God’s Love Sets Us Free to Play and Dream… Editor’s Journal and Inspiration From Bethel Music


Get this song and others on Bethel’s album “You Make Me Brave (Live)” on iTunes


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Let us learn to trust the heart of Love from which freedom flows and everything begins…

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We began our journey on this Earth with the freedom to discover, to explore with wide-eyed wonder, we dreamed, we played naturally – until we lost our trust and fear drew us away from our real life reverie and the freedom that is ours…

What would happened if we embraced the childlike freedom to dream and play again?
I’ve been learning the freedom of having childlike faith and joy since interning at the children’s ministry at my church and seeing how full of joy and wonder the kids are…

Permission to Play Flourish Conference

Flourish 2015 Conference Recap from Covenant Church on Vimeo.

Recently at my church the theme of the women’s ministry conference was “Permission to Play” and when I heard it announced it was like a nudge of confirmation. God has been instilling the lesson of trusting Him in me for the past few years – since He rocked my world in a vivid encounter in 2009 giving me visions of God’s deep love for us…

In one of the visions I saw little kids giggling and playing dress up, and it was as if He was showing me how joyous and free like kids we were meant to be. In another I was in a vast forest that reminded me of the Garden and I was a little girl dancing in a pure white dress asking my Daddy question after question, trying to make sense of life and why things are the way they are.




His response was a deep, extravagant impartation of His love, a glimpse of His passionate plan from the Beginning to end, for us His children, to discover His love and dwell with Him forever and words I will never forget: “Do you trust Me?”

Trust is so important in the journey of purpose and living out the dreams we were made for! Jesus Himself says that it’s like a child that we enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Let’s just rest, play, embrace joy and trust Him, not leaning on our own understanding – He’s got you covered!

And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3-4

These songs from Bethel Music have spoken to me recently, I they do you too, as you worship, dance and stare in wonder at our King…


Get this song and others on Bethel’s album “You Make Me Brave (Live)” on iTunes




Get this song and others on Bethel’s album “You Make Me Brave (Live)” on iTunes



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Worship: Wonder from Bethel Music

May we never lose our wonder! May we be just like a child staring at the beauty of our King…

Worship: You Make Me Brave from Amanda Cook and Bethel Music

I remember the first time I heard this song – at a conference surrounded by thousands of my fellow dreamers with our hearts soaring with the heart resonating truth about God’s love and faithfulness. “You Make Me Brave” is from the album of the same name from Bethel Music. Below the songwriter Amanda Cook shares the story behind the song that she wrote after struggling through years of fear and the journey to discovering that she could trust in the One who could make her brave…

Inspiration and Music Pick: To the Dreamers from For King and Country

For King and Country’s song “To the Dreamers” as a noble tribute to those wide-eyed hopeful believers who dream and gives encouragement to keep on keeping on…

You can get the latest album “Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.” including the hit single “Fix My Eyes” on iTunes here and visit www.forkingandcountry.com to keep up with the guys on social media or on tour.

Check out our feature on For King and Country and more of their music on our youth and young adults’ section SOAR:

Music Spotlight & Inspiration: Fix My Eyes & Without You from For King and Country and the Story Behind the Songs Music Spotlight & Inspiration: Fix My Eyes & Without You from For King and Country and the Story Behind the Songs

“The things of Earth are dimming in the light of Your glory and grace – I’ll set my sights upon Heaven I’m fixing my eyes on You…”

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“To The Dreamers” Lyrics

We’re beat up but won’t be broken
Lonesome but always searching
Homesick but nobody’s heading home soon
Keep on, keeping on, keeping on

Long days and too many short nights
And wrong ways that almost felt right
Lovesick but nobody’s holding you
Keep on, keeping on, keeping on
So sing along, sing along, sing along… Yeah

[Chorus:]
To the dreamers
Wide-eyed believers
Hanging onto hope by a thread
To the soulful
Heart open hopeful
Keep on charging ahead
‘Cause, when you feel it, once you see it, and you breathe it
It’s unforgettable
When you know it, once you know it, and you hold it
It’s unforgettable

God knows you question your courage
And some days I can’t walk for stumbling
If we could only see what we’re becoming

Keep on, keeping on, keeping on
So sing along, sing along, sing along… Yeah
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Inspiring Music Pick: BRAVE Moriah Peters Featuring Andy Mineo

“No one ever told me this would be easy, but I never knew that it could be this hard…Oh the worry the worry the worry is weighing on me. Could you help me break down, all these question marks, and make me BRAVE.” – Lyrics from Moriah Peters’ “Brave”

“Brave” ft. Andy Mineo is an encouraging song from Moriah Peters’ new album, BRAVE, available now in stores and online: http://bit.ly/MoriahBRAVE. Moriah shows us how she is being brave by facing new heights – literally: