{"id":2108,"date":"2025-01-03T11:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2025-01-31T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T04:07:08","slug":"jesus-wants-our-hearts-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deaflifechurch.us\/?p=2108","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Wants Our Hearts – Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Hey Family and Friends, Happy New Year!<\/strong>
I recently returned to Texas after a wonderful time visiting my family and friends in Illinois and Missouri. Spending time with them was a great reminder of the best gift we have\u2014Jesus. He is someone we can thank every single day for His love and grace. As we enter a new year, I want to share a worship song that reflects the cry of my heart: \u201cJesus Wants Our Hearts.\u201d<\/strong> While the full release of the song isn\u2019t quite ready yet, I\u2019m excited to give you a sneak peek and invite you to stay tuned for the full version, which will be announced soon on the Deaf Rising Phoenix\u2019s Facebook and Instagram pages.

I wrote this song because I\u2019ve felt God working deeply in me\u2014removing my masks and teaching me to show the real me, not just to Him, but to others as well. Over the past year, I spent time reflecting on my life and learning to apply these lessons. God showed me His grace and healing, teaching me to let go of brokenness, shame, and the mess in my life. This wasn\u2019t an overnight process\u2014it took time, humility, and surrender. Every day, I continue to experience His renewal and deeper freedom in Christ.

While reflecting on Saul and David in 1 Samuel, God deeply touched my heart. Saul focused on outward appearances, seeking approval and control, but David was different. God chose David because of his heart\u2014a heart that was humble, repentant, and real before God.

For so long, I was worried about what people thought of me, hiding behind masks and feeling embarrassed by some of my actions. But God showed me that He doesn\u2019t care about appearances\u2014He looks at the heart. He doesn\u2019t focus on our position, title, or status\u2014whether we\u2019re pastors, leaders,  missionaries, teachers, choir members, police officers, firefighters, soldiers, secretaries, presidents, or even those in unseen roles. What matters to Him is the condition of our hearts. It reminds me that God is the only one who is perfect and the only one who can help us make things right with Him. He invited me to trust Him to shape me, even in my mess and brokenness. Through His grace, I\u2019m learning to let go of shame, surrender my heart, and live in the freedom He can give.

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This truth challenged me to examine my own life:<\/strong>

Was I hiding behind masks like Saul, or was I willing to be authentic and vulnerable like David?<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
God sees everything. He doesn\u2019t want perfection or pretense\u2014He simply wants our hearts, even with all their mess, brokenness, and wounds. And every day, He invites me to surrender again, experiencing His renewal and the freedom only He can give.

This message became so clear as I shared God\u2019s Word about Saul and David during my time in Barbados and Brazil. In both places, I encouraged people to embrace His love and surrender their hearts fully to Him. In Brazil, I also witnessed hearts being renewed as they experienced the power of the Holy Spirit. Through it all, I saw firsthand how God restores and frees those who come to Him just as they are.
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This Song Is for Everyone<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Whether you already know Jesus or are searching for something more, this song is an invitation:
To come to Him with humility and a repentant heart.

To lay down pride, fear, and shame, and experience true freedom in Him.

To release the habit of striving for perfection and embrace the beauty of our imperfections, knowing He sees us as His beloved creation.

To invite Him to soften our hardened hearts, allowing His love to break through unforgiveness, bitterness, stubbornness, or pain.

To ask Him to remove the masks we hide behind, so we don\u2019t live like the Pharisees\u2014focused on the outward while our hearts remain distant.

To give Him our wounded, broken, messy hearts\u2014trusting Him to renew us daily and set us free.

To live in a way that pleases God, not people, no matter the circumstances or expectations.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n

This song is a reminder that surrendering to Jesus isn\u2019t just for a season like Christmas or New Year\u2019s\u2014it\u2019s for eternity. It\u2019s an invitation for all of us to lay everything at His feet and trust Him to restore, redeem, and renew us through His everlasting love.

Whether you\u2019re a believer or an unbeliever, this song calls us to give our hearts fully to God and reveal our true identity in Christ by removing the masks we hide behind. For believers, it\u2019s a call to examine your life and take off any masks that keep you from fully embracing His love and grace. For unbelievers, it\u2019s an invitation to surrender your life to Jesus and discover who you truly are in Him.

Whatever burdens you carry\u2014shame, fear, or anything weighing on your shoulders\u2014His love invites you to release them and step onto the path of freedom and renewal. Jesus offers forgiveness, grace, and a new beginning to all who come to Him just as they are. 

True strength doesn\u2019t come from ourselves. It begins when we recognize our need for Jesus and surrender to His work in us, allowing the Holy Spirit to transform us continually.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> This song is not mine\u2014it belongs to God. He gave me the vision for it and brought together several people to carry out His plan. Each person played a role in creating this video to reach and touch hearts for His glory.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.\u201d 

\u2013 1 Samuel 16:7b<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s step into this new year with open hearts, knowing that in His presence, we find peace, and in His love, we find freedom.

I pray this song touches your heart as it has touched mine. May 2025 be a year where you experience God\u2019s restoration, transformation, and daily renewal freshly and powerfully.

Stay Tuned!

If you don\u2019t have a Facebook or Instagram page, here\u2019s where you can stay updated for the song\u2019s full release:<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
[DRP Facebook Page<\/a>]

[DRP Instagram Page<\/a>]
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Thank you for your love, support, and prayers. Feel free to let me know how this song speaks to you. Let\u2019s worship Him together as we welcome the new year.

***If you feel led to share this song, please do! You can share directly from my public post on Facebook\/Instagram or in any way that works best for you.



With Christ's Love,

Kevlasha Humphrey<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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