number. (God's Ways Are Unsearcha</em>ble.)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <em><span style="color:#99ccff">9. Psalm 44:23-26 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.</span> </em></strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><em><strong> <span style="color:#99ccff">10. </span></strong><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong>Psalm 40:17 </strong><strong>(NKJV) "But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinks upon me."</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="Body"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">(Though God Be Silent, You Are Still In His Heart.)</span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong> <em>11. </em></strong><em><strong>Psalm 30:5 </strong><strong>(NKJV) "For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning."</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(The Storm Will Pass.)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <em><span style="color:#99ccff">12. Psalm 30:11-12 (NKJV) "You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever."</span></em></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(Rainbows Come After The Storm.)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><em><strong>13. Genesis 9:12-13 (ERV) "And God said, “I will give you something to prove that I made this promise to you. It will continue forever to show that I have made an agreement with you and every living thing on earth. I am putting a rainbow in the clouds as proof of the agreement between me and the earth."</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(God's Promises Are Rainbows.)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><em><span style="color:#99ccff"><strong>14. </strong><strong>Romans 8:28 </strong><strong>(NKJV) "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(All Things Work Together For Good.)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#99ccff"><em><strong>15. Ephesians 1:19-20 (NLT) "I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms</strong><strong>."</strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>(God's Power Is Very Great.)</strong></span></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
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2016-02-21T19:00:00-05:00
2016-02-22T14:17:19-05:00
True Stories Behind The Hymn Jesus Lover Of My Soul
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"> True Stories Behind The Hymn </h1>
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<p class="Body"><strong>The hymn "Jesus Lover Of My Soul" was written by Charles Wesley, an English hymn writer, poet, and preacher who lived from 1707 to 1788.</strong></p>
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<p><strong> One of the greatest hymn writers of the Christian tradition, Charles Wesley penned over 6ooo hymns.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong> </strong><strong>"Jesus Lover of My Soul" is treasured as his finest hymn and has been translated into almost every known language.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Though it was first published in 1740, it was not until after Charles had died that his beautiful hymn became well known and loved.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Many stories abound regarding the inspiration for the hymn.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>According to one story, in the late fall of 1736 on his way back from a brief sojourn in the United States, the ship on which Charles was sailing home to England was caught in a terrible storm. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>He and the rest of the passengers must have endured a horrible trial of sheer terror and uncertainty. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Author Kenneth Osbeck writes, "But finally on December 3 the ship reached land. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Wesley wrote in his journal for that date " I knelt down and blessed the Hand that had conducted me through inextricable mazes." </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Some writers state that during the storm experience a frightened bird flew into Wesley's cabin and sheltered itself in his bosom for comfort and safety. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Let me to Thy bosom fly,</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>While the nearer waters roll,</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>While the tempest still is high!"</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>There are others who believe that the song is a picture of Charles's spiritual journey as a young man in his struggle to find peace with God before his conversion at Aldersgate in 1738. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>The dramatic storm imagery in the hymn clearly recalls the terrible upheaval Charles had faced during his nightmare voyage across the Atlantic when, had the Lord not intervened, he might have perished.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong><strong>His vivid metaphors of storm and tempest may also well describe his spiritual crisis before gave his life to Christ and was given everlasting peace by the One who calms the sea and commands the wind and waves. </strong></strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>It is easy to see how both stories about the hymn's creation could be true. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>After Charles died his beautiful hymn was reprinted in many hymnals and sung by countless Christians in hundreds of churches.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>A wonderful blog </strong><a href="http://www.wholesomewords.com" data-imported="1"><strong>http://www.wholesomewords.com</strong></a><strong> reprints the following interesting stories surrounding the hymn "Jesus Lover of My Soul" that took place during the Civil War Era from "A Treasury of Hymns" by author </strong><strong>Amos R. Wells</strong><strong>:</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>"Just before the battle of Chickamauga a drummer-boy dreamed that he had gone home and was greeted by his dear mother and sister. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>He awoke very sad, because both mother and sister were dead, and he had no home. He told the little story to the chaplain before he went into the battle. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>He was left on the field with the dead and dying, and in the quiet of the night his voice was heard singing "Jesus, Lover of my soul." No one dared go to him. When he reached the lines,</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>"Leave, ah! leave me not alone,</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Still support and comfort me,"</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>his voice grew silent; and the next day his body was found leaning against a stump, beside his drum. He had indeed gone home to his mother and sister."</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"> <strong>"Another beautiful story is told of this hymn in connection with the Civil War.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> In a company of old soldiers, from the Union and Confederate armies, a former Confederate was telling how he had been detailed one night to shoot a certain exposed sentry of the opposing army. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>He had crept near and was about to fire with deadly aim when the sentry began to sing, "Jesus, Lover of my soul." </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>He came to the words,</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>"Cover my defenseless head </strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>With the shadow of Thy wing."</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>The hidden Confederate lowered his gun and stole away. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>"I can't kill that man," said he, "though he were ten times my enemy."</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>In the company was an old Union soldier who asked quickly,</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>"Was that in the Atlanta campaign of '64?</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>"Yes."</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Then I was the Union sentry!"</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>And he went on to tell how, on that night, knowing the danger of his post, he had been greatly depressed, and, to keep up his courage, had begun to hum that hymn. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>By the time he had finished, he was entirely calm and fearless. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Through the song God had spoken to two souls."*</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>As I researched the Hymn "Jesus Lover of My Soul" I was amazed at how it was born out of the furnace of affliction. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>It truly astounded me how God had used this one hymn in so many ways to bless countless people over the centuries. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>God had even used it to save people's lives.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Charles Wesley never knew during his lifetime the impact that just one of the 6000 hymns he'd penned would have on the lives of so many people throughout so many generations. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>The man passionately loved God and was obedient and faithful to Him.<br></strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>His life echoes Jesus' words in John 15:5 <em><span style="color:#33cccc">"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit..."</span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong> Like Wesley, we may never know this side of eternity the impact of any of the seeds God gives us to sow for Him in Christ's Vineyard. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Wesley's life also teaches us that we must still be faithful to do whatever work we have been given to accomplish by God despite negative reactions to us, our ministry, or the seeds God gives us to sow.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>One account of the inspiration for "Jesus Lover of My Soul" says that Wesley wrote the text while lying under a hedge, having been beaten up by an angry mob opposing his ministry.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>His own brother John Wesley, the famous evangelist, when Charles showed him the text of "Jesus Lover of My Soul" for approval, rejected it as being "too sentimental." </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Isn't it wonderful that Charles did not give in to rejection. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Had Charles not cared more about God's approval than the approval of people, even his own family, we might not have this beautiful hymn today, or the wonderful stories about the brave soldiers whose lives the hymn so wondrously impacted. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us hymns to sing that comfort us in all our trials, that give us joy, that lead our hearts closer to You, that even give us peace in our last moments of life on this earth. Such gifts are truly eternal gifts from Thy heart and will sing in our hearts for eternity.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Thank You, Lord, we love You, in Jesus' name, amen.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>James 1:17 </strong><strong>"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>The Hymn "Jesus Lover of My Soul" ~By Charles Wesley</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>While the nearer waters roll,</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> While the tempest still is high!</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> Oh, receive my soul at last!</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Other refuge have I none,</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> Hangs my helpless soul on Thee;</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> Still support and comfort me!</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>All my trust on Thee is stayed,</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> All my help from Thee I bring;</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Cover my defenseless head</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> Wilt Thou not accept my prayer?</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Lo! I sink, I faint, I fall— </strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> Lo! on Thee I cast my care:</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Reach me out Thy gracious hand!</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> While I of Thy strength receive,</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Hoping against hope I stand,</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> Dying, and, behold, I live!</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> Grace to cover all my sin;</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> Make and keep me pure within.</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Thou of life the fountain art</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Jesus Lover of My Soul Video & Vocals by Suzanne Davis Harden © 2016 </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Featuring art by many great artists including Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Manet, 19th century artist Carl Bloch, among others as well as some contemporary works. (All art via Pinterest.) </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Art Images: Sanford Robinson Gifford-Fort Federal Hill at Sunset 1862</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Drummer Boy: Photo via Google Search/ Charles Wesley Image via Wikipedia/Winslow Homer-Sharpshooter 1863</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Peaceful Prayer Songs Messages of Hope © 2016 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</strong></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043940
2015-12-21T19:00:00-05:00
2015-12-22T18:51:13-05:00
God Will Never Stop Loving You
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<p class="Body"><strong>Christmas is a time for giving. It all started when God the Father gave us His one and only Son Jesus to be our Savior on that first Christmas in Bethlehem so long ago. St. Paul describes Jesus as <span style="color:#cc99ff">"God's indescribable gift..."</span><br></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Each one of us are priceless to God. Jesus said that we are far more valuable to Him than many sparrows and that the very hairs of our head are all numbered. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The thought may take your breath away, but even if you were the only human alive on the planet, Jesus, the Son of God, would still have suffered a horrible death on the cross and borne your sins to redeem you and give you eternal life.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Numbers mean nothing to God. He is deeply moved by the love of even one human soul who will by faith receive Him into their heart. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jesus Christ's passion and death on the cross prove this.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>God loves each person as if they were the only soul He had to love. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Jesus will never reject anyone who comes to Him, no matter where they have been or what they have done. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>He said, " ...the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. (John 6:37) </strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Once a person comes to Jesus, He promises that He will never let them go. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>Jesus said, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. </strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. </strong></em></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>I and the Father are one.” ~John 10:27-30</strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>However, we are all human, none of us are perfect. Sometime in the course of our life we may stumble or go astray like a little lost lamb. Even King David, the man after God's own heart, stumbled into sin. The Bible warns us <span style="color:#cc99ff">"Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall." ~ (1 Corinthians 10:12)</span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>In the parable of the Lost Sheep, Jesus said that He would leave the 99 good sheep and go to any lengths in search of the one sheep who had gone astray. Jesus said that the one lost sheep was very valuable to Him. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>We may feel that Jesus will no longer love us if we stumble and have grieved our Lord. Yet we must never lose sight of what the scriptures say about us and God's great understanding and mercy toward us. <br></strong></p>
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<p><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-14083" class="text Ps-14-2"><sup class="versenum"><span style="color:#cc99ff">"</span></sup><span style="color:#cc99ff">The <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.</span></span></strong></em></p>
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<p><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-14084" class="text Ps-14-3">They are all gone aside...there is none that doeth good, no, not one."~ Psalm 14:2-3</span></strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Jesus does not condemn us. He is at His Father's right hand praying for us. We must confess our sins as soon as we are aware of our offense.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <span style="color:#cc99ff">"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. </span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><strong>If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us." ~(1 John 1:9-10)</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> Be encouraged today that nothing you do can make Jesus stop loving you! </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>God sent His beloved Son to save the world, not condemn it, Jesus told Nicodemus. (See John 3:16-17)<br></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>This is the Christmas message, the Good News the Angels sang about to the shepherds on the Lonely hillside of Judea over two thousand years ago under the shining Star of Bethlehem. </strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Nothing you do today, or have done in your past, or will do tomorrow will ever make God take His holy love away from you. Trust His word for He never lies.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> <span style="color:#cc99ff">"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." ~Romans 8:38-39</span></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> What an indescribable gift indeed we have in Jesus Christ! Forgiveness for all our sins, redemption from hell, victory over the sting of death, eternal life with God in Paradise! </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>May we ever sing His praises as the angels did that first Christmas night to the Shepherds as they worshiped the King of the Universe clothed in mortal flesh!<br></strong></p>
