{"id":32611,"date":"2024-02-08T10:10:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=32611"},"modified":"2024-02-08T10:12:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T15:12:22","slug":"worship-wednesday-firm-foundation-he-wont-cody-carnes-chandler-moore-with-maverick-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=32611","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday &#8211; Firm Foundation (He Won\u2019t) &#8211; Cody Carnes &#038; Chandler Moore with Maverick City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blog-Firm-Foundation-Never-leave-you-or-forsake-you.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blog-Firm-Foundation-Never-leave-you-or-forsake-you.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blog-Firm-Foundation-Never-leave-you-or-forsake-you.jpg 800w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blog-Firm-Foundation-Never-leave-you-or-forsake-you-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blog-Firm-Foundation-Never-leave-you-or-forsake-you-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/powerpoint\/2156.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/powerpoint\/2156.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heartlight<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/psalms\/18-2.htm\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/psalms\/18-2.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Psalm 18:2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/31-8.htm\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/deuteronomy\/31-8.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Deuteronomy 31:8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/psalms\/37-25.htm\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/psalms\/37-25.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Psalm 37:25<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, during a trip to see family and friends in my home state of Georgia, I was reminded often of <strong>what a firm foundation we have in Jesus<\/strong>. Spending hours in the car, driving from one house to another, the local Christian radio station had Cody Carnes&#8217; song was played over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Firm Foundation (He Won\u2019t) [feat. Chandler Moore &amp; Cody Carnes] | Maverick City Music | TRIBL\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uOP4s8fOEm0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now does this just happen? <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t6dTm5TGKDk\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t6dTm5TGKDk\" target=\"_blank\">Firm Foundation<\/a><\/em> was released over two years ago, but I must have heard it on the radio this week like ten times or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It came repeatedly to my attention during the perfect week. My family is hugely important to me. Within our large extended family, there are struggles, like with any family. Mom\/grandma\/memaw was our spiritual and emotional rock. She held us tightly together despite our big and sometimes disagreeable personalities. However, she has now been with the Lord over twenty years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it is up to us to hold together and believe that God is for us&#8230;each of us, and all of us together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can&#8217;t just make that happen in our own strength, and we don&#8217;t have to. We have a firm foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Believe me, if I could take away some of the pain in my family, I would. Praying, encouraging, trusting. God is kind to allow us to be in the battle for our loved ones, but it is not enough. The foundation we build our lives on is crucial. We can&#8217;t do that for each other&#8230;it is between each of us and a good God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and <strong>the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock<\/strong>.<\/em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/matthew\/7-24.htm\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/matthew\/7-24.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 7:24-25<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cody Carnes&#8217; <em>Firm Foundation<\/em> reminds me of another worship song. A great old hymn entitled <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=7466\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=7466\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;How Firm a Foundation&#8221;<\/a><\/em>. Some of the lyrics are in the graphic below. Powerful and true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blog-How-Firm-biblevisuals.org_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1008\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blog-How-Firm-biblevisuals.org_.jpg\" alt=\"Blog - How Firm - biblevisuals.org\" class=\"wp-image-7468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blog-How-Firm-biblevisuals.org_.jpg 700w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blog-How-Firm-biblevisuals.org_-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/shop.biblevisuals.org\/6215-VDL_english_HowFirmaFoundation_illustrations_text_download.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Biblevisuals.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you listen to Cody Carnes&#8217; <em>Firm Foundation<\/em> on YouTube, read the comments. Testimony after testimony after testimony of people who have been in terribly hard places yet they stood firm in their faith. Crediting God for being with them, sustaining them, comforting them, fortifying their hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He won&#8217;t fail us. That is His promise. <em><strong>He will never leave us or forsake us<\/strong><\/em>. Again, His promise to His children. Rest in that. Lean into Him and each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OdFoMvQ7s48\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OdFoMvQ7s48\" target=\"_blank\">Worship<\/a> with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christ is my firm foundation<br>The Rock on which I stand<br>When everything around me is shaking<br>I&#8217;ve never been more glad<br>That I put my faith in Jesus<br>&#8216;Cause He&#8217;s never let me down (<em>Yeah<\/em>)<br>He&#8217;s faithful through generations<br>So why would He fail now?<br>He won&#8217;t (No, He won&#8217;t, no, He won&#8217;t)<br>He won&#8217;t (<em>He won&#8217;t, He won&#8217;t, He won&#8217;t<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I&#8217;ve still got joy in chaos<br>I&#8217;ve got peace that makes no sense<br>So I won&#8217;t be going under<br>I&#8217;m not held by my own strength<br>&#8216;Cause I build my life on Jesus<br>H\u0435&#8217;s never let m\u0435 down<br>He&#8217;s faithful through every season<br><em>So why would He fail now?