{"id":908,"date":"2021-08-13T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/?p=908"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:14:09","slug":"freedom-in-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/freedom-in-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom in Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We wanted to share with you the inspiration behind a track that we\u2019ve recently released called \u201cFreedom in Grace\u201d. About a year and a half ago, just before the pandemic hit, I felt God was speaking to me, and to the world, through Isaiah 40 \u201cA Comfort to God\u2019s People\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Prepare the way of the LORD. Make his roads straight. Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low, and the uneven will be made level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the LORD will be revealed\u2026\u201d (Isaiah 40:3b-5a, NHEB)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt that God wanted to proclaim hope and proclaim restoration to the lands and this song, this prophetic film and outpouring is a way of praying, a way of calling out and declaring that God is a God of restoration, God is a God of love and that He wants to pour out His Holy Spirit at this time to bring new blessing, new restoration into our hearts and our lives right across the world:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8jkGDtGt3i0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The landscape across the world is changing but God has chosen to work with us, not apart from us. And our prayers, petitions, actions and hearts all create landing space for the Holy Spirit to bring a new wave of restoration and healing across a broken world. We have all experienced the suffering together and our prayer is that we will all see the restoration together too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">\u201cFreedom in Grace\u201d is out now on all major streaming platforms, including <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/5v2dMAhAK1acfjzavYn7PB?si=746aa54cae1e427c\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/freedom-in-grace-single\/1574216615\">Apple Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Freedom in Grace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singing hope across the desert<br>Singing healing for the broken<br>Singing shelter for the lonely<br>Singing life across the ruins<br>Strength to lift the weary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Singing hope, singing life<\/em><br><em>Singing freedom in grace<br>Singing hope, singing life<br>Singing freedom in grace<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the people rose to pray, hearts awakening they knelt down low each day<br>Hands that couldn\u2019t touch displayed, unity to build a deeper love again<br>And the valleys laid with grief, filling gentle streams of grace and empathy<br>And the mountains toil with fear, bowing low as voices join to intercede<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Singing hope, singing life<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barren land felt gentle rain, growing soft to hold new seeds of hope again<br>From the ground such beauty came, rising up were Kingdom treasures free to reign<br>And the light shone in the dark, chasing shadows to reveal the Father\u2019s heart<br>And the people rose to see, the Lord of heaven and all earth was now revealed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Singing hope, singing life<\/em>&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New springs of life so fresh and full<br>Soak tender shoots of Kingdom truth<br>And rocky places smooth to lead<br>Creating pathways, helping heal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Singing hope, singing life<\/em>&#8230;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Words &amp; music by Neil Haydock &amp; Julie Palmer \u00a9 Copyright 2021 Capernaum Publishing, England. 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About a year and a half ago, just before the pandemic hit, I felt God was speaking to me, and to the world, through Isaiah 40 \u201cA Comfort to God\u2019s People\u201d: &#8220;Prepare the way of the <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/freedom-in-grace\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[11,15],"class_list":["post-908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","category-music","tag-film","tag-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Freedom_In_Grace_600.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bKxI-eE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":449,"url":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/leaning-into-god-this-lent\/","url_meta":{"origin":908,"position":0},"title":"Leaning into God this Lent","date":"January 30, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Lent is an opportunity to lean in, to abandon yourself to intimacy with a living God, and to taste the refreshing water of God\u2019s love and grace. 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