<p class="Body"><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-24987" class="text Luke-2-13">"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-24988" class="text Luke-2-14"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." (Luke 2:13-14)</span></strong></em></p>
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<p><em><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14"> </span></strong></em><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14">May we ever praise our wonderful God whose love for us is so great that He went to the depths of hell to bear all our sin and shame that we could be saved. </span></strong><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14"></span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14">And His word promises that He is able to save to the uttermost any soul that comes to Him for salvation.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14"><span class="text Heb-7-25"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><span id="en-NIV-18734" class="text Isa-54-10">"Though the mountains be shaken</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-54-10">and the hills be removed,</span></span><br><span class="text Isa-54-10">yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken</span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-54-10">nor my covenant of peace be removed,”</span></span><br><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Isa-54-10">says the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>, who has compassion on you." Isaiah 54:10<br></span></span></em></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14"><span class="text Heb-7-25"><em><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-54-10">Prayer</span></span></em></span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14"><span class="text Heb-7-25"><em><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-54-10">Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Thy only Son to be our living sacrifice to bear our sins so that You could redeem us and make us Your own forever. Thank You for Christmas! Thank You that You will never take Thy holy love away from us! We love You!</span></span></em></span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14"><span class="text Heb-7-25"><em><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-54-10">In Jesus' name, amen.</span></span></em></span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14"><span class="text Heb-7-25"><span style="color:#cc99ff"></span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong><span class="text Luke-2-14"><span class="text Heb-7-25"><em><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Isa-54-10">Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! God's Finest Blessings be upon you and your precious families in 2016~ love in Christ, Suzanne</span></span></em></span></span></strong></span></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043939
2015-11-13T19:00:00-05:00
2015-11-16T21:33:12-05:00
The Privilege of Worship
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<p> <span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Worship is loving God. When His disciples asked Jesus what was the most important commandment, He said, <span style="color:#cc99ff">"<em>To love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind..." </em> </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>It is a beautiful honor and privilege to love and worship our Creator. We were created for this very purpose.</strong></span></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span id="en-KJV-30780" class="text Rev-4-11">"<span style="color:#cc99ff">Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." ~Revelation 4:11</span></span></strong></span></em></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">Although we cannot see God, we can know Him through His creation and through the revelation of His word. </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><span class="text Heb-1-1">"In the past God spoke to our ancestors at many different times and in many different ways through the prophets. </span> </em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><span id="en-GW-29945" class="text Heb-1-2">In these last days he has spoken to us through his Son. </span></em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><span id="en-GW-29945" class="text Heb-1-2">God made his Son responsible for everything. His Son is the one through whom God made the universe. </span></em></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><span id="en-GW-29946" class="text Heb-1-3"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em>His Son is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact likeness of God’s being. </em></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><span id="en-GW-29946" class="text Heb-1-3"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em>He holds everything together through his powerful words." ~Hebrews 1:1-3 (GW)</em></span><br></span></span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God cherishes us and wants very much for us to fellowship with Him. The Bible says He takes pleasure in our worship. But if we truly love God we will come to Him and worship Him the way He has asked us to. </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Jesus told the woman at the well in Samaria, <em>"<span style="color:#cc99ff"><span id="en-GW-26166" class="text John-4-23">Indeed, the time is coming, and it is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for people like that to worship him. </span></span></em></strong></span></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span style="color:#cc99ff"><span id="en-GW-26167" class="text John-4-24">God is a spirit. Those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:23-24)</span></span> <br></strong></span></em></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span style="color:#cc99ff">Jesus said, <em>"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father but by Me."</em> John 14:6</span></strong></span><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span style="color:#cc99ff"><span style="color:#33cccc"></span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#33cccc"></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span style="color:#cc99ff"><span style="color:#33cccc">There is a story</span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span style="color:#cc99ff"><span style="color:#33cccc"> about two brothers named Cain and Abel in the book of Genesis. Each one brought God a sacrifice, an offering of worship. But God looked with favor on Abel's offering and not on Cain's. <br></span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong><span id="en-NKJV-83" class="text Gen-4-3">"And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span>. </span></strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong><span id="en-NKJV-84" class="text Gen-4-4">Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> respected Abel and his offering, </span><span id="en-NKJV-85" class="text Gen-4-5"></span><span id="en-NKJV-85" class="text Gen-4-5">but He did not respect Cain and his offering." ~(Genesis 4:3-5)</span></strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5">This story has always intrigued me because I always wondered why God liked Abel's offering better than Cain's. Not until I studied the scriptures and learned why Jesus had to die for my sins did I understand this story.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5">Abel's offering was a blood sacrifice. He killed the firstborn of his flock. He was obviously aware that a blood sacrifice was the kind of sacrifice that God required to atone for sin. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5"> According to Hebrews 9:22</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5"><span id="en-NKJV-30128" class="text Heb-9-22"><sup>"</sup>And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission."</span></span></strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5">Cain ignored God's requirement and chose to worship God in his own way. Perhaps his offering had cost him a lot of hard work in preparation, labor, time, and expense. He was furious at God for not being pleased with what he had chosen to offer him. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5"><span id="en-NCV-85" class="text Gen-4-5">"So Cain became very angry and felt rejected." ~Genesis 4:5 (NCV)</span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5">True love seeks to please the object of its love, not the self.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5">Cain was <em>not</em> seeking to please God though he may have put a lot of time and effort into what may have been a beautiful sacrifice. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5">When we are seeking to please God, we will worship Him in the way He has asked us to, according to <em>His</em> terms. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5">Abel chose to submit to God, to love God, to do what God desired. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong><span class="text Gen-4-5">"It was by faith that Abel obeyed God and brought an offering that pleased God more than Cain’s offering did. God accepted Abel and proved it by accepting his gift; and though Abel is long dead, we can still learn lessons from him about trusting God." (Hebrews 11:4 TLB)</span></strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The Bible says, <em><span style="color:#cc99ff">"You who love the Lord, hate sin."</span></em> </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Sin is ugly. Our sins are what nailed Jesus to the cross. </strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God the Father had to send His spotless firstborn Son into the world to be a holy sacrifice for all the sins of mankind~like Abel's sacrifice of his firstborn flocks with the fat offerings for his own sins.<br> </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>John the Baptist called Jesus Christ <em><span style="color:#cc99ff">"the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." John 1:29</span></em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em><span style="color:#cc99ff"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/02b32eabc279f707fee9d3af71847c5b82622e0f/original/lamb-of-god.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6MzIzeDUwMCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="500" width="323" /></span></em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>It is God's grace that saves us through the spotless blood of His Son Jesus Christ, not our good works or any other thing we do to try and please God.</strong> </span></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#cc99ff"><strong><span id="en-NLT-29198" class="text Eph-2-8">"God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.</span> </strong></span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#cc99ff"><strong><span id="en-NLT-29199" class="text Eph-2-9">Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it." ~ Ephesians 2:8-9</span></strong></span></em></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong><strong>Cain wanted to worship God in his own way, fellowship with God on his own terms. But that is not truly loving God. His anger poured out into jealous rage against his brother Abel mistakenly believing that God loved him more. But the scripture says:<span id="en-GW-27955" class="text Rom-2-11"><em><span style="color:#cc99ff">"God does not play favorites." Romans 2:11 (GW)</span></em><br></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Rom-2-11">God loved Cain every bit as much as he loved Abel. In fact, St. Augustine wrote that God loves each of us as if we were the only one He had to love.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Rom-2-11">It was Cain who did not truly love God. For after God rejected his sacrifice he went and murdered his brother Abel. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span class="text Rom-2-11"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em>"Don’t be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil and the things his brother did had God’s approval." 1 John 3:12 (GW)</em></span><br></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>We can do a lot of good works for God, perform many beautiful sacrifices for Him, and never really know Him at all. </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God fervently desires our love and our fellowship. His love for us is measureless. He wanted to know us intimately so He paid the ultimate price to redeem our souls for Himself.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/b5db7f58454dc7b04791f6c0d1ffacea93c560c9/original/christ-on-the-cross-oval-silhoette.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6Mzc1eDUwMCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="500" width="375" /></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"></span><span style="color:#33cccc"></span><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>It is such a great honor to serve our wonderful God who poured out all of Himself to redeem us for Himself in the Person of Jesus Christ. <br></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"></span><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>Prayer</strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>Heavenly Father, may we love You with all of our heart and soul and mind. </strong></em></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em><span style="color:#cc99ff">Help us to seek Thy face and draw us ever closer to You. Help us remember that it is a beautiful privilege to be able to worship You for who You are and for all You have done for us. Fill us with Thy Holy Spirit and teach us how to worship You in Spirit and in Truth, Thank You , Lord, we love You, In Jesus' name, amen.</span></em><br> <br> </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God bless you all. You are always in my prayers.<br> <br> </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Love in Christ ~Suzanne<br> <br> </strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Pause for a moment and listen to my worship album</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong> "Paths of Love." </strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Spend some time with Jesus as you do. You can listen to </strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>each of the tracks on this album in the audio player at the left. </strong></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/f7accf171c73d253504841a080b978acf325110e/original/paths-of-love-album-cover1.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NTAweDUwMCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="500" width="500" /></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>"Paths of Love", released in August, is my first album of worship prayersongs & instrumentals. </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>I praise and thank our Lord Jesus Christ for this album that He blessed me with. </strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Paths features 18 tracks of spiritually intimate prayersongs and joyful instrumentals inspired by the Holy Spirit to encourage God's children to draw closer to His heart in worship. <br></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Paths of Love Original Prayersongs for Worship & Meditation is available at: </strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>as either a digital download or an audio cd. </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Throughout November & December CDbaby is offering a sale on shipping on all cds you purchase for a penny! Audio cds of peaceful worship music make great Christmas gifts and stocking-stuffers.<br></strong></span></p>
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<p> <em><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">The Privilege of Worship © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em> Paths of Love Original Prayersongs For Worship & Meditation © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. © 2015 Peacefulprayersongs.com</em></strong></span><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em><strong><em></em></strong><br>Artwork Copyright © Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. /Photo of Jesus and the Lamb via Pinterest</em></strong><strong style="font-size: 10px;"><em> <br></em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong style="font-size: 10px;"><em>Scripture Quotations from TLB © Tyndale House All Rights Reserved. (KJB) </em></strong><strong style="font-size: 10px;"><em>King James Version Bible, New King James Version Bible (NKJV) Gods Word Translation (GW)</em></strong></span></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043938
2015-07-27T20:00:00-04:00
2015-07-28T19:19:57-04:00
Everyone Who Asks Receives
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<p class="Body" align="center"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/6b083e8f656a12c74796766d8bfdc0a825951312/original/ask-seek-knock.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NTQweDU0MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="540" width="540" /></p>
<p class="Body" align="center"><strong>Everyone Who Asks </strong><strong>Receives</strong></p>
<p class="Body">Jesus said when He taught His disciples about prayer:</p>
<p class="Body"> <strong style="color: #33cccc; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville', serif;">“</strong><strong style="color: #33cccc; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville', serif;">Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>~Matthew 7:7-10</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong><strong style="color: #33cccc; font-family: 'Libre Baskerville', serif;">Matthew 6:8 "...for your Father knows what you need before you ask him."</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>The word that Jesus used for "knows" is *</strong><strong>εἴδω</strong><strong>i'. Strong's Bible Dictionary says it means "understands" or "is aware of" or "sees/be holds."</strong></p>
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<p class="Body">It is so comforting to know that our Heavenly Father who created us already knows, sees and fully understands our situation right now, He knows what our need is, whether it be for finances, a job, healing of a broken marriage, or chronic, unrelenting pain that is affecting our ability to perform our daily tasks, healing from drug or alcohol abuse, depression, panic or anxiety attacks, healing from any sort of disease or affliction, need for a spouse, need for friends or companionship, need for a church home, need for salvation for loved ones...the list of needs is endless.</p>
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<p class="Body">But we serve a mighty God who is <strong>omnipotent</strong> which means He is <strong>ALL POWERFUL.</strong></p>
<p class="Body">He is <strong>omniscient</strong> which means <strong>He knows ALL THINGS.</strong></p>
<p class="Body">He is <strong>omnipresent</strong> which means that <strong>He is everywhere present at ALL TIMES.</strong></p>
<p class="Body">God's word assures us that He is always with us. No matter where we go, He is there.</p>
