Beauty for Ashes

Key Thought

The good news of salvation begins with personal freedom, but it doesn?t end there. We can take our experience of Christ and the strength that it brings to us and begin to proclaim that deliverance to the world and see the captives set free and the waste places of our world restored.

Prayer

Thank you, Lord, for the Spirit of freedom, deliverance and joy that rests on my life. I dare to believe that You have anointed me with the same Spirit that brought me out of mourning and into rejoicing.

Discipleship Steps

As you experience the life-transforming joy of the Lord, you can become an agent of God?s restoration in the life of others. Look at these truths and begin to build your thinking around them. Make sure that the joy of the Lord is topped up in your heart today and ask God to use you to touch others with this same Spirit of joy.

Read: Isaiah 61:1-7

The Beauty is within reach…if we truly “Let go” the old will be turned to ashes Based on Isaiah 61:1-3
Lyrics:
He gives beauty for ashes
Strength for fear
Gladness for mourning
Peace for despair
When sorrow seems to surround you
When suffering hangs heavy o’er your head
Know that tomorrow brings
Wholeness and healing
God knows your need
Just believe what He said
He gives beauty for ashes
Strength for fear
Gladness for mourning
Peace for despair
When what you’ve done keeps you from moving on
When fear wants to make itself at home in your heart
Know that forgiveness brings
Wholeness and healing
God knows your need
Just believe what He said
He gives beauty for ashes
Strength for fear
Gladness for mourning
Peace for despair
I once was lost but God has found me
Though I was bound I’ve been set free
I’ve been made righteous in His sight
A display of His splendor all can see
He gives beauty for ashes
Strength for fear
Gladness for mourning
Peace for despair
The album won an ASCAP award for “Beauty For Ashes” as the most played song (1997).

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