{"id":189,"date":"2014-06-26T00:04:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T04:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2014-06-26T21:11:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T01:11:08","slug":"worship-wednesday-bring-the-rain-mercyme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=189","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – Bring the Rain – MercyMe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. – James 1:12, ESV<\/p>\n

MercyMe, the Christian band,\u00a0has touched my worshipping heart in\u00a0these recent seasons of my life.\u00a0It started with Here Am I, Send Me<\/a>, the first song of theirs that resonated with what God was already speaking to me at that time.<\/p>\n

Then there was the song I Can Only Imagine<\/a>, a favorite of both my mom and older brother. Each of them died early, at least from our standpoint, and I ache for the day we will all be together again.\u00a0\u00a0That song has come on the radio often over the last few years, just for me…and maybe for you, too. To comfort me in my missing of family gone ahead…and to stir up my hope and confidence in the knowledge of our merciful God.<\/p>\n

Bring the Rain\u00a0<\/a>is not a new song but it’s most recently come to me as a gift from God during a time of struggle. It is so easy for us to take our eyes off the Lord, even though we don’t want to and we know doing so takes us nowhere good. When this fallen world presses in on us, whether through illness, loss, or disappointment, we do well to remember that God is good through all of our circumstances.\u00a0We are\u00a0to hold on to Him, as He holds tightly to us…no matter what.<\/p>\n

I hope you can take a moment to worship God through these lyrics.<\/p>\n

Then watch the video at the end of Abigail Smith’s journey through a cancer that took her life but could not touch her love for Jesus.\u00a0 I also rejoice at getting to\u00a0meet and know her in Heaven one day.\u00a0This\u00a0same God who sustained Abby through a hard last year here is the God that MercyMe worships, too…and\u00a0we with them.<\/p>\n

Bring the Rain<\/a><\/p>\n

I can count a million times
\nPeople asking me how I
\nCan praise You with all that I’ve gone through<\/p>\n

The question just amazes me
\nCan circumstances possibly
\nChange who I forever am in You<\/p>\n

Maybe since my life was changed
\nLong before these rainy days
\nIt’s never really ever crossed my mind<\/p>\n

To turn my back on You, oh Lord
\nMy only shelter from the storm
\nBut instead I draw closer through these times<\/p>\n

So I pray
\nBring me joy, bring me peace
\nBring the chance to be free
\nBring me anything that brings You glory<\/p>\n

And I know there’ll be days
\nWhen this life brings me pain
\nBut if that’s what it takes to praise You
\nJesus, bring the rain<\/p>\n

I am yours regardless of
\nThe dark clouds that may loom above
\nBecause You are much greater than my pain<\/p>\n

So I pray
\nBring me joy, bring me peace
\nBring the chance to be free
\nBring me anything that brings you glory<\/p>\n

And I know there’ll be days
\nWhen this life brings me pain
\nBut if that’s what it takes to praise You
\nJesus, bring the rain<\/p>\n

Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy
\nIs the Lord God Almighty
\nIs the Lord God Almighty<\/p>\n

And I forever sing
\nHoly, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy
\nIs the Lord God Almighty
\nIs the Lord God Almighty<\/p>\n

Everybody sing it
\nHoly, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy
\nIs the Lord God Almighty
\nIs the Lord God Almighty<\/p>\n

You are holy, You are holy
\nLord, You are holy
\nIs the Lord our God
\nIs the Lord our God Almighty, yeah, yeah, yeah<\/p>\n

Everybody sing it
\nHoly, You are holy
\nOh, holy, holy, holy, yeah, yeah, yeah
\nIs the Lord God Almighty
\nIs the Lord God Almighty, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah<\/p>\n

Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy
\nIs the Lord God Almighty
\nIs the Lord God Almighty<\/p>\n

Bring the Rain – Song Story<\/a><\/p>\n

Amazing Abby – A Legacy of Hope<\/a><\/p>\n

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