<p class="Body"> <span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Psalm 139:7-10 says</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>"Lord, where can I go from your Spirit?</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Where can I flee from your presence?</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong> If I go up to the heavens, you are there;</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. </strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>If I rise on the wings of the dawn,</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>if I settle on the far side of the sea, </strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>even there your hand will guide me,</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>your right hand will hold me fast."</strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body">Jesus Christ's last words to His followers as He was ascending to Heaven were:</p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.</strong><strong>”</strong><strong>~ Matthew 28:20</strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body">Our Father, Jesus said, knows what our needs are, His word says He is ever present with us, and that He is in control of all things and that He is working all things out for our good.</p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc">Romans 8:28 says, <strong>"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."</strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong> </strong>God will weave everything that is happening to us right now, every challenge, every need, into something beautiful that is ultimately transforming us into magnificent cathedrals of praise for His glory and honor.</p>
<p class="Body"> For we are created to worship and glorify our Creator. We were redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ to be conformed to His image and were given His righteousness for the glory of God. </p>
<p class="Body">We must understand and grasp this truth or nothing in our lives will make sense.</p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created</strong>."</span></p>
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<p class="Body">God created us to love Him with all our hearts, souls, and mind.</p>
<p class="Body">God created us to pour out all of His infinite love upon us.</p>
<p class="Body">God loves to lavish His love and blessings upon us.</p>
<p class="Body">But He knows just what is good for us.</p>
<p class="Body">He is a wise Parent. Love will not ever give us what will destroy us.</p>
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<p class="Body">God knows our need before we ask Him.</p>
<p class="Body">But sometimes what we think we need is what God knows we do not need.</p>
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<p class="Body">We honor the Lord most when we ask Him for what we need and want and then trust that He will give us what is best for us.</p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Jesus said, "</strong><strong>“</strong><strong>Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? </strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? </strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! ~Matthew 7:7-11</strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/37086d244e0f0c7fb713bbe795d66ff67a434133/original/god-gives-good-gifts.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NTQxeDU0MSJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="541" width="541" /></p>
<p class="Body">Trust God that He hears your prayers and knows your needs even before you ask Him.</p>
<p class="Body">Trust in His timing. To everything there is a season, His word says.</p>
<p class="Body">He has a right time for your prayer to be answered. It will come. Wait on the Lord,</p>
<p class="Body">Be patient. We honor God when we believe that He will answer our prayers in His own way and time.</p>
<p class="Body">Jesus said to pray in this way:</p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>"Our Father, who art in Heaven, holy is Thy name.</em></strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven..."</em></strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#339966"><strong><em>Lord, let me honor Your name today in my life in all I do and say and think. Let me do my part in advancing Thy Kingdom on this earth.</em></strong></span></p>
<p class="Body"><span style="color:#339966"><strong><em>Let Thy will be done in my life. Let me surrender my will, all my whole self to You, to live my life to glorify You...."</em></strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body">Can we pray in that way today?</p>
<p class="Body">Can we remember that our lives are meant to glorify our Creator and it's not all about us but about <em><strong>Jesus</strong></em> and doing <em><strong>His</strong></em> will on this earth?</p>
<p class="Body">Can we learn to see our lives from <em><strong>God's perspective</strong></em> and not our self absorbed and often petty small world perspectives?</p>
<p class="Body">For we cannot serve two masters, either we will love one and hate the other.</p>
<p class="Body">God <em><strong>wants to and will</strong></em> answer all of our prayers, for He <em><strong>promises</strong></em> to do so. </p>
<p class="Body">But let us pray <em><strong>God's will</strong></em> be done.</p>
<p class="Body"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/df9ac47eff2a0765d3619899b485bc3307f5fa20/original/everyone-recieves.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NTQxeDU0MSJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="541" width="541" /></p>
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<p class="Body"><em><strong>Heavenly Father, thank You that You know all our needs and hear all our prayers. Thank You for Thy measureless love for each one of us. May Thy will be done for us today, for You always give good gifts to Your children and know what is best for us, in Jesus' name, amen. </strong></em></p>
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<p class="Body"><em><strong>"For Everyone Who Asks Receives" © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. </strong></em></p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043937
2015-06-06T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-15T08:17:25-04:00
Rivers Of Grace
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>RIVERS OF GRACE PEACEFUL GUITAR MELODIES</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>All glory to God who has blessed me with a new instrumental album to share with you! </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Rivers of Grace features 16 tracks of peaceful guitar melodies that roll along like a calming spring in a warm summer meadow to bring your soul to a place of quiet rest. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The relaxing music on this album is a wonderful antidote to the stress & worry that we all sometimes accumulate as we go through our day, whether through challenges we face at work, school, with our family, at church, or wherever we are on our path in life. <br></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>There is not one of us who are free from stress. I used to think that my little Yorkie, Miss Phee had it made! After all, what did she have to worry about? All her needs were met every day by myself and my husband Mark. All she had to do all day was be loved, walked and petted. </strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Her greatest threat seemed to be the garbage men because whenever they came rolling by the street outside to collect the garbage she would fly to the top of the couch and bark loud curses at them from our window. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>From her perch she had a clear view of them and their truck. To her, that truck seemed like a huge Leviathan. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>That's when the Lord began to show me that even little Phee had worries even though she was so well loved and cared for. Those garbage men were not a real threat to her except in her own imagination. </strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span style="color:#cc99ff">The scripture, "And then were they in great fear where no fear was..." (Psalm 53:5) popped into my head.</span> </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>I noticed how she reacted whenever it was time to take her to the groomers. The moment she saw the leash and her pink pod carrier she immediately went into panic mode.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>In her little mind this meant a trip to none other than the dreaded VET!!!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>For Miss Phee who has had to board at the vet's whenever we've had to go on long trips and were unable to take her with us, another trip to the vet's office might as well be a trip to hell, and who knew... it might just be forever! </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>For a while, every single time we took Phee anywhere in the car, in her little mind it meant a trip to the vet.This was a HUGE FEAR for my poor little dog. </strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Even though all the vets adore Phee and treat her like a queen, she has anxiety attacks every time we go to their office and trembles all over as if she's going to be executed.<br></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Stress~yes, the Lord showed me that even little Phee had stress no matter how well we took care of her and had never once let her down, had never once failed to feed her, give her special treats, walk her, never failed to love her as much as possible.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The Lord showed me that we are a lot like Miss Phee. He loves us unconditionally. He has never once failed to always provide for us. His word promises that no weapon formed against us shall prosper. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The devil and all his demons may look to us like the garbage men look to Miss Phee, but Psalm 34:7 says: <em><span style="color:#cc99ff">"The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them." (NKJV)</span> </em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>That word "encamp" according to the Strong's means to pitch a tent, camps, and it is compared with another word meaning to be gracious, show favor, have mercy upon..."</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Our Lord surrounds us with His Presence and His favor; His mercies are new toward us every morning the prophet Jeremiah wrote.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>"<span style="color:#cc99ff">But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:21-23 (ESV)</span></strong></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>We need never fear for the evil one cannot touch us St. John wrote in 1 John 5:18. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>And Psalm 91:9-10 says: <span style="color:#cc99ff"><em>"Because you have made the Most High your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you..." (NKJV)</em></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The word for evil is ra' (rah) Strongs defines it as "something bad, evil; badness, tragedy, trouble, distress, wickedness, something of poor quality."</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Another translation says it this way, <em>"no evil shall overtake you." (NLT)</em><br></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong> "For many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all." Psalm 34:19 (NKJV)</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Miss Phee think it is evil that she must go to the vet, or to the groomers. But these are necessary for her health and well-being. She is a long-haired dog and if she did not go to get groomed periodically she would be a tangled mess of fur. And because she has a liver shunt disease, she must go to the vet periodically to be checked and must take medication for her condition to stay healthy. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>But these necessary "evils" to her worry her little self. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Likewise, when our Good Shepherd does things for our benefit and we cry and squirm and fret and worry ~for we do not think as He thinks or know all that He knows about us, we must learn to look at how very faithful He has been in the past. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>We must rely on the fact that He loves us unconditionally and He always has our best interests in mind. <br></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>If Mark and I can love our dear little Phee as much as we do, how much more can our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus who gave His own life on the cross to save us from eternal death love us?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>We must trust our Creator that He knows what is best for us at all times. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>What appears so evil to us God promises He is weaving together for our good. (Romans 8:28)</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The Lord will perfect all that concerns us (Psalm 138: 8);</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>and He has promised to finish what He has begun in us. (Philippians 1:6)</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God does not think as we think. His ways are higher than our ways. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV)</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">To</span><span style="color:#33cccc"> Miss Phee the Garbage Men, the Groomers, and the Vets are evil. But we who love her know better. </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">Although she will never agree with us on these issues, she has learned to trust us because she knows we love her. </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">Love trusts even when it does not understand and is afraid.<br></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong>"<span id="en-ERV-16199" class="text Prov-3-5">Trust the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Lord</span> completely, and don’t depend on your own knowledge.</span> </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong><span id="en-ERV-16200" class="text Prov-3-6">With every step you take, think about what He wants, and He will help you go the right way." </span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong><span id="en-ERV-16200" class="text Prov-3-6"> ~(<strong>Proverbs 3:3-6 </strong>ERV)</span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#cc99ff"><em><strong><span class="text Prov-3-6">Jesus Christ said, <span id="en-NIV-26760" class="text John-16-33"><span class="woj">“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 NIV)</span></span></span></strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your mercy and grace and faithfulness toward us every day! Help us to trust You more and more no matter what challenges befall us for You have never yet failed us and You never will. No real evil can ever befall those who are Your children. And no one can snatch us out of Your hands. You are working everything out for our good. Thank You for Your unconditional love for each of us. May You increase our faith and draw our hearts ever closer to Yours, In Jesus' name, Amen.</strong></span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>My new Album Rivers of Grace Peaceful Guitar Melodies was just released on CDbaby, ITunes, Amazon and every other retail outlet on the internet! You can also listen to it here on Peaceful Prayer Songs through the audio player. <br></strong></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>I pray the music will bless you will rivers of grace and peace from the One who inspired it.</strong></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>In Christ's love, Suzanne</strong></span></em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043936
2015-05-23T20:00:00-04:00
2015-05-24T17:53:15-04:00
Engraved Upon My Heart
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<p id="watch-uploader-info" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>My newest Prayer Song & Video, (*See the featured video in the left sidebar) "Engraved Upon My Heart," is all about God's love for His creation. </strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">St. Augustine wrote that God loves each one of His children as if they were the only child He has to love. </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">In the Bible, in the book of Isaiah, the Lord says, <span style="color:#ffff00">"See, I have engraved you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me," (Isaiah 49:16) </span></span></strong><br><span style="color:#ffff00"><strong>"God is love..." 1 John 4:8. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">God proved His great love for His creation when He sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ into the world, to die for our sins. (John <span style="color:#33cccc">3:16</span>)</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/8773348853ec0567c458c15051a55bbd686f4e44/original/6-signed-jesus-sketch.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NTAweDUwMCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="500" width="500" /><br><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">Death, or eternal separation from God, is the penalty for sin. Only the sinless, spotless blood of Christ Himself could have redeemed us from our sins. </span></strong><br><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">Jesus Christ, God's Son, never sinned.<br></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"> <span style="color:#ffff00">"<span class="text Heb-4-14">Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.</span> <span id="en-NIV-30030" class="text Heb-4-15">For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin." Hebrews 4:15 </span> </span><span id="en-NIV-30031" class="text Heb-4-16"></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><span class="text Heb-4-16"><span style="color:#ffff00"><span id="en-NIV-30393" class="text 1Pet-1-18"><sup class="versenum"> "</sup>For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,</span><span id="en-NIV-30394" class="text 1Pet-1-19"> but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect." I Peter 1:18-19</span></span> <span id="en-NIV-30395" class="text 1Pet-1-20"></span></span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">Jesus Christ died an excruciatingly painful death on a Roman cross to bear all of the sins of all people for all time just so that we could become God's children. </span></strong><br><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">God the Father then raised His Son from death by the power of His Holy Spirit. </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">Now He lives at the right hand of His Heavenly Father and within every person who receives Him into their hearts and asks forgiveness for their sins. </span></strong><br><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">God then downloads a portion of His own Holy Spirit into the heart of each person who asks Christ to be their Savior and seals them forever as His very own child. </span></strong><br><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">This is the way He can love each child as if they were the only child He had to love! </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">Once you give your life to Christ, <span style="color:#33cccc">He will never leave or forsake you</span>. You are forever engraved upon His heart. </span></strong><br><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">May this song & video help draw you closer to the God who knit you together in your mother's womb & may you be able to feel His immeasurable love for you. May you know how precious you are in His sight. </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ffff00"><em><strong><sup class="versenum">"</sup>Moreover, because of what Christ has done, we have become gifts to God that he delights in..." ~ Ephesians 1:11 (Living Bible)</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Heavenly Father, may You bless each person who watches this video and listens to this prayer song. Reveal Your truth to them, take away their doubts and any confusion that has hindered their faith. May they feel Thy love for them in a way they never have before; fill them with rivers of Thy peace & hope. Draw them closer to Thy heart and may they come to know Jesus Christ Your Son as their Savior and Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen. </strong> </span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br style="font-family: 'Goudy Bookletter 1911',serif; font-size: large;"><em><span style="color:#33cccc"><span style="color:#339966">GREAT NEWS!!! *The illustrations that appear in this video are from my forthcoming book "Paths of Peace Illustrated Prayersong Book." Both the ebook & print editions of Paths of Peace feature all of the comforting prayer songs that appear on my album "Paths of Peace, Original Prayersongs of Love & Peace." Look out for my book to appear online and in my Etsy shop sometime in June!</span><br></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br><span style="color:#33cccc">Engraved Upon My Heart Prayer Song/Video © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved./ All Illustrations © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. <br></span></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043934
