{"id":1939,"date":"2020-03-22T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2020-03-11T09:26:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T14:26:31","slug":"1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2020\/03\/22\/1939\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO HAS THE POWER TO MAKE YOU A SINGER?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThe whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.\u201d  (Psalm 65:8 NIV)<\/em>
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Jesus has the power to make you a singer.  Not only will you be singing, they will be songs of joy all day long.  Our lives are our song, we determine what we sing and who our conductor will be.  When we give Jesus the baton, we can sing like never before. Casting Crowns<\/a> has a song called Lifesong<\/a>.  I have always loved the lyrics:
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Let my lifesong sing to you<\/em><\/p>

I want to sign your name<\/em><\/p>

To the end of this day<\/em><\/p>

Lord led my heart was true<\/em><\/p>

Let my lifesong sing to you<\/em>
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When Jesus becomes our conductor, our lifesong will be full of joy.<\/strong>
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Our lifesong begins the minute we wake up in the morning.  The chorus of our song is defined by who we give the baton to each day.  If we hand it to Jesus, no matter what our circumstances are, we will sing songs of joy.  Unfortunately, most of the time we don\u2019t pass the baton. We hold onto it, afraid to let it go.  We write words on it: worry, fear, anxiety, sadness. We ruminate on them over and over again. Our lifesong doesn\u2019t sing a note, our thoughts are too heavy to carry a tune.  Let go of the baton, give it to Jesus. Let Him be the conductor of your life.
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Lauren Daigle<\/a> has handed the baton to Jesus.  She is a platinum crossover musician because she is following Him, completely.  And her songs weren\u2019t always at number one. In fact, she was cut twice from American Idol, not making it into the final round of 24 contestants.  Yet she continued to sing a lifesong of joy. Lauren\u2019s heart for the Lord can be seen by all as she sings her lifesong back to Him. 
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If you tell Alexa to play the Lauren Daigle playlist<\/a>, you\u2019ll hear Lauren describe what each song means to her.\u00a0 When she talks about \u201cYou Say<\/a>,\u201d she explains how it became her song she sings over herself every night.\u00a0 She uses the words to remind her of who she is, daily. They help her sing her lifesong of joy.\u00a0 Let her lyrics remind you of who you are:
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You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing<\/em><\/p>

You say I am strong when I think I am weak<\/em><\/p>

You say I am held when I am falling short<\/em><\/p>

When I don’t belong, oh You say that I am Yours<\/em><\/p>

And I believe, oh I believe <\/em><\/p>

What You say of me <\/em><\/p>

I believe<\/em><\/p>

The only thing that matters now is everything You think of me<\/em><\/p>

In You I find my worth, in You I find my identity, <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Question of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is holding the baton in your life?
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Further Reading: <\/strong>Numbers 33:40-35:34 NIV<\/a>, Luke 5:12-28 NIV<\/a>, Psalm 65:1-13 NIV<\/a>, Proverbs 11:23 NIV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.\u201d  (Psalm 65:8 NIV) Jesus has the power to make you a singer.  Not only will you be singing, they will be songs of joy all day long.  Our lives are our song, we… Continue reading WHO HAS THE POWER TO MAKE YOU A SINGER?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1939"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1942,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1939\/revisions\/1942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}