{"id":5949,"date":"2016-07-04T09:42:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T15:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2016-07-04T09:42:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T15:42:51","slug":"let-freedom-ring-monday-musical-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/?p=5949","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLet Freedom Ring\u201d \u2013 Monday Musical Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For America, today is a special day of remembrance. The day our freedom was secured and when we became the United States of America.<\/p>\n

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\"american<\/a>The patriots of the American Revolutionary War fought to allow us the freedom we have today in America. Because of their sacrifice, we should spend today thinking of what it cost them. Some, their property and possessions. Some, their freedom. Some, their lives. But for these men (and women who stood behind them), they would have given all they had for their freedom.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve chosen a patriotic song today that I pray will touch you in some way. And of course, it\u2019s by the Gaither\u2019s, so you know it is good.<\/p>\n

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Happy birthday America!<\/p>\n

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\u201cLet Freedom Ring\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Deep within the heart has always known that there is freedom
\nSomehow breathed into the very soul of life
\nThe prisoner, the powerless, the slave have always known it
\nThere’s something that keeps reaching for the sky<\/p>\n

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Even life begins because a baby fights for freedom
\nAnd songs we love to sing have freedom’s theme
\nSome have walked through fire and flood to find a place of freedom
\nAnd some faced hell itself for freedom’s dream<\/p>\n

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Let freedom ring wherever minds know what it means to be in chains
\nLet freedom ring wherever hearts know pain
\nLet freedom echo through the lonely streets where prisons have no key
\nWe can be free and we can sing – let freedom ring<\/p>\n

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God built freedom into every fiber of creation
\nAnd He meant for us to all be free and whole
\nWhen my Lord bought freedom with the blood of His redemption
\nHis cross stamped pardon on my very soul<\/p>\n

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I’ll sing it out with every breath, I’ll let the whole world hear it
\nThis hallelujah anthem of the free
\nThat iron bars and heavy chains can never hold us captive
\nThe Son has made us free and free indeed<\/p>\n

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Let freedom ring down through the ages from a hill called Calvary
\nLet freedom ring wherever hearts know pain
\nLet freedom echo through the lonely streets where prisons have no key
\nYou can be free and you can sing let freedom ring
\nLet freedom echo through the lonely streets where prisons have no key
\nYou can be free and you can sing let freedom ring
\nYou can be free and you can sing – let freedom ring – let freedom ring<\/p>\n

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Click here <\/a>to listen to this beautiful song.<\/p>\n

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Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n

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Donna<\/p>\n

[i]<\/a> \u201cLet Freedom Ring,\u201d words and music by Gloria and Bill Gaither, Gaither Music Company, 1982.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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