2015-04-30T20:00:00-04:00
2015-05-01T10:06:58-04:00
Wait On The Lord
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Lord, help me to trust in Thee,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>To walk with Thee by faith,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>No matter what I see,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>You will never fail me, Lord,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>So I need never fear.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Thy promises are true,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Thy word can never fail,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Obeying all You ask of me,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>And not to faint in fear.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Lord, help me to be faithful and</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Before Thee to be still,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>You have never failed me yet</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>No, and You never will.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>In Jesus' name, amen.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Abba Father, thank You for Thy holy word that promises that You are always in control no matter what kind of turmoil is going on in the world or in my life to challenge my faith. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Thy word instructs us to keep our eyes on Thy Son Jesus Christ who said, "In this world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world." </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>May we be like Thy Son who said those words before He ever went to the cross and suffered and died an agonizing death for our sins. He proclaimed His own victory by faith before it was a fact because He lived by faith and He is the pioneer of our faith. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>May we ever look at our Savior and proclaim our own victory as He did no matter what trial we are facing because You have put Thy Holy Spirit within us to assure us of our victory even as You had given Thy Son Thy Holy Spirit to help Him win His victory over sin, death, and hell. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Thank You for Thy Holy Spirit within us, Abba Father! Thank You for Thy power and grace to overcome the world for we are in Christ and whatsoever is in Christ overcomes the world. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong> We love You, In Jesus name, Amen. </strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#ff99cc"><strong><em>Jesus said, "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." John 16:33</em><br></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ff99cc"><em><strong>"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#ff99cc"><em><strong>~ 1 John 5:4-5<br></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong><span style="color:#ff99cc">"How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God..." ~Hebrews 9:14</span><br></strong></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>Listen to my Prayer Song, "I Will Wait For The Lord," in the audio player on the left side of this page just below the featured video. It will be the first song in the player. You can also listen to my new album "Beloved Hymns of the Christian Faith." May every song bless and encourage you! God bless you and thank you for stopping by!</strong></span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong>love, Suzanne :)</strong></span></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>Copyright © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Engraved upon My heart,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Engraved upon My hand,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>My love for you is measureless</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Than all the grains of sand</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>That line the ocean floor</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>That mark the boundaries</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Of all the earth's deep oceans</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Its rivers, lakes, and seas,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>And all the sand filled deserts</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>That weave around the earth</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>My love for you is as measureless</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>As the universe.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>I love you more than all</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>The stars that light the sky</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>The sun and moon and galaxies</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>My mercy reaches high,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Higher than the clouds</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>And deeper than Sheol</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>My love for you will never end</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Says Yahweh God, the Lord.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>"Engraved Upon His Hand," my 7th album, is a collection of thirteen </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>peaceful piano solos that were inspired by the Holy Spirit.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>As I prayed over this album, the Lord led me in the naming of each</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>song. He showed me that these instrumental solos were love songs</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>to His people, reflecting His passion, mercy, and grace toward the</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>people whom He created in His own image to love.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Some of the songs are prayer songs that the Holy Spirit prayed</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>through me for particular individuals as He led me to compose the</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>music.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>What is so fascinating to me about these particular tracks is that</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>each time they are played the prayers woven into the music ascend</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>to Heaven.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The scriptures affirm that the Holy Spirit prays through us when</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>we don't know how to pray as we should. </strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">St Paul wrote,</span> "And in the same way—by our faith—the Holy Spirit helps us with our daily</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>problems and in our praying.</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>For we don’t even know what we should pray for nor how to pray as we</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with such feeling that it cannot be</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>And the Father who knows all hearts knows, of course, what the Spirit is</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>saying as he pleads for us in harmony with God’s own will." ~Romans 8:26-27</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Our Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son is at the right hand of our Father</strong></span><strong> </strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God praying for our needs night and day.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>Romans 8:34 "Christ... is the one who died for us and came back to</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>life again for us and is sitting at the place of highest honor next to</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>God, pleading for us there in heaven. </strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The ministry of prayer is a form of laying down one's life for another.<br></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Jesus Christ said, <em>"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay </em></strong><em><strong>down one’s life for his friends." ~ John 15:13</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Christ not only gives Himself to us through His eternal prayers for us, He also laid down His life for us all when He suffered and died</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>for our sins on the cross so that we might be forgiven and redeemed from sin and death and live in intimate fellowship with</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>our Creator as we were originally created to.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>According to the biblical record, we lost intimate fellowship with</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>our God when the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, sinned, or disobeyed God.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The whole race fell into sin when Adam and Eve sinned. All of their descendants became estranged from God.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God expelled Adam and Eve from the beautiful Paradise that He'd</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>created for them and where they had known sweet fellowship with</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Him until that fatal day when they listened to the serpent in the</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Garden and disobeyed God by eating from the Tree of the</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Knowledge of Good and Evil.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>This sad story is recorded in the Bible in Genesis 3.</strong></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God had told Adam and Eve that they could eat from every one of</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>the beautiful trees in the Garden. But in the middle of the Garden</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>there were two particular trees, the Tree of Life and the Tree of the</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>knowledge of Good and Evil. God warned Adam and Eve that</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>should they ever eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Evil then they would die.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The bible says that the Serpent at that time was the craftiest of all</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>creatures. (Genesis 3:1)</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">Actually he was God's enemy in disguise~Jesus called him</span> <em>"the</em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><em>father of lies"</em>~Satan. Jesus indicates in John 10 that Satan is a thief</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>"who comes only to steal, kill, and destroy."</strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>This was his mission in the Garden...to steal Paradise from our</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>first parents and to destroy their fellowship with God and to lead</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>them into spiritual and eventually physical death. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>For before they sinned their original perfect human bodies could not die.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Satan whispered to Eve a tempting lie about the fruit from the</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>forbidden Tree. She succumbed to his lie and enticed her husband</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>who also fell for the lie.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>They lost Paradise in the blink of an eye. In a split second they blew</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>their eternal fellowship with God.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>They not only lost it for themselves but lost it for all of their</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>descendants born after them.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Our sins always affect more than just ourselves. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Not only did their</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>bodies begin to die from that moment, the whole creation also</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>began to die. Nothing physical on earth was eternal anymore.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Everything would have an expiration date from then on...but the</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>soul within the physical body was still an eternal being and when</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>the physical body perished that soul had an eternal punishment</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>awaiting it because of sin.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>But God had never wanted the creatures He had created in His own</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>image to suffer eternal torment.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Jesus Christ came to earth to become a living sacrifice for our sins,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>to pay the price for our sins so that we could be forgiven and</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>restored to fellowship with our Heavenly Father.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Why did Jesus have to suffer and die on the cross?</strong></span></p>
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<strong></strong><strong> Because Hebrews 9:22 explains, <em>"The law says that almost</em></strong><em><strong> </strong></em><em><strong>everything must be made clean by blood. Sins cannot be forgiven</strong></em>
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<em><strong></strong></em><em><strong>without a blood sacrifice."</strong></em>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>The sacrifice had to be a spotless sinless one and only God is</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>spotless and sinless. Only God's Son, the second Person of the</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Trinity, could be our sacrifice.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God Himself, our own Creator, loved us so much that He gave His</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>own precious life for our sins.</strong></span></p>
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<strong></strong><em><strong>"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the</strong></em>
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<li><em><strong>Word was God..." John 1:1</strong></em></li>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Jesus gave up Heaven to become one of us just so He could bleed</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>and die like we do, suffer pain like we do, suffer temptations like</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>we do, so that we could accept Him into our hearts and be forgiven</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>of our sins and be made whole spiritually.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>He was torn to pieces, brutally beaten, spat upon, stripped naked,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>made a public spectacle, then crucified~~ an excruciatingly painful</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>way to die~~ all out of His immeasurable love for each one of us.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Scholars say the ultimate cause of death was that His heart</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>literally exploded on that cross.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Christ's heart broke and we broke it, all of us.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>God weeps with love over you and me. He longs for us all to return</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>to Him. Let not the blood of Jesus Christ have been spilled in vain.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Let His heart not have been broken in vain!</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Oh come to Jesus!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Come to him and give Him your heart. He yearns to draw you to</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Himself. You are His dream.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>He cherishes you.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Please listen to the songs on Engraved. These are God's love songs</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>to you.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Listen in a quiet place. Hear what He is speaking to your heart. For</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>He has a special word for each and every person who listens to</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>these songs. He speaks in the quiet places of our souls in His still,</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>small voice.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>He speaks with the voice of love for He is love. (1 John 4:8)</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>Heavenly Father, May we never let Thy Son have suffered in vain for us, but let each</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>of us come to Thy throne and receive Jesus into our hearts, his</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>pure spotless blood wash away all our sins and redeem our souls</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>for You forever, in Jesus' holy name. We love You, Lord, Amen.</strong></em></span></p>
