{"id":7383,"date":"2015-12-30T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T18:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=7383"},"modified":"2015-12-30T13:33:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T18:33:08","slug":"worship-wednesday-that-was-then-this-is-now-josh-wilsons-song-of-jubilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=7383","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – That Was Then, This Is Now – Josh Wilson’s Song of Jubilation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.<\/span><\/em> – 2 Corinthians 5:17<\/a><\/p>\n

“Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.<\/span>“<\/em> – Ezekiel 36:26<\/a><\/p>\n

Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. – <\/em>Isaiah 43:18<\/a><\/p>\n

To be truly forgiven is like no other experience. To know you have wronged someone and that person doesn’t just minimize it, repress it,\u00a0or sweep it under some proverbial rug…but truly forgives you.\u00a0To be the recipient of such complete, grace-filled forgiveness transforms a person.<\/p>\n

God transforms us through taking all our wrongs against Him and, through His Son and by the Holy Spirit, He makes us right. Transformed into children of the One True God. We are no longer the same persons, even, that we were then. Not now, and not anymore.\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n

Do we struggle with sin still? Yes. While we live, we struggle, but with a heart and mind changed by a loving, righteous, all-wise God. We don’t live in perfection (yet) but we live in the strength of the Lord.<\/p>\n

Thank God we never have to go back to the way it used to be.<\/p>\n

Josh Wilson wrote a song that describes this so well – the then and the now. Worship<\/a> and celebrate with me, singing or meditating on his song. Hmmm…this is more a song of jubilation than contemplation…so sing it out, if you know that forgiveness. If not, it’s still available to you.\u00a0God draws us to Himself…hear His voice.<\/p>\n

We used to hide from the light
\nWe made friends with the night
\nWe were headed the wrong way on a one way track
\nGoing nowhere fast<\/p>\n

We got used to the dark<\/strong>
\n We thought this is who we are<\/strong>
\n And we figured that we were just too far gone<\/strong>
\n But we were wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Cause love came running like a river
\nAnd we got washed in the water
\nThen He said you’re forgiven
\nYour sins are gone<\/p>\n

That was then, this is now
\nYou\u2019re bought by the blood, saved by the Son the saints all sing about
\nThat was lost, this is found
\nAnd it\u2019s time to say goodbye to the old you now<\/p>\n

So go ahead, put the past in the past
\nBox it up like an old photograph
\nYou don\u2019t have to go back
\n\u2018Cause that was then and this is now<\/p>\n

We’ve been remade by grace
\nWe’ve all got new names
\nAnd nothing we do could ever change
\nWhat He did that day<\/p>\n

When love came running like a river
\nWe got washed in the water
\nThen He said you\u2019re forgiven
\nAnd you belong<\/p>\n

That was then, this is now
\nYou\u2019re bought by the blood, saved by the Son the saints all sing about
\nThat was lost, this is found
\nAnd it\u2019s time to say goodbye to the old you now<\/p>\n

So go ahead, put the past in the past
\nBox it up like an old photograph
\nYou don\u2019t have to go back
\n\u2018Cause that was then<\/p>\n

If we turn and confess every unrighteousness<\/strong><\/a>
\n He is faithful and just to forgive<\/strong><\/a>
\n Oh, so turn and confess every wrong and regret<\/strong>
\n And see what it means to live<\/strong><\/p>\n

That was then, this is now
\nYou\u2019re bought by the blood, saved by the Son the saints all sing about
\nThat was lost, this is found
\nAnd it\u2019s time to say goodbye to the old you now<\/p>\n

So go ahead, put the past in the past
\nBox it up like an old photograph
\nYou don\u2019t have to go back
\n\u2018Cause that was then and this is now
\n\u2018Cause that was then and this is now*<\/p>\n

*Lyrics to That Was Then, This Is Now<\/em> by Josh Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – Josh Wilson – That Was Then, This Is Now<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – Story Behind That Was Then, This Is Now<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Story Songs – New Release Today’s Review of album That Was Then, This Is Now<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

That Was Then, This Is Now<\/em> – Audio CD – Josh Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n

Josh Wilson Website<\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube Video – This Is Now<\/em>\u00a0by Casting Crowns (Thrive CD) – following the story of the Apostle Peter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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