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Fall Afresh

This is the song that started it all. . . Sometimes I have to sit on something for a long time before I can find adequate words to give voice to feelings. Sometimes it never happens. Then good ol' Pandora wrecked me with this song, and put exactly how I had been feeling to music. I love it when that happens! Now I'm in love with Fall Afresh and pretty smitten with Bethel Music and Jeremy Riddle . Give it a good listen and may your heart be renewed and your desire to abide in Christ refreshed. FALL AFRESH Fall Afresh By: Jeremy Riddle Awaken my soul, come awake To hunger, to seek, to thirst Awaken first love, come awake And do as you did, at first Chorus: Spirit of the living God come fall afresh on me Come wake me from my sleep Blow through the caverns of my soul Pour in me to overflow Come and fill this place Let Your glory now invade Spirit come and fill this place Let your glory now invade
 You miss a Sunday because one of your kids are sick, or you miss one because they're healthy and you don't want them to get sick. You miss because you just had a baby 2 weeks ago, and then you miss another and another and all of the sudden you haven't been to church in nearly a month (or is it two, or twelve?) but it's okay because you can watch online, and don't you pay closer attention when you watch online anyway? I get it. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. ~ James 4:8 You see that stack of books on your nightstand, the ones all about how to be a super Christian and a super wife and a super mom and you try to read them, you do, but you barely get through the first paragraph when you realize with each child you've born your reading comprehension level has dropped and is now on par with Sandra Boynton and Dr. Seuss. And you're thinking the Jesus Story Book Bible must count as quality reading time, right?  I get that too. Let us then