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2015-01-17T19:00:00-05:00
2015-01-18T14:35:49-05:00
Christ, I Come
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>Original Painting © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</strong></em></span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966">Christ, I Come</span></h1>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color:#008000"><em>A Prayer Poem © 2015 SD HardenAll Rights Reserved.</em></span></p>
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<span style="color:#339966"><strong>Christ, I come,</strong></span>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>I come to Thee,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>With all my burdens</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>And my needs,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>With all my sins,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>And all my shame,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>And ask You</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Wash them all away.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Christ, to Thee,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>To Thee I come,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Wash me in Thy holy blood;</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Fill me with Thy holy Light,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Purify me in Thy sight</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Through Thy blood Lord Jesus Christ.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>When You and Father look at me</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Jesus' righteousness You see,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Not my sin and not my shame,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>For You, oh Lord, our sin became</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>When You bore them on the cross;</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>My righteousness, Your life it cost.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Oh Lamb of God, You bore my sin</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>And defeated death within</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>When You were raised from death to life,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>From darkness to eternal Light.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>You left all my sin You bore</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>With death defeated evermore!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>There is no condemnation for</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Those who trust You as their Lord</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>And ask You come into their heart;</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>From them, Lord, You'll never part.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>O Christ, I come,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>I come to Thee,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>With all my burdens</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>And my needs.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Oh Christ, make me</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Forever clean</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>And yours, I pray</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>To always be.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong>In Jesus' name, Amen.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#339966"><strong></strong></span><span style="color:#339966"><strong>Encouraging Salvation Scriptures </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-28899" class="text 2Cor-5-21"><sup class="versenum">"</sup>For He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." </span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-28899" class="text 2Cor-5-21">~2 Corinthians 5:21 (KJV)<br></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong><span class="text 2Cor-5-21"><span id="en-KJV-28118" class="text Rom-8-1">"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.</span></span></strong></em><strong><em><span id="en-KJV-28119" class="text Rom-8-2"><sup> </sup>For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." ~ Romans 8:1-2</span></em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong><em><span class="text Rom-8-2"><sup class="versenum"> "</sup>For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." ~Romans 6:23<br></span></em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><strong><em><span class="text Rom-8-2"><span id="en-KJV-26549" class="text John-11-25">Jesus said unto her, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:</span></span></em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966"><strong><span id="en-KJV-26550" class="text John-11-26"><sup class="versenum"> </sup><em>And w<span id="en-KJV-28200" class="text Rom-10-11"></span>hosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? " ~John 11:25-26</em></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966"><strong><span class="text John-11-26"><em><span id="en-KJV-28198" class="text Rom-10-9">"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." ~Romans 10:9<br></span></em></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966"><strong><span class="text John-11-26"><em><span class="text Rom-10-9"><span id="en-KJV-28199" class="text Rom-10-10"><sup class="versenum">"</sup>For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:10<br></span></span></em></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966"><strong><span class="text John-11-26"><em><span class="text Rom-10-9"><span class="text Rom-10-10"><strong><span id="en-KJV-26550" class="text John-11-26"><em><span id="en-KJV-28200" class="text Rom-10-11"><sup class="versenum">"</sup>For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.</span></em></span></strong>" ~Romans 10:11<br></span></span></em></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966"><strong><span class="text John-11-26"><em><span class="text Rom-10-9"><span id="en-KJV-28202" class="text Rom-10-13"><sup class="versenum">"</sup>For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.</span>" ~Romans 10:13<br></span></em></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966"><strong><span class="text John-11-26"><span class="text Rom-10-9">The Lord Jesus PROMISED THAT HE WOULD NEVER REJECT ANYONE WHO COMES TO HIM!</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-26295" class="text John-6-37"><sup class="versenum">John 6:37 "</sup>All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."</span></strong></em></span></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#339966"><span class="text John-6-37">Prayer</span></span></strong></h1>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-26295" class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966"><sup class="versenum">Heavenly Father, Thank You for sending Your only begotten Son Jesus Christ to suffer and die on the cross for my sins and for the sins of the whole world. I pray that all who read these words will come to know You and Your Son Jesus Christ and the Power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His love and joy, and come to know their holy purpose in His Kingdom. May each soul reading this prayer invite Thy Son to live in their heart and live forever with You in eternity. Thank You Lord, In Jesus' holy name. Amen.</sup></span><br></span></strong></em></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#99cc00"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37">Prayer to Invite Jesus Into Your Heart</span></strong></em></span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I admit to You that I am a sinner in need of Your grace and mercy and forgiveness. </span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">Please forgive me and cleanse me from all my sins. </span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">Please send Your Holy Spirit to live inside of me and make me Your child forever. <br>Write my name in Your Book of life and let me live with You forever in eternity. </span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">Thank You Lord for Thy word promises I am now Yours and that I am born again, a new creation and that </span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">You will never leave me or forsake me! </span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">Thank You, dear Lord Jesus! </span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">I love You,</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">In Jesus name,</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">Amen.</span></span></strong></em></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">If you prayed this prayer, then believe that Jesus has come to live in your heart by faith! Begin to read the Christian bible. Find a good version like the King James Version or the New International Version or the New American Standard Version. Ask the Lord Jesus to help you find a good church where you can fellowship with other believers. The hallmark of all true believers is LOVE. God is love the bible reveals to us. And the one commandment Jesus left us is that we must LOVE ONE ANOTHER. So find a church where believers practice this commandment. </span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">God is looking for the GOOD in you. If you feel condemning, accusing thoughts toward you, they are not from God. </span></span></strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span class="text John-6-37" style="color:#ff6600"><span style="color:#339966">God LOVES you! He sent His only Son to die for you. Remember this every time a cruel thought attacks you. Jesus CHERISHES YOU. He forgives all your sins whenever you bring them to His altar and confess them. He will help you to overcome every sin in your life. All you have to do is trust Him. He is your victory. "HE WHO IS IN YOU IS GREATER THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD." 1 John 4:4 </span></span></strong></em></p>
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<p><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-30629" class="text 1John-5-4" style="color:#339966"><sup class="versenum">"</sup>For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.</span></strong></em></p>
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<p><em><strong><span id="en-KJV-30630" class="text 1John-5-5" style="color:#339966">Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" 1 John 5:4-5</span></strong></em></p>
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<p><em><strong><span class="text 1John-5-5" style="color:#339966"> Peaceful Prayer Songs ~Prayer Poem "Christ I Come" © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. Original Illustrations © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. Bible Quotes King James Version Bible</span></strong></em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043922
2014-12-06T19:00:00-05:00
2014-12-06T21:12:14-05:00
Christ Within Us
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/2a3e65c6f4bd89aa33ffd005ed46f22cbda9c792/original/mary-and-jesus-baby.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NTA2eDY0MCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="640" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="506" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Mary and Baby Jesus (Via Pinterest)</em></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080">CHRIST WITHIN US</span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080"><em>© 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden </em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080"><em>All Rights Reserved.</em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Lord, long ago You did conceive</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Thy Son within the womb</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Of a Virgin that He might</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Become a man on earth.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Born a tiny baby</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">In a stable yard;</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">The Prince of Heaven came to earth</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Stripped of Heaven’s garbs.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Born a helpless baby</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">To sinners weak and frail,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">You entrusted Deity</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">To people who could fail.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Lord, Thy love is measureless</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Thy mercy reaches high,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Thy love for us is fathomless</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">As endless as the sky.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">How could You trust Thy precious Son,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">A weak and helpless thing,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">To the care of sinful man</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">And know they'd faithful be?</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Thy wisdom and Thy mercy</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Reaches to the stars</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Oh praise our Father, Lord above</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Our holy Father God!</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">For Jesus Christ, Thy holy Son</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Is given to us all</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">When we ask Him be our Lord</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">He comes into our hearts.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">And we must nurture this new life</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">As Mary nurtured Christ,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Her tiny baby Son of God</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Given Christmas night.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"> We must nurture Jesus Christ</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Born within our hearts,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">The life that You entrust to us</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">When we make You our God.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">We must love Him tenderly</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">As Mary did her babe,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">As Mary sang to Jesus,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">We give Him all our praise.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">As Mary read to Jesus</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">He waxed strong and bright,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">And as we read our Bibles</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">We will grow in Christ.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">The life of Christ grows in us</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">As we nurture Him,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Caring for Him faithfully</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">As loving Mary did.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Oh Father God in Heaven</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Thank You for the life</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Of Thy son You put in us,</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">The life of Jesus Christ.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Thank You that You're molding us</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">And making us anew</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">In the image of Thy Son</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">To ever live with You.</span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Prayer</strong></span></h1>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><em><strong>Heavenly Father, it has been said that each of us is an innkeeper that must make room for Christ in our lives each day. </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><em><strong>Throughout this busy holiday season, please help us to keep these words in mind. Help us to remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ Himself each morning as we awaken, "Abide in me and I in you, for apart from Me, you can do nothing." </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><em><strong>Help us to remember that Thy Holy Spirit within us is the actual Spirit of thy Holy Son Jesus Christ in our hearts. </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><em><strong>Help us to be as Mary nurturing the Baby Jesus and nurture the beautiful Spirit of Jesus Christ within us, developing a solid, loving relationship within Him that is ever growing stronger every day through prayer, bible study and worship. </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><em><strong>Thank You, Lord, In Jesus' holy name, Amen.</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#99ccff"><em><strong>*The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful new Holiday Album "Winter Melodies!" If you would like to listen to the Peaceful Piano Solos on my album, they are in the Audio Player at the bottom of this page; or you can stream the tracks from the entire album in the Prayer Song section on this website. (All Profits from my music go to Charity.)</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc">"Christ Within Us" (Prayer Poem) © 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc">Painting of Mary with Baby Jesus (Artist Unknown, via Pinterest)</span></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043921
2014-11-29T19:00:00-05:00
2014-11-30T09:02:57-05:00
The Lord is My Shepherd
