Summary: <br> This week we’re featuring the “Pray and Play” devotionals. I pray, then I hit shuffle play on the BIG Life Mornings Spotify playlist, and whatever song plays first is the inspiration for the day’s devotional.<br> And today, ya’ll we hit the jackpot! I could literally just play this song for it’s 8 minutes of entirety and we would have ourselves a full on devotional, but there’s a whole lot I want to say about it too, so you still get me!<br> The song: Ain’t No Grave<br> By: Bethel Music and Molly Skaggs<br> I don’t know who this chick Molly is, but Lord Jesus she can sing! In doing a bit of research, I discovered this woman with such amazing talent has struggled with fear and shame her entire life. This song is her personal testimony of overcoming that which held her back.<br> Shame is a prison as cruel as a grave<br> Shame is a robber and he’s come to take my name<br> Oh, love is my redeemer<br> Lifting me up from the ground<br> Love is the power when my freedom song is found<br> There ain’t no grave<br> Gonna hold my body down<br> What is threatening to hold you down? What serves as your prison, holding you back? What is your grave, burying your potential alive?<br> Is it shame, guilt, regret? Is it worry, fear, insecurities, doubt? Is it a lack of desire, a weak willpower, a settled spirit that’s decided maybe this is all there is for you? Is it a bad habit that’s chained you up or an addiction that’s buried you?<br> The enemy has been playing and his games are never fair. He taunts you with his lies, he stirs up those old fears and emotions, he replays the tape in your head that says you’ll never change, he poke and prods you with his stick which always says you’ll never measure up.<br> BUT YOU HAVE A REDEEMER!<br> A redeemer who walks in love. But don’t let that love fool you. We often confuse walking in love with walking in weakness. Love is the greatest power. Think about it Mama Bear … you know your love is a powerful force for your children. You would climb any mountain to save your child. You would knock down any door to get to them. There’s no distance you wouldn’t go, no enemy you wouldn’t boldly fight, no battle you would back down from if it meant rescuing your child. Women have been known to run through fire to rescue their baby. Pick up a full sized car to save their child. The impossible! The impossible is made possible purely because of our love. Love isn’t weak, love is pure power.<br> Your redeemer walks in love, and he’s walking straight towards YOU! His love can rescue you from any prison, any cage, any grave. Anything the enemy has used to hold you back is about to be torn the heck down!!!!!<br> The grave didn’t keep your redeemer down. He rose up out of that grave and honey, it was for you. He rose up so he could raise you up to. He overcame the grave so you would never have to stay stuck in yours. The very things that threaten to bury your potential, the things that threaten to make you play little in your own life, sit it out, and let it pass you by … oh those things don’t have a chance. Your redeemer is here to say NO MORE!!!!!!<br> No more shame, guilt and regret. Jesus has already covered your transgressions. Your missteps have already been redeemed. He’s already using those mistakes for something good now. No, shame … No, guilt … No, regret … YOU DON’T WIN! You have been overpowered by the love of my redeemer who says that’s no longer mine to carry around. Bye bye now, I’m stepping out of that grave!<br> Hey worry, hey fear, hey all you insecurities and doubt … you’re no longer welcome here. You belong in a prison, but I don’t. I’ve sat here behind the bars with you for long enough, my freedom has been bought and I don’t hav...
