Friday, December 11, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Nate Fortner - He Still Bears the Marks - Inspirational Country Music- Faith Family & Country
Nate Fortner
Inspirational Country Music, Faith Family & Country, Jesus was in His glorified body when He appeared to His disciples in John 20:24-31, and He still had the holes in His hands and the spear mark on His side. He appeared in the room and the Bible is so plain to the fact that twice the doors were closed. That again goes to show that no earthly wall or containment could hold Him or hinder Him from arriving in the midst of His disciples!
Jesus promises this same appearance in our day. He said He would always show up in the midst of 2 or 3.
The Bible paints a picture of how Pilate had Jesus scourged and beaten beyond recognition. I personally believe that Jesus paid the price for the sins of the whole world. That includes those who have and will in the future reject Him.
When the rich man was in Hell, he looked up and saw Abraham and Lazarus. The rich man asked for a drop of water. I want to focus on the fact that this man in his eternal torment could see Heaven! Jesus paid the price for that man's sin, but he rejected Him.
Could you imagine looking up into Heaven from your place of torment, and seeing Jesus seated at the right hand of the Father in the Throne Room of Heaven, and with the train of His robe filling the temple? Then you see on His body a scar from where He was beaten on our behalf, and that scar literally has your names on it!
That my friends would be true torment, but I'm glad to say today, I know who Jesus is! He paid the price for me that day, and I'll not let His pain be in vain! I've called upon His name and now Heavens mine to claim! There's a scar on the Savior's back and it holds my name!
Jesus carries a scar on His back and it contains your name!
I want to tell you that Jesus loves you! If you don't know Jesus in a personal relationship, then pray and call upon His name and confess to Him that you're a sinner and ask Him to forgive you of your sins! Don't let His pain for you be in vain!
Today, I'm praying for my fans and all your families to be richly blessed in Jesus!
Sincerely,
Nate Fortner - Inspirational Country Music - Faith Family & Country
CLICK HERE - to hear my song "The Scar That Held My Name"
My Heart's Cry - Nate Fortner - Christian Country Music
My Heart's Cry
Have you ever noticed how a certain song will come along sometimes, and it just messes you up on the inside? It has the perfect words, perfect music, and it just seems to stop you in your tracks. Well, I wrote a song that has had this effect on me. While going through the absolute most devastating trial of my life, I had a line come into my heart. "How can I embrace the thought of your grace, when I can't see past the shame of my disgrace?" I knew I was supposed to write a song using this line, but it didn't come until a year later sitting in my hotel room in Nashville, TN. Leaning over that hotel room desk, I penned down the rest of the words to "Renew Me I Pray." This song is my heart's cry, and everyday I have to pray, "Lord, renew me, I messed up." At my lowest point, I looked up to God and begged for mercy. I pleaded for God to give me just one more chance. Refine me. Renew me Lord, I pray. I had run so far from God that I found myself sitting at a barstool looking for hope in an empty bottle. I think of how Jesus shed His blood for each of us on the cross, and I can't help but think that His blood cried out our names as it hit the earth. I have victory knowing that the veil can no longer hold Him bound, and He is with me even in the darkest of nights!
Nate Fortner - Christian Country Music
P.O. Box 1513
Boaz, AL. 35957
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Renew Me I Pray - Nate Fortner - Christian Country Music - Boaz Alabama
“How can I embrace the thought of Your grace when I can’t see past the shame of my disgrace?” I walked around with this line in my heart for over a year, and prayed for God to help me turn this into a song. I constantly searched the scriptures hoping that something would pop out and get my attention. Needless to say, that didn’t happen!
The song “Renew Me I Pray” is my cry to Jesus. In one of the darkest times of my life, I was searching for hope in my hopeless situation. I knew God had a plan for my future, but I didn’t know how I was going to make it from one day to the next. My sin had brought me to a low point in life that only Jesus could pull me from. When Jesus did pull me out of the pit, it took me seven long years to agree to make an attempt to truly fully commit to His Will for my life. I spent many of my broken days sitting on a bar stool looking for hope in a bottle. Yet, at the bottom of every bottle was the same thing waiting on me; Nothing!
Unworthy of His mercy, and still somehow, I managed to wake up in my bed every Sunday morning. His grace is amazing! Unfit for forgiveness, many of my sins are probably the ones that Jesus had to take extra lashes to cover. More blood, I’m sure had to be shed to cover my sin debt. In my despair, broken and empty, I fell to my knees in need of a Savior.
By the cross and the grave, Your blood cried my name. While the cross may be an offence to some, it was the bridge I crossed on my way to God. The blood may not appeal to some folks, but without the shed blood of Jesus, there is no remission of sins. Even in my sin, each week in the bars, I heard the Holy Spirit whisper my name. It was then that I’d drink more in hopes of drowning Him out. I knew I was living in sin, and I didn’t need God convicting me of my fun. However, His love continued to chase me, and because the stone rolled away, Jesus wiped my tears away. He covered my sin. The veil can no longer hold Him bound! He met me there one night in the bar, and I knew I had to give up my life of sin.
Everyday I still have to pray, “Lord, help me to rise and believe there’s still hope for me. Though I have sinned, You have erased it. I wanna shine for Your glory, spreading the love of Your story. Refine me, renew me Lord, I pray.”
I made an altar at the bar stool, and Jesus made and alter in my heart!
http://www.NateFortner.com
CLICK HERE -to hear my song "Renew Me I Pray"
Nate Fortner - Christian Country Music
P.O. Box 1513
Boaz, AL. 35957
www.NateFortner.com
CLICK HERE -to hear my song "Renew Me I Pray"
Nate Fortner - Christian Country Music
P.O. Box 1513
Boaz, AL. 35957
www.NateFortner.com
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