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Lord is my Shepherd</h1>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.<br><br>He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">He leadeth me beside the still waters.<br><br>He restoreth my soul:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.<br><br>Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I will fear no evil...</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Psalm 23:1-4</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">King David wrote Psalm 23 supposedly toward the end of his long life. He had lived through many trials. Not once had the Lord forsaken him in any of his afflictions. Not once had the Lord withheld mercy or pardon from him when he had grieved Him and committed terrible sins. </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">King David fell far short of being perfect yet the Lord in His word called him "The man after God's own heart." How is it that the holy righteous God could call a man who had committed adultery and murder and caused a terrible plague to come upon his own nation that had caused thousands to suffer and die, "a man after His own heart?"</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">As I meditated on this and prayed and read through the Psalms that David wrote, I encountered something that God saw in David and that He is looking for in each of us: a humble and contrite heart.</p>
<p>The Lord says in Isaiah "...but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word." (Isaiah 66:2)</p>
<p>"For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones." ~(Isaiah 57:15)<br></p>
<p>Each time David sinned God corrected him and he repented from his heart. David was human and he fell sometimes as we all do. It is impossible to be perfect and it is a mistake to think that we can be. </p>
<p>That is why the Lord Jesus, the holy Son of God, had to come to the earth to suffer and die as a man for us on the cross. He spilled His precious blood so that He could redeem our souls. His sacrifice pays the ransom for our sins so that we might be released from the curse of the Law that demands we keep an impossible set of rules and regulations in order to be saved. God showed us that it is impossible for weak humans to be good enough to save ourselves by our own righteousness. </p>
<p>St. Paul wrote in Ephesians "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:<br> Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)</p>
<p>We cannot save ourselves no matter how good we are. </p>
<p>That is why God can call David a man after His own heart: because David recognized his sinfulness and humbly confessed his transgressions to God. David humbly tried to walk with God but when he got his eyes off the Lord and fell, he allowed the Lord to bring him back by confessing yet again his sins. </p>
<p>He did not run away from God and hide his face in shame and say as Judas did after betraying Christ, "I've blown it, I can never be forgiven..." Judas went and hung himself filled with remorse over his terrible sin. He never bothered to ask for forgiveness. he was certain there was no way he could ever be forgiven. </p>
<p>There is no sin that the blood of Jesus cannot wash away except the sin of totally rejecting Him, which is the ultimate blasphemy of His Holy Spirit. He said to His disciples that blasphemy of His Holy Spirit was an eternal sin and could never be forgiven in this world or the next. </p>
<p>As long as we have life and breath there is hope. </p>
<p>Jesus said, "This is the work of God, that you believe on the One whom He has sent." John 6:29</p>
<p>Jesus can forgive any sin we have committed. David proves this. Our God loves the humble but the proud He knows far off, His word declares. </p>
<p>David was a humble man with a contrite heart and that is what the Bible says draws our Lord close to a person. </p>
<p>"The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." (Psalm 24:18)<br></p>
<p>There is nothing you have done that God cannot forgive this side of eternity. Trust in Him. He cherishes you. </p>
<p>"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise." ~(Psalm 51:17)<br></p>
<p>David wrote, "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want..." </p>
<p>I looked up the original word for "want" in my Bible dictionary and it can mean many things. The most interesting thing it can mean is <em>fail</em>. </p>
<p>This verse can read, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not fail..."</p>
<p>David never did fail..because the Lord was his Shepherd throughout his whole life. God never failed his precious son nor ever failed to keep one of His promises to him. This is because God is love (1 John 4:8) and Love never fails.(1 Corinthians 13:8)</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;">Prayer</h1>
<p>Heavenly Father, may you help us understand that there is nothing we can do to save ourselves; You have done all the work that ever need be done to save us in giving Your only Son Jesus Christ as our sacrifice on the cross. May we know that there is no sin nor shame too great for Christ's blood to cleanse and wash away for You have said in Your word that You continually forgive all our sins and toss them away as far as the east is from the west. May You assure all Thy people of this truth and open their eyes to receive Thy Son Jesus Christ into their hearts and be made righteous by His blood. May You write their names in Your book of Life. In Jesus name. Thank You Lord, Amen.<br></p>
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<p>Peaceful Prayer Songs: © 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden "The Lord is My Shepherd": Illustration by Suzanne Davis Harden © 2014 All Rights Reserved.</p>
<p>I<em>f you would like a copy of "The Lord is My Shepherd " mixed media painting (*without the watermark) contact me at info@wingsofthemorningpublications.com (Your original 8 1/2" x 11" inch Mixed Media Fine Art Print will be printed on archival quality premium paper with archival inks and signed on the back. Matted or unmatted)</em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043920
2014-10-29T20:00:00-04:00
2014-10-30T20:54:30-04:00
GOD'S BOOK OF LIFE
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080"><strong>THE BOOK OF LIFE</strong></span></h1>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong>Revelation 20:11-15</strong></span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong>“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.</strong></span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><sup>12 </sup>And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.</strong></span></em></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><sup>15 </sup>And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” </strong></span></em></p>
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<p>God cherishes each one of us. The Bible says that <span style="color:#ff0000">“<strong><em>God our Savior…wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.</em></strong><strong><em>” (1 Timothy 2:3-4)</em></strong></span></p>
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<p> <span style="color:#008080"></span>Jesus Christ told Nicodemus, a religious leader who came to Him one night,</p>
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<p><sup> <span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><em>“</em></strong></span></sup><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><em>For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><em>For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” ~(John 3:16-17)</em></strong></span></p>
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<p>The Lake of Fire mentioned by St. John in the book of Revelation was prepared by God as an eternal punishment for the devil and the angels that rebelled against Him. It was never intended for man whom God made in His own image.</p>
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<p>Yet, the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, fell away from God when they rebelled against His command. The result was spiritual death and a loss of divine fellowship.</p>
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<p>All of their children would, like them, be sinners or rebels against God. They would never be able to enjoy perfect fellowship with God because God is holy and cannot dwell with sin.</p>
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<p>God’s word says that sin must be paid for with a sacrifice.</p>
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<p>Hebrews 9:22 says<strong><em>: <span style="color:#ff0000">“In fact, according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.</span>”</em></strong></p>
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<p>The only One worthy to pay for our sins, to redeem our souls from eternal destruction and to bring us back into fellowship with God, was God Himself, for He alone is perfect among all His creation. He is sinless, spotless, without blemish.</p>
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<p>God the Son, Jesus Christ, came to earth clothed in flesh so that He could become a living sacrifice and shed His holy blood to pay for our sins. He loved us that much.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#008080"></span>God could not die unless He became human. That is why He had to be made like us. He suffered a horrible death on the cross so that our sins could be forgiven and so that we could live in Paradise with Him forever.</p>
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<p>Not only did He want us to enjoy eternity with Him, He wanted us to be able to enjoy fellowship with Him now. </p>
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<p>Once we accept Jesus Christ into our hearts, we become God’s own children. The Father sends His Holy Spirit into our hearts to seal our salvation as a sure sign that we belong to Him.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#008080"></span>We will never be alone again from that point because He will never leave or forsake us. His love will keep us firmly in His strong grip. He will help us weather every storm. He will meet our every need. He does not promise freedom from trials-for “many are the afflictions of the righteous,“ God’s word says, “but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080">My Testimony</span></h1>
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<p>The moment I invited the Lord Jesus Christ into my heart I felt a beautiful peace envelop me and a warm glowing presence filled the room. I heard the Lord speak to my heart. “All will be well, You are going to be all right,” He said.</p>
<p><span style="color:#008080"></span>I was only 16 years old.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#008080"></span>As I lay in my bed filled with Christ’s peace I saw an image in my heart of an angel writing my name in a huge book. Though I had gone to Catholic school, I had never heard about the book of life before. I wondered what the vision meant.</p>
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<p> <span style="color:#008080"></span>Not until I began to read the bible on my own through the discipleship of our neighbor did I learn about the Book of Life and what that vision meant.</p>
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<p>God was showing me that He had recorded my name in His book of life that night when I had accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into my heart.</p>
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<p>It comforted me to know that my name was written up in Heaven.</p>
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<p>When I grew up and had children in Sunday school I created a picture of an Angel writing in the Book of Life. I made it into a Sunday school book cover for the children in the church we were attending. I wanted it to comfort them to know that after they had accepted the Lord as their Savior, their names were written in Heaven, and when the Last Day comes, and the books are read, they will be judged “Not Guilty,” because they are wearing the righteous robes that Jesus has given them. Their sins have been washed away by the blood of the spotless Lamb of God.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#008080"></span>How do our names get into God’s Book of Life?</p>
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<p>The Book of Romans says:</p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><em>“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><em>For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><em>For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><em>For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><em>For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” </em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff0000"><strong><em>~Romans 10:9-13</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#008080"></span>That night when I was 16 years old I simply called upon the name of the Lord and He came to me. God is no respecter of persons. Jesus Christ promised that He would never reject any soul who came to Him. (John 6:37) And when anyone invites Jesus to be their Savior, He will surely write their name in His Book of Life. </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080"> PRAYER</span></p>
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<p><strong><em>Heavenly Father, may You bless all those who call upon the name of Thy Son Jesus Christ and write their names in Thy Book of Life. May they live with You forever. Thank You, Lord, In Jesus’ name. Amen. </em></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#008080"><strong><em>**You can listen to my Prayer Song/Music Video "The Book of Life" by scrolling down to the bottom of this page and navigating to the featured video. May you be blessed!</em></strong></span></p>
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<p><em>Prints of the Angel Writing in the Book of Life are available in my Etsy shop as note cards and as a triple matted fine art print. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/WingsPublications" data-imported="1">http://www.etsy.com/shop/WingsPublications</a></em></p>
<p><em>My Prayer Song, "The Book of Life" is on my new Album "Paths of Peace" available here on this website, ITunes, Amazon.com or anywhere on the internet~and soon as a CD through my Etsy shop.</em></p>
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<p><em>Picture Credits: Gustave Dore Bible Illustrations, Christ on the Cross photo by © S.D. Harden from Mission San Xavier del Bac, Angel Writing in the Book of Life, Pen & Ink Illustration © Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</em></p>
<p><em>Music & Lyrics "The Book of Life"© 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. </em></p>
<p><em>Video Credits: Christian Wallpapers, Gustave Dore Bible Illustrations, Suzanne Davis Harden Original Illustrations </em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043918
2014-10-08T20:00:00-04:00
2014-10-10T06:39:57-04:00
In God's Holy Mountain
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/42dce1375be4b896e08089eae6cf11e07d8cf656/original/gods-holy-mountain.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NTIyeDU4OCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="588" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="522" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Landscape Painting © Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</em></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>In God's' Holy Mountain <br></strong></span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong><em>“God will swallow up death forever, </em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#00ffff"><strong><em>and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces.” Isaiah 25:8 </em></strong></span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc">In God's Holy Mountain<br></span></h1>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Prayer Song Music and Lyrics by Suzanne Davis Harden </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>© 2013 All Rights Reserved.</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord, You will keep in perfect peace</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The soul who trusts in You;</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The one who’s trusting in Your name</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>And walking in Your truth.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>You’ll swallow death forever</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>And wipe each tear away,</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>And there will be no sorrow</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In the everlasting day.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>And we will sing forever</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In the mountain of the Lord</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>For You will live among us</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In our hearts forevermore!</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>You’ll swallow death forever</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In the tide of victory</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>When You come to rule and reign</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Our everlasting King!</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>You’ll swallow death forever</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>And wipe away each tear;</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>You’ll wash away all suffering</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>And banish every fear;</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>And we will sing forever</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>In the mountain of the Lord;</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Oh worthy is the Lamb of God,</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Jesus, evermore!</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Thank You, Heavenly Father, that for those who have invited Your Son Jesus Christ into their hearts, their are no goodbyes in eternity. </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Thank You that someday Your word promises You will wipe away every tear, and that there will be no more sickness, sorrow, or suffering~for You will banish death forever in Your holy mountain. </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>We give You praise and thanks Oh Lord, for giving Your Son to die on the cross for our sins so that He could gain the victory over death forever and redeem our souls for You. </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Thank You for Your measureless love for Your creation. </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>We love You, Lord and someday we will praise You and Your Son Jesus Christ forever in Your Holy Mountain, in Jesus' name, Amen.</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>*To listen to the music for the song "In God's Holy Mountain," scroll down to the music player at the bottom of the page. It will be the first song in the play list.</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>May you be encouraged as you listen to this song and meditate on the words.</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080"><em><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">God bless you! Love, Suzanne</span><br></strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>*My new Album of encouraging prayer songs, "Paths of Peace" is available for preview in the music player. They are the first song tracks after God's Holy </strong></em><em><strong>Mountain</strong></em><em><strong> </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>Unlike my two previous albums which were purely instrumental, I sing all of the prayer songs on "Paths of Peace." </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>The album is now available on ITunes as a digital download and here on my website. </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>In the Navigation Bar above go to Prayer Songs and there you find "Paths of Peace." </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#339966"><em><strong>May you be blessed and encouraged by these sample preview tracks from my album. </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#008080"><em><strong></strong></em></span><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Messages Of Hope © 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. Landscape Painting © 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. </strong></em></span></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043917
