This song in my life... held me up in my darkest hours. I can't listen to the song without crying, so I usually try to not listen to it outside of my bedroom.
I used to struggle with pornography and masturbation, and I was a very broken person on the inside, because i was living two lives. The one on the outside, where people saw a girl going full hearted after God, and the one behind closed doors that was bound by sin, and hopelessness.
This song was God singing to my heart at that time. For an entire year wherever I turned He was telling me it wasn't over, and that this was not a funeral precession for the calling He has on my life.
Everywhere I turned He'd say the same thing in different ways: "Pheonix from the ashes", "Up from the ashes", "Rise out of ashes". I'd fall asleep, die in my dreams, and get raised from the dead by God's voice.
That being said, if you're reading this right now, let me tell you something: God saved me. He set me completely free from pornography and masturbation in a single heartbeat, and it was by NO strength WHATSOEVER of my own. It was ALL by His grace. I may be a pheonix, but the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is my fire and my wings.
You can run all you like from God, but you will NEVER be able to get rid of His voice calling your name. Never. believe me, because I know from experience. He is more REAL, His voice is more REAL, than any self inflicted, or non-self inflicted sin, pain, or brokenness in your life. And if you let Him, than He will set you free in this very moment, wherever you are - He will call you up from your ashes.
You want to be free? Than you cry out to God right now like you've never cried out before in your life. He is faithful and just to forgive you, and to purge you from ALL your sin, and your unrighteousness...
And He's calling you.
This song in my life... held me up in my darkest hours. I can't listen to the song without crying, so I usually try to not listen to it outside of my bedroom. I used to struggle with pornography and masturbation, and I was a very broken person on the inside, because i was living two lives. The one on the outside, where people saw a girl going full hearted after God, and the one behind closed doors that was bound by sin, and hopelessness. This song was God singing to my heart at that time. For an entire year wherever I turned He was telling me it wasn't over, and that this was not a funeral precession for the calling He has on my life. Everywhere I turned He'd say the same thing in different ways: "Pheonix from the ashes", "Up from the ashes", "Rise out of ashes". I'd fall asleep, die in my dreams, and get raised from the dead by God's voice.
That being said, if you're reading this right now, let me tell you something: God saved me. He set me completely free from pornography and masturbation in a single heartbeat, and it was by NO strength WHATSOEVER of my own. It was ALL by His grace. I may be a pheonix, but the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is my fire and my wings. You can run all you like from God, but you will NEVER be able to get rid of His voice calling your name. Never. believe me, because I know from experience. He is more REAL, His voice is more REAL, than any self inflicted, or non-self inflicted sin, pain, or brokenness in your life. And if you let Him, than He will set you free in this very moment, wherever you are - He will call you up from your ashes. You want to be free? Than you cry out to God right now like you've never cried out before in your life. He is faithful and just to forgive you, and to purge you from ALL your sin, and your unrighteousness... And He's calling you.