Let It Go

Written by: Audrey Leigh Reid 

I saw that tear you wiped away

I saw the pain across your face

I feel the tension in the room

I sense you breaking very soon

I wonder why you can't give in

I wonder why your pride always wins

There's not much time to spare

The pressure's thick in the air 

Honey, let it all go

Let the tears, let them freely flow

Give it all to him, don't you know?

It'll be better once you let it go 

I feel you shaking by my side

I hear you moaning through the night

I'm starting to wonder if you see

His light shining through me

There's only one who will remain

To console throughout the pain

He'll pull you from the mud

He'll wash you off with his love 

Honey, let it all go

Let the tears, let them freely flow

Give it all to him, don't you know?

It'll be better once you let it go 
 

Here is the list of scriptures I used Sunday:

Matthew 10:34&35  

³⁴ "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I have come to turn

"'a man against his father,  
     a daughter against her mother,  
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--   

Mark 8:34-36     

³⁴"If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. ³⁵ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. ³⁶ What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?  

Luke 6:22&23

²² Blessed are you when men hate you,  
     when they exclude you and insult you  
     and reject your name as evil,  
     because of the Son of Man.  
 
     ²³ "Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets.  

John 15:18-20  

¹⁸ "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.  

Acts 5:40&41 

⁴⁰ His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.  
 
     ⁴¹ The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. ⁴² Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.  

Romans 8:16-18

¹⁶ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. ¹⁷ Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.  ¹⁸ I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

1Corinthians 15:19 

¹⁹ If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.  

2 Corinthians 1:5-7

⁵ For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. ⁶ If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. ⁷ And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.  

Galatians 6:12   

¹² Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.  

Ephesians 6:11-12 

¹¹ Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.  

Philippians 1:29 

²⁹ For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him,  

1 Thessalonians 3:4 

⁴ In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.  

2 Thessalonians 1:5

⁵ All this is evidence that God's judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

2 Timothy 1:8 

⁸ So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,  

2 Timothy 2:3

³ Endure hardship with us, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.  

2 Timothy 3:12

¹² In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,  

Hebrews 13:12&13

¹² And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. ¹³ Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.  

1 Peter 2:19-21

¹⁹ For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God. ²⁰ But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. ²¹ To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.  

1 Peter 3:12-13

¹² Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. ¹³ But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.  

Revelation 2:10

¹⁰ Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.