2014-09-03T20:00:00-04:00
2014-09-04T05:55:48-04:00
Let Me Not Seek You Lord For Your Blessings
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Let Me Not Seek You Lord for Your Blessings</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Prayer Song Lyrics & Music © Suzanne Davis Harden 2012 All Rights Reserved.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Let me not seek You, Lord for Your blessings,</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Let me not seek You, Lord for Your gifts,</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Let me worship You, Lord, for what You’ve done,</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">For saving my soul from sin.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Let me not love You, Lord for the treasures</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">That men seek to gain from Your name;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Let me worship You, Lord, in Spirit and Truth,</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">From a heart that wants only to praise.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Let me not seek You, Lord, for the feelings</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">That come from Your wonderful love;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Let me love You, oh Christ, for Who You are,</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">The God of Creation above.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"> Prayer</span></p>
<p> Heavenly Father, help us not to seek You for Thy blessings but to love You with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. </p>
<p>Thy word says that we should present our bodies as “living sacrifices, holy and acceptable unto God, for this is our reasonable worship.” </p>
<p>You deserve all of our love and praise, for You are our Creator and You sacrificed Your only Son, Jesus Christ on the cross, that our sins might be forgiven and our souls redeemed from death.</p>
<p>Lord, when we seek You only for what You can give to us, <strong><em>we</em></strong> become the focus of our worship making ourselves an idol. </p>
<p>Oh Father God, reveal to us this knowledge. Teach us what true worship in Spirit and Truth really is.</p>
<p>Let us not seek You for what You can do for us; let us rather bow down, and pour out our hearts and empty ourselves before You, giving You <strong><em>all</em></strong> of ourselves in full surrender. You deserve nothing less, Lord. For Thy Word teaches us that we were created for <em><strong>Thy</strong></em> pleasure and glory, not the other way around. Thank You for loving us so much, dear Lord. </p>
<p>We love You, Yahweh. In Jesus’ name. Amen.</p>
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<p>*To listen to the Music that accompanies this Prayer Song, you will find the song at the top of the playlist at the bottom of this page.</p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043916
2014-08-26T20:00:00-04:00
2014-08-29T21:02:37-04:00
Not Perfect...
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Savior of My Soul</strong></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color:#00ffff">Prayer Song Lyrics & Music © 2011 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">O, I will trust the living God,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Savior of my soul-</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I may not understand His ways</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">But He is in control.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">My path may be obscure</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">And in the darkness lie,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">But I will hope in Jesus</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Who holds me in His eye.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">He will not forget me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For I have been engraved</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Upon His holy hands;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For Him my soul is saved.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">For Him I am redeemed,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For Him I am reserved;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For Him I am a trophy</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Of His grace to be preserved.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">And though I sit in darkness</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">With trees that will not bud,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I have a promise from the Lord</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">That spring will surely come.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Though winter struts along</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Like it will never end;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">It’s just a giant’s shadow~</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The spring He soon will send.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">God’s promises are sure</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Though I must walk by faith;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Such wonder in believing;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Such hope it generates!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Oh I will trust the living God,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The Savior of my soul;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">O Lord, you know the paths I take,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For You are in control.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Yes, You are in control;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You know what’s best for me;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">You’ve set apart unto Your heart</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Those who will but believe.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> And you will keep your promises</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">To those who trust in You</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Though they may not understand</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The mysteries of Truth.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Though I sit in darkness</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">On a path I had not planned</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I will trust I am engraved</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Upon Your holy hand.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">And You will keep Your promises,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">For You are in control,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">O You will not forget me,</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">O Savior of my soul.</p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><span style="color:#33cccc">One of my favorite piano solos to play has always been "Savior of My Soul." And even though it is one of the first instrumentals the Lord taught me, and although I play it almost every night because I just love to and it gives me great joy, I can somehow never play that song through without missing at least a couple notes. Since I wrote the song, I know exactly how it is supposed to sound, so when I miss a note, I realize it right away and is just bugs me. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><span style="color:#33cccc">But the Lord takes issue with people who try to be perfect all the time at everything. I have begun to think that till the day He takes me home that He will never allow me to play that song through perfectly. But I have not allowed my imperfections to lesson my joy in playing that song. The Bible tells us to "make a joyful noise unto the Lord!"<br></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">The Instrumental Music for this prayer song, "Savior of My Soul," can be found in the music player playlist at the bottom of this page. I was busy with my art career when the Lord gave me the music for "Savior of My Soul." I knew very little about composing piano solos except that I liked listening to them while I created my art.<br></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">But this whole prayer song is about trusting God when He calls us to a path we are not familiar with; when He calls us out of our comfort zone into something we know nothing about where we are very vulnerable. I can tell you that this is a very humbling experience. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">As you listen to my early piano solo you will hear that it was not created by a professional musician and, though it is a lovely, and played with the utmost love and sincerity, it is not perfect. It was created and recorded by someone who was simply listening to God and obeying His voice and trusting Him. So often my fears and doubts would get in the way, and I would miss a note here and there. Yet I recorded the song anyway to remind myself that I was not perfect and never would be. I also wanted to remember how fear and doubt can hinder the flow of one's creativity. Had I allowed fear to keep me from recording that song, I would have grieved God for He had blessed me with it. Even though in my eyes it may not have "measured up", it did in His eyes.<br></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">All of my music comes from simply trusting God. He asked me make music for Him and I said yes. <br>If we trust God, nothing is impossible for us. When our fears and doubts get in the way, we are hindered and stumble. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">So often, when we strive for perfection, we are not seeking to exalt Jesus, but to exalt ourselves and wanting man's praise for our accomplishments. But God will have no rivals for His glory. Several things can happen when we allow perfectionism to control us. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">The worst thing is that we will not allow ourselves to bear fruit for God for fear that our work is not good enough. We are afraid that is does not meet the invisible standard we have erected in our minds that we must meet before we can share it. We are afraid that if we do share it that others will belittle us, think less of our skills, or any number of little fears that imprison and choke our creativity and bind us from bearing fruit for God. <br></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Fear is deadly and among other things, it can mask itself as perfectionism. And perfectionism imprisons creativity, make no mistake. <br></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Allow yourself to make those mistakes and don't worry what anyone else thinks of you. Mistakes are part of growing and learning. Besides, it is only God's approval of you that really matters. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">The great artist Fra Angelico is said to have never modified anything that he painted. When asked why he never made any corrections to his work he said that what he created must have been what God had intended. He must have been a very humble man. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">The Bible tells us that God resists the proud but is very close to the humble. Be willing to share your gifts if He asks you to. Don't wait until you think you are "good enough." You only have one standard to live up to and that is God's standard. He cherishes you. Be who He created you to be. And you will have joy in who you are and joy in your work. God Bless you! ~Suzanne :) <br></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><em>Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the gifts You have invested in each one of us. None of us are perfect nor can we be no matter how hard we strive. Help us to be who You created us to be, to love ourselves, to trust that You are always in control of our lives, You know the beginning from the end of all things, and You will fulfill Your purpose for us as we trust You. Thank You, Oh Savior of our Soul, for nothing is impossible with You when we put our faith and trust in You! In Jesus' name, Amen.</em> </span></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#33cccc">Peaceful Prayer Songs Messages Of Hope, "Savior of My Soul" © 2011 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="color:#33cccc">Scripture Illustration © Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</span></em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043914
2014-08-19T20:00:00-04:00
2014-08-19T22:00:02-04:00
If I Take The Wings of The Morning
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<h1 class="Body" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>If I Take The Wings Of The Morning</strong></span></h1>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc"> A Prayer Song</span></strong><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong> © Suzanne Davis </strong><strong>Harden All Rights Reserved.<br></strong></em></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Oh where could I go from your Spirit,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Oh where could I flee from You, Lord?</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>If I take the wings of the morning</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>If I fly to the farthest shore,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>If I ride to the heights of heaven,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>If I fall to the depths of Sheol,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Your mercy will come and find me,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>You will seek and find me, Lord.</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Your grace and mercy find me</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>No matter how far I flee,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Your love is everywhere I go,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>My heart You will never leave.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>When all the blessings go away </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>In the midst of the Shadowlands,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Lord, Your love will never leave</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>You will hold me in Your hand.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Your blessings, Lord, they are not You,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Oh may I not mistake</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Your gifts as symbols of Your love,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>And think my soul You hate</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>When all the blessings go away,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Lord, in the fiery trials~</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>You will never take Your love away,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Forever I'm Your child.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Oh where could I go from Your Spirit?</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Oh where could I flee from Your love?</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>You're in my heart forever, Lord,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>And I'm in Yours, oh God.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us so much that Your word promises that You will never leave or forsake us. You watch over us everywhere we go; You are with us in every moment of our lives, sharing in all our joys and suffering with us through all our sorrows and pain. When we stumble on our path, You are there to lift us up, dust us off and help us to our feet again, ever ready to forgive knowing that we are not perfect. You cherish us for we are Your masterpieces, made in Your own image and You long for us to know how much You value us. Help us to come close to You, to hear Your voice, to see Your face in the face of Your beloved Son Jesus Christ who died on the cross that we might be saved from our sins and be given eternal life. Thank You for the wonder of Thy grace and of Thy measureless love for us. In Jesus' name. Amen.</strong></span></p>
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<p class="Body"><em><strong>"If I Take The Wings of The Morning" Prayer Song © 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</strong></em></p>
<p class="Body"><em><strong>Psalm 139 Illustration (Pen & Ink) © Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</strong></em></p>
<p class="Body"><em><strong>Messages Of Hope, peacefulprayersongs.com © 2014 </strong></em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043913
2014-08-03T20:00:00-04:00
2014-08-04T09:42:03-04:00
Lord, Help Me Trust
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<p class="Body"><strong>Lord, when everything. </strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Around me falls apart,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Help me, Lord, to trust in You,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>And from You never part.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Lord, when I am weary</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>And my path is dark,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Let my love for You, oh Lord,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Not grow cold and stark.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Lord Jesus, when I stumble</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Upon life's narrow way;</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Oh Jesus, help me come to You,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Help me to trust and pray.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Lord Jesus, help me trust in You</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>When I am overwhelmed</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Lord, help me know You're in control</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>And that all will be well.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Lord Jesus, help me trust in You,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>When You ask me to share</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Your cross of pain and suffering;</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Your cross You'll help me to bear.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Lord Jesus, help me trust in You</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Although I feel no trace</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Of Thy Love at all sometimes,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Lord, help me walk by faith.</strong></p>