<\/em> (Sing it out)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He won&#8217;t<br>He won&#8217;t<br><strong>He won&#8217;t fail<br>He won&#8217;t fail<br>He won&#8217;t<br>He won&#8217;t<\/strong><br><em>No, no, no, no, He won&#8217;t fail<\/em><br><strong>He won&#8217;t fail<\/strong> (<em>No<\/em>)<br><strong>He won&#8217;t fail<\/strong> (<em>One more time, say it<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christ is my firm foundation (<em>Testify<\/em>)<br>The Rock on which I stand<br><strong>When everything around me is shaking<\/strong> (<em>I&#8217;ve never been more<\/em>)<br>I&#8217;ve never been more glad (<em>Sing it now<\/em>)<br>That I put my faith in Jesus (<em>Yeah<\/em>)<br>&#8216;Cause He&#8217;s never let me down (<em>He&#8217;s faithful<\/em>)<br>He&#8217;s faithful <strong>through generations<\/strong> (<em>So why<\/em>)<br>So why would He fail now? (<em>I need you to shout it out<\/em>)<br>He won&#8217;t (<em>Sing it out, say<\/em>)<br>He won&#8217;t (No He won&#8217;t, no He won&#8217;t)<br>He won&#8217;t fail (<em>No, no<\/em>)<br>He won&#8217;t fail, no, no (<em>One more time<\/em>)<br>He won&#8217;t (<em>Yeah-ayy-ayy-ayy, ayy-ayy<\/em>)<br>He won&#8217;t (<em>I&#8217;ve never seen You fail, no<\/em>)<br><strong>He won&#8217;t fail<\/strong> (<em>No<\/em>)<br><strong>He won&#8217;t fail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a testimony<br>I have a story to sing<br>This is my story to sing my song<br>I have a testimony, you wanna see my testimony?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rain came, wind blew<br>But my house was built on You<br>I&#8217;m safe with You<br>I&#8217;m gonna make it through (I feel somebody&#8217;s faith rising)<br><strong>Rain came and wind blew<\/strong><br><em>But my house was built on You<\/em> (This is the reason you made it, &#8217;cause)<br><em>I&#8217;m safe with You<br>I&#8217;m gonna make it through<\/em> (One more time, oh, rain came)<br><em>Oh, rain came and<\/em> <strong>wind blew<br>But my house was built<\/strong> <em>on You<\/em> (This is the reason I&#8217;m standing)<br><em>Oh<\/em>, <strong>I&#8217;m safe with You<\/strong><br><em>I&#8217;m gonna make it<\/em> (I&#8217;m gonna make it)<br><em>Yeah<\/em>, <strong>I&#8217;m gonna make it<\/strong> through (&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m standing)<br><em>&#8216;Cause<\/em> <strong>I&#8217;m standing strong on You<\/strong> (I&#8217;m gonna make it)<br><em>Yeah, I&#8217;m gonna make it through<\/em> (My house is built on)<br><em>&#8216;Cause my house is built on You<\/em> (One more time y&#8217;all, say it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And Christ is my<\/em> <strong>firm<\/strong> foundation (Ayy)<br>The Rock on which I stand<br><strong>When everything around<\/strong> me is shaking (<em>Oh, woah-oh<\/em>)<br>I&#8217;ve never been more glad (Sing it out)<br><strong>That I put my faith in Jesus<\/strong> (<em>He&#8217;s never let me down<\/em>)<br>&#8216;Cause He&#8217;s never let me down (<em>Faithful<\/em>)<br>He&#8217;s faithful through generations (<em>Oh, yeah<\/em>)<br>So why would He fail now?<br><strong>He won&#8217;t<\/strong><br><em>He won&#8217;t<\/em><br><strong>He won&#8217;t fail<\/strong> (<em>Say it<\/em>)<br><strong>He won&#8217;t fail<\/strong><br><strong>He won&#8217;t<\/strong> (<em>Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh<\/em>)<br><strong>He won&#8217;t<\/strong> (<em>No, no, no, no, no, no<\/em>)<br><strong>He won&#8217;t fail<\/strong> (<em>Woah<\/em>)<br>He won&#8217;t fail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never seen the righteous forsaken<br>And He won&#8217;t start now<br>Never seen the righteous forsaken<br>And He won&#8217;t start now<br>Rain came, wind blew<br>My house was built on You (This is how I made it)<br>I&#8217;m safe with You<br>I&#8217;m gonna make it through (Oh, rain came)<br>Rain came, wind blew (It tried to knock me out, it tried to shape me up)<br>But my house was built on You (But my house was built on You, oh-oh-oh)<br>I&#8217;m safe with You<br>I&#8217;m gonna make it (Yes, I&#8217;m gonna make it)<br>I&#8217;m gonna make it through (I&#8217;m standing strong on You)<br>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m standing strong on You (I&#8217;m gonna make it through)<br>I&#8217;m gonna make it through (&#8216;Cause my house is built on)<br><em>&#8216;Cause my house is built on You<\/em> (&#8216;Cause you&#8217;re gonna make it through)<br><em>I&#8217;m gonna make it through<\/em> (&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m standing strong)<br><em>&#8216;Cause I&#8217;m standing strong on You<\/em> (I&#8217;m gonna make it)<br><em>I&#8217;m gonna make it through<\/em><br>&#8216;Cause my house is built on You*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Blog-Firm-foundation-they-Lord-will-not-forsake-his-faithful-ones-Psalm-37-28-heartlight.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Blog-Firm-foundation-they-Lord-will-not-forsake-his-faithful-ones-Psalm-37-28-heartlight.jpg\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlight.org\/gallery\/1752.html\" target=\"_blank\">Heartlight<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Maverick-city-music-firm-foundation-he-wont-lyrics\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Maverick-city-music-firm-foundation-he-wont-lyrics\">Lyrics to Firm Foundation (He Won&#8217;t) &#8211; Songwriters: Cody Carnes, Austin Davis, &amp; Chandler Moore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=7466\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=7466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Worship Wednesday \u2013 How Firm a Foundation \u2013 Illustrated <\/em>&#8211; Deb Mills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blog-How-Firm-a-Foundation-buff.ly-Laura-Kranz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blog-How-Firm-a-Foundation-buff.ly-Laura-Kranz.jpg\" alt=\"Blog - How Firm a Foundation - buff.ly - Laura Kranz\" class=\"wp-image-7494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blog-How-Firm-a-Foundation-buff.ly-Laura-Kranz.jpg 472w, https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Blog-How-Firm-a-Foundation-buff.ly-Laura-Kranz-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo Credit: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lauraakranz.com\/firm-foundation-lyrics-illustration\/?utm_content=buffer66cfe&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\">Laura A. Kranz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. &#8211; Psalm 18:2 &#8220;And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. 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