{"id":2698,"date":"2015-04-09T14:13:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T18:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2015-04-09T17:58:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T21:58:57","slug":"worship-wednesday-coming-clean-starting-over-making-it-right-lord-im-ready-now-plumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=2698","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – Coming Clean, Starting Over, Making It Right – Lord, I’m Ready Now – Plumb"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<\/span> – 1 John 1:9<\/a><\/p>\n

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. – James 5:16<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.<\/span> – Matthew 5:23-24<\/a><\/p>\n

Have you ever found yourself in a deep pit? With seemingly no way out? While living in Cairo, we visited the Pyramids of Giza many times. Just once did we climb down the steep stairs into the burial chamber of one of them. It was so dark, and I found it even hard to breathe in that small room. “Dead space” is how it felt down there.\u00a0It was a place never made to sustain\u00a0life. Although it was all mental, and breathing was really not a problem, I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.<\/p>\n

Sin and selfishness can put us in such a\u00a0pit. Whether we talk about it or not in today’s culture, both exist and both create havoc in our lives – creating\u00a0isolation between us and others, and especially us and God.<\/p>\n

I am so thankful that I grew up in an era when even people who did not have a personal experience of God still wrestled with “right and wrong”. Today, our actions and their impact on relationships seem so relative. We can so easily justify our choices, no matter the fallout.<\/p>\n

One\u00a0night when I was in my 20’s, something must have really been bothering me. I don’t remember the reason now, but I remember the night well. I tried to pray and it was like being in that burial chamber. There was so much going on where I had chosen my own way. My relationship with God had become such a casual thing…even a cast-off thing. I was living in deceit. Still in church, still professing belief in Jesus (when it was convenient and cost me nothing). Yet I was all about my own pleasure and popularity – pleasing others and pursuing personal success….until that night.<\/p>\n

Again, I don’t even know what I needed from God that night, but I needed Him. Trying to pray, but still so full of self, was like speaking words into a vacuum. The deadness of those moments was terrifying. God is within hearing always, but if I didn’t confront\u00a0my own sin first, how could I expect a tender response from a holy God? It was terrifying to feel my prayers fall all around me “unreceived” by the God of the universe. That night was the beginning of the end of a life of total self-indulgence…and the new beginning of a life reaching toward true life. The life He has for all of us – loving<\/a> Him, loving others, with grace sufficient<\/a> for all that comes our way, and a peace<\/a> that passes all understanding.<\/p>\n

Singer\/songwriter Tiffany Arbuckle Lee (aka Plumb<\/a>)\u00a0penned a song titled Lord, I’m Ready Now. <\/em>She could have been looking right into my heart. Her lyrics came out of a painful but also redeeming place. Her marriage was a wreck from her pursuit of fame, and she had a similar wake-up call to reality. She repented of her self-serving choices (her sin essentially) and chose God again and His way for her life. Healing came – both in her relationship with God and with her husband.<\/p>\n

If you find yourself in a pit, there is a way out…not into more deceit, but to real freedom and real life. Turn around and\u00a0climb out of that situation. There is light for the climb. Reach your hand to God, and you will find Him there… Breathe…………<\/p>\n

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Worship<\/a> with me:<\/p>\n

I just let go
\nAnd I feel exposed
\nBut its so beautiful
\nCuz this is who I am
\nI’ve been such a mess
\nBut now I can’t care less
\nI could bleed to death<\/p>\n

Oh Lord I’m ready now
\nAll the walls are down
\nTime is running out
\nAnd I wanna make this count
\nI ran away from you
\nAnd did what I wanted to
\nBut I don’t wanna let you down
\nOh Lord I’m ready now
\nLord I’m ready now<\/p>\n

[You called my name
\nI turned away
\nBut now I
\nAm listening]
\nI was so caught up
\nIn who I’m not
\nCan you please forgive me?<\/p>\n

I’ve nothing left to hide
\nNo reason’s left to lie
\nGive me another chance.*<\/p>\n

YouTube Video\u00a0– Lord, I’m Ready Now<\/em> (Official Lyric Video) by Plumb<\/a><\/p>\n

Story Behind the Song – Interview with Tiffany Arbuckle Lee\u00a0(Plumb) by Kevin Davis, News Release Tuesday<\/a><\/p>\n

*Lyrics to Lord, I’m Ready Now – <\/em>KLove.com<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Lyric Video – Need You Now – <\/em>Plumb<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – Who Am I?<\/em> by Casting Crowns<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – Drops in the Ocean<\/em> by Hawk Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n

How Do I Come Back to God?<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo Credits:\u00a0Boomvisits.com<\/a> and RealityPod.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. – 1 John 1:9 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. – … Continue reading Worship Wednesday – Coming Clean, Starting Over, Making It Right – Lord, I’m Ready Now – Plumb<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50,910,903,18,317,433,1221,719,761,610,47,946],"tags":[1170,1227,1225,649,1835,1228,1224,648,1226,1027,1223,1222],"class_list":["post-2698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-gospel","category-grace","category-jesus","category-lessons-learned","category-pray","category-rebellion-and-sin","category-reconciliationforgiveness","category-redeeming-restoring","category-thanksgiving-or-gratefulness","category-wednesday-worship","category-worship","tag-casting-crowns","tag-dead-space-deep-pit","tag-hawk-nelson","tag-holy-god","tag-jesus","tag-peace-that-passes-understanding","tag-plumb","tag-prayer","tag-pyramids-of-giza","tag-repentance","tag-selfishness","tag-sin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pauPAB-Hw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2698"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2716,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2698\/revisions\/2716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}