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<p class="Body"><strong>Lord Jesus, help me trust in You</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Throughout the shadow lands,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>To know that You are leading me</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Though hidden are Your hands...</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Invisible, yet guiding me</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Down the narrow way;</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>Lord Jesus, help me trust in You,</strong></p>
<p class="Body"><strong>To trust in You always.</strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ccffff"><em>Messages of Hope, "Lord Help Me Trust" (Prayer Poem) © 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. Scripture Picture © 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</em></span><br><span style="color:#ccffff"><em>Scripture Quotation: Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation.</em></span><br></p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs
tag:peacefulprayersongs.com,2005:Post/6043911
2014-07-27T20:00:00-04:00
2014-07-28T12:26:33-04:00
Christ Is Praying For Me
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966">The Bible calls Christ our Great Heavenly High Priest who "ever lives to make intercession for the saints." </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966">I like how Eugene Peterson in The Message Bible paraphrases Romans 8: 26-28: </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>"<span id="en-MSG-12054" class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28">Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. </span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span id="en-MSG-12054" class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28">If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, </span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span id="en-MSG-12054" class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28">making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. </span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span id="en-MSG-12054" class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28">He knows us far better than we know ourselves, </span><span id="en-MSG-12054" class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28">knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. </span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><span id="en-MSG-12054" class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><em><strong>That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good."</strong></em> (Romans 8:26-28 The Message Bible)</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28">The Bible promises us that God is weaving together every detail of our lives into something good even though our present circumstances may seem dark and challenging. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28">Romans 8:28 says: <span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>"<span id="en-NKJV-28145" class="text Rom-8-28">And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,"</span></strong></em></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28">It is so comforting to me to know in my darkest trials that even if no one else on this earth were praying for me, that Christ is in my heart and He is praying for me. He knows all about my troubles and my needs. He cares very deeply about me for He cherishes me. He loves each person as if they were the only one in the world to love. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28">Eugene Peterson paraphrases Romans </span></span><span style="color:#339966">8:31-39</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span id="en-MSG-12056" class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">"So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? </span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span id="en-MSG-12056" class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst</span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span id="en-MSG-12056" class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"> by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us?</span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span id="en-MSG-12056" class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"> And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? </span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span id="en-MSG-12056" class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">Who would dare even to point a finger? </span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span id="en-MSG-12056" class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. </span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span id="en-MSG-12056" class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? </span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span id="en-MSG-12056" class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, </span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span id="en-MSG-12056" class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:</span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. </span></span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, </span></span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—</span></span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love </span></span></span></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us."</strong></em> (Romans 8:31-38 The Message Bible)</span><br></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">The Lord inspired my song, "Christ is Praying for Me" as I meditated on these verses and as I experienced many a time in my walk with Him where I could never have survived without His prayers. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#339966"><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">*(Check out the audio player below where you can play the instrumental version of "Christ is Praying for Me," which is available on my album "Mercy River Melodies.")</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#008080">Christ Is Praying For Me</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#008080">© 2014 <em>Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</em></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"></span><span style="color:#33cccc"></span><span style="color:#33cccc">Oh Holy Christ, You pray for me,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Though I can't see or hear,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">When no one else is praying, Lord,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">I know that You are near.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Though I hear no whisper,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Though I see no form,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">I know You're praying for me,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Up in Heaven, Lord.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">You're in my heart, oh Lord,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">And up in Heaven too,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">You're praying for my every need</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">And all Your prayers come true.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">I don't have to worry</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">When fighting stormy seas.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">You are here inside my heart</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">And You are holding me.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">And You know the beginning</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">From how it all will end,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">All the paths that seem so dark~</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">The broken things You'll mend.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">For You will work out everything</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">For good to those with faith,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">You will give them hope and peace</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">And righteousness through grace.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Though I stumble, slip, and fall,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">You will hold my hand,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">You will set me on my feet~</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Your strength will help me stand.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Though I am not perfect,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">You rejoice in me,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">You will pray, yes, night and day</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Until Thy Face I see.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc">Prayer</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><em><strong>Heavenly Father, thank You for the precious gift of Thy Son Jesus Christ, whom You sent not only to save our souls that we might be forgiven our sins and have eternal life and fellowship with You, but so He could be our eternal Heavenly High Priest to pray always for our every need as we struggle through the challenges of our daily lives. </strong></em><br><em><strong>We need never struggle alone because You have given us Your precious Son. Thank You, Father God, for Your beautiful Gift. We love You! In Jesus' name. Amen.</strong></em><br></span></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#339966"><span class="text Rom-8-26-Rom-8-28"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39"><span class="text Rom-8-31-Rom-8-39">"Christ Is Praying For Me" Prayer Song & Illustration & Music Copyright 2014 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. Scripture Quotations taken from The Message Bible Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson, & The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc</span></span></span></span></em></p>
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Peaceful Prayer Songs
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Christ's Children
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<p align="center"><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/ca5b4d3de9abcf41160bcbe0559dbe0fca847607/original/4x6love-one-another.jpeg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6MTAwMHg2NjciXQ%3D%3D.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Love One Another" height="667" width="1000" /></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Christ’s children love one another out of love and obedience to Christ. Christ’s children forgive one another out of love and obedience to Christ. Christ’s children do not go around finding fault with each other, rather they look for</strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>“…whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise…” (Philippians 4:8) </em></strong></span><strong><span style="color:#33cccc">t</span>o think about in others and in themselves as admonished in God’s word.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>This is because our Heavenly Father and Christ <span style="color:#33cccc"><em>are looking for those</em> <em>good things in us</em>, not for things to accuse and criticize and condemn us for.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>The person who goes around seeking to judge and accuse and criticize and condemn the Bible says, is Satan, <span style="color:#33cccc"><em>“…the accuser of the brethren.” Revelation 12:10</em></span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>And all those who go about using their mouths or pens or keyboards to do the same are aligning themselves with the enemy of God and of His children. They reveal themselves to be agents of the darkness by their actions.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>We must be careful to use our mouths for good and not for evil if we claim that we belong to Christ.</strong></p>
<p><strong>God is light and we must walk in the light with Him in every way and that means walking in love toward not only Jesus Christ, but toward our neighbor.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>St. John asks, <span style="color:#33cccc"><em>“If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?<sup> </sup>This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.” ~1 John 4:20-21</em></span></strong></p>
<p>Heavenly Father, may you help us to walk in love toward all people with a pure heart in sincerity and truth as Thy word instructs us. In Jesus’ holy name. Thank You, Amen.</p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs
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Trust In God With All Your Heart
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<p><strong><em>Detail: "Trust in Jesus with All Your Heart" ~Acrylic Painting by S.D. Harden © 2009 All Rights Reserved.</em></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ccffcc"><strong><em><span id="en-KJV-16461">"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.</span></em></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><em><span id="en-KJV-16462"><span style="color:#ccffcc">In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."~ Proverbs 3:5-6</span><br></span></em></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong>Trust In God With All Your Heart</strong></span></p>
<p>In this detail from my painting based on Proverbs 3:5-6, Jesus, the Good Shepherd is leading one of His little lambs along a path He has chosen for her. He lovingly looks down at His child and gently holds her hand as He leads her. He does not force her to follow Him. <br>He seems to be asking her to make the choice, <em>"Will you follow Me down this path I have chosen for you?"</em><br>However, the child does not seem eager to follow her Shepherd, but reluctantly holds one hand behind her back while her feet stay planted on the shores of indecision.<br>Her head hangs down unwilling to meet the eyes of her Lord. </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/f153919e4a00ef44ad6227f45b78767b54142f23/original/3child-jesus-trust.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6MzE1eDQ4NyJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="487" width="315" /><br><br>Something is preventing her from wanting to pursue the path He's chosen for her. Is it fear, doubt, worry, insecurity?<br> She cannot really <strong><em>see</em></strong> a path before her at all---only the ever relentlessly shifting waves of the endless sea before them. </p>
<p>Perhaps she wonders how can she walk upon such an unstable foundation? <br><br>If only she could see an end to the murky path before her, but she sees only an endless horizon of water whose depths she can't even fathom. <br>Her faithful Good Shepherd whom she has always trusted now seems to be asking her to plunge with Him into a depthless pool where there is no footing. <br>He seems to be asking her to leave behind everything she's always been able to depend on, and embark upon a path where she will have only Him to rely on for all her needs. </p>
<p>He seems be asking her to simply trust Him, to trust His word no matter what her eyes and ears may tell her to the contrary because He is faithful to all His promises and He cannot lie. He asks her to just believe that He will take care of her no matter what challenges come up. If she will only trust Him and keep her hand in His, nothing shall be able to overtake her. </p>
<p><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/396629/308d455753f8ce52f091a892b346bab2bf064058/original/2jesus-trust.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6MTc1eDM2NyJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Trust in Jesus" height="367" width="175" /></p>
<p><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>"Will you trust in Me, My child?</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>I'll not lead you astray. </em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>Will You trust in Me, My Child,</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>Though all the earth gives way,</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>I'll shield you from all harm, My child, </em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>Your heart I'll not betray;</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>Although My path for you seems dark</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>An endless, depthless sea,</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>Strewn with wind & stormy waves,</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>Your safe always with Me.</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>And though you cannot see the end</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>I see it and I know,</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>That you will be all right, My child,</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>So never give up hope.</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>Never lose your faith in Me,</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>But Trust, oh trust always,</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>Know I love you, little one,</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>And in your heart remain.</em></strong></span><br><span style="color:#33cccc"><strong><em>© 2014 SDH</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966"><strong><em>Prayer:</em></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><em>Lord Jesus, Thank You that You love us and will never lead us down a path where You won't also be with us, guiding us by Your indwelling Holy Spirit. You are our Good Shepherd who leads us in paths of righteousness for Thy name's sake. You are working all things out in our life for our good. May You reassure us of these truths when we are challenged by the storms of life. For Thy word promises that You, Oh Lord, are FOR us, and if God be For us, who can be against us?! You are our Hope and our Victory no matter what the world throws at us. For in the end, as You triumphed over the world, we too shall triumph as long as we abide in You. For You have promised us, "Greater is He that is in us, than he who is in the world."</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>We love You, Lord! In Thy great name dear Jesus, we give thanks and pray, amen.</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>Peaceful Prayer Songs, Messages of Hope: "Trust in God with All Your Heart" Prayer Poem <strong><em>© 2014 <br></em></strong> and Illustration © 2009 by Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.</em></strong></p>
Peaceful Prayer Songs