{"id":4821,"date":"2021-08-23T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=4821"},"modified":"2021-08-23T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:47:10","slug":"awake-my-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/23\/awake-my-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Awake My Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4822\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Awake-my-soul-hand-lettering-Graphics-7589272-1-1-580x387-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Awake-my-soul-hand-lettering-Graphics-7589272-1-1-580x387-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Awake-my-soul-hand-lettering-Graphics-7589272-1-1-580x387-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Awake, awake my soul!<\/h6>\n<h6>Why are you cast down? Do you not see and can you not hear, the Lord is God? He is sovereign!<\/h6>\n<h6>The Lord is healer and deliverer\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Look up! Look up! Your redemption is here!!<\/h6>\n<h6>Do not be cast down but REJOICE!<\/h6>\n<h6>The Angel\u2019s inhabit the praises of the people of God!<\/h6>\n<h6>Death is swallowed up in VICTORY!<\/h6>\n<h6>Jesus is ALIVE!<\/h6>\n<h6>Sing and let JOY fill your soul, there is nothing too hard for the LORD!<\/h6>\n<h6>When you praise and draw close to the Lord the enemy runs in terror!<\/h6>\n<h6>Do not be afraid, remember who you are!<\/h6>\n<h6>You are a child of the King<\/h6>\n<h6>You are an heir and a joint heir<\/h6>\n<h6>You are not orphans<\/h6>\n<h6>You are not forsaken or abandoned<\/h6>\n<h6>You have no lack! You are fully loved and fully HIS!<\/h6>\n<h6>You are never forgotten\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Have I not told you, I am at the right hand of my Father and I intercede for you? The groanings of your heart, words you cannot utter, I hear them. I see the devastation and the pain and the suffering. I am in the very midst with you. Do not let the enemy steal your life! Do not let him take what is yours! Lift up your head, lift up your voice, lift up your hands and REJOICE!<\/h6>\n<h6>Rejoice that you are alive forever\u2026Rejoice that he cannot take your soul or your life! I AM the giver of life. I say when it\u2019s time for you to come home and no demon from hell can take your life from you! I finished the work of my Father on the cross\u2026I paid for your soul\u2026I will not let you die!<\/h6>\n<h6>Yes, it rains on the just and the unjust so there will be trials and sorrow in this life\u2026but there is a life that is yours that no one can take from you. My life wasn\u2019t taken, it was given for all who call on my name!<\/h6>\n<h6>Dry your tears and do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good!<\/h6>\n<h6>I will return! Only my Father in heaven knows the day and the hour\u2026but it is certain, I will return!!<\/h6>\n<h6>For now, walk in love and peace. Even in the worst circumstances know that I AM with you. For those who die in me, they are more alive than ever. Look in my word and see that I have told you, I AM the resurrection and the life, all who believe in me shall never die.<\/h6>\n<h6>Put away the flesh thinking. Put away idle talk. Put away gossip and lies\u2026for when you repeat a thing if it\u2019s a lie then you are part of that lie.<\/h6>\n<h6>Let your words speak truth. Let your words speak healing and life. Let your words edify and not tear down. Let my word be in you so when you speak, you will speak life and not death!<\/h6>\n<h6>Oh, open your spirit to receive my Holy Spirit and then you will walk in life and wholeness and you will not fulfill the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh or the pride of life!<\/h6>\n<h6>For those things, are the gateway, in which the enemy comes in to destroy you!!<\/h6>\n<h6>Hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Walk in my perfect love, for then all fear will go! All doubt will cease!<\/h6>\n<h6>The Prince of Peace will come in and you will breathe in new life!<\/h6>\n<h6>Do not be cast down as one with no Hope\u2026Hope in the Lord and know that All things are working together for the good of those who are the called according to my purpose. Amen!<\/h6>\n<h6>You are my purpose! It\u2019s you I died for and live for.<\/h6>\n<h6>Cast all your care, all your heartaches on me, for I CARE FOR YOU! Don\u2019t let your heart be troubled. You are more precious than the little sparrow that falls to the ground I pick him up and love him. How much more do I love you and care for you. Little ones come unto me and I will give you rest! Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light!<\/h6>\n<h6>~Jesus<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O&#8217;Neill August 23, 2021<\/h6>\n<h6><em><strong>Matthew 11:28-30 The Passion Translation<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><strong><sup>28\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>\u201cAre you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to me.<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-4963a\"><sup>a<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup>\u00a0I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis.<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-4963b\"><sup>b<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup>\u00a0<strong><sup>29\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Simply join your life with mine.<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-4964c\"><sup>c<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup>\u00a0Learn my ways and you\u2019ll discover that I\u2019m gentle,<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-4964d\"><sup>d<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup>\u00a0humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me.<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-4964e\"><sup>e<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup>\u00a0<strong><sup>30\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>For all that I require of you will be pleasant<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-4965f\"><sup>f<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup>\u00a0and easy to bear.\u201d<sup>[<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-4965g\"><sup>g<\/sup><\/a><sup>]<\/sup><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><strong>Footnotes<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h6><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#en-TPT-4963\">11:28<\/a>\u00a0Many times Jesus said, \u201cCome after (follow) me,\u201d but only here does he say, \u201cCome to me.\u201d See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Exod.33.14&amp;version=TPT\">Ex. 33:14<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matt.23.4&amp;version=TPT\">Matt. 23:4<\/a>.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#en-TPT-4963\">11:28<\/a>\u00a0As translated from the Aramaic.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#en-TPT-4964\">11:29<\/a>\u00a0Or \u201cBend your neck to my yoke.\u201d The metaphor of a yoke is that it joins two animals to work as one. It is not simply work or toil that is the focus here, but union with Christ.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#en-TPT-4964\">11:29<\/a>\u00a0The Aramaic is \u201ctranquil\u201d or \u201cpeaceful.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#en-TPT-4964\">11:29<\/a>\u00a0As translated from the Hebrew Matthew. The Aramaic could be translated \u201cCome to me and I will cheer [refresh] you. I am cheerful [refreshing] and humble in heart, and you will find cheer [refreshing] for your soul.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#en-TPT-4965\">11:30<\/a>\u00a0Or \u201ckind\u201d (or \u201cdelightful\u201d).<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2011%3A28-30&amp;version=TPT#en-TPT-4965\">11:30<\/a>\u00a0See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ps.55.22&amp;version=TPT\">Ps. 55:22<\/a>.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h6><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Awake, awake my soul! Why are you cast down? Do you not see and can you not hear, the Lord is God? He is sovereign! The Lord is healer and deliverer\u2026 Look up! Look up! Your redemption is here!! Do not be cast down but REJOICE! 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