Its easy to feel like you are a slave to your circumstances. Not too long ago I was feeling that way and sitting in it. Being weighed down by despair, pity, disappointment, anger, frustration. Allowing those things to poison my mind and spirit. And then I made the choice to be free. My situation hasn't changed but my outlook, my response, the way I live in that situation has.
I've chosen freedom.
God has set you free. Jesus died so that you can be free and the Father gives you the opportunity to choose to accept that freedom or live in captivity.
We have bought the lie that Satan says that we don't have a choice. That there is no way to live victorious even in the worst of circumstances. It is his way to limit our power. He knows that if we get caught up in what we can see and lose hope he has effectively halted our growth, our praise, our worship, our ability to be resilient. He knows that if we let joy, hope, passion, praises, gratefulness, optimism to bubble up inside of us we will be a mighty force for good.
Today I ask you to choose to be free. Don't hold on to what people have told you about yourself. Don't hold on to our crazy government. Don't hold on to what the world says success is. Don't hold on to the hurts, the pain, the crazy, messed up stuff people have done and said to you. Don't hold on to lies that steal your joy and distract.
Be free. Satan wants to hold us in a Ghost Town where we are shells of ourselves but Jesus holds the keys. He has already defeated the bad thoughts, the pain, the messed up situations, all the bad ish. We are free in spite of all that has transpired before, now and in the future. We are free.
Step into the liberty that God has given you. Shout...
It is your choice. Accept God's love, healing, forgiveness, gifts... freedom.
I leave this with you. The man who wrote most of the New Testament, encouraging Christ followers to press on, to trust God, to step into the freedom that God's salvation affords, to not grow weary - spent most of that time a captive, in prison.
Paul is a great reminder that our bodies being held captive does not mean we are enslaved. When we die we leave this body behind. Our soul is what will meet God in glory. If we make up our mind to be free in Christ, WE ARE FREE!
Jesus, when He died said it is finished. Hallelujah! They thought they had captured Him, silenced Him, defeated Him but Jesus made the choice to die and when He was ready, when all was accomplished, then and only then is when He died.
Live in freedom. Today and everyday. Mercy broke the chains of (insert any and everything here). Don't put them back on.
I've chosen freedom.
God has set you free. Jesus died so that you can be free and the Father gives you the opportunity to choose to accept that freedom or live in captivity.
We have bought the lie that Satan says that we don't have a choice. That there is no way to live victorious even in the worst of circumstances. It is his way to limit our power. He knows that if we get caught up in what we can see and lose hope he has effectively halted our growth, our praise, our worship, our ability to be resilient. He knows that if we let joy, hope, passion, praises, gratefulness, optimism to bubble up inside of us we will be a mighty force for good.
Today I ask you to choose to be free. Don't hold on to what people have told you about yourself. Don't hold on to our crazy government. Don't hold on to what the world says success is. Don't hold on to the hurts, the pain, the crazy, messed up stuff people have done and said to you. Don't hold on to lies that steal your joy and distract.
Be free. Satan wants to hold us in a Ghost Town where we are shells of ourselves but Jesus holds the keys. He has already defeated the bad thoughts, the pain, the messed up situations, all the bad ish. We are free in spite of all that has transpired before, now and in the future. We are free.
Step into the liberty that God has given you. Shout...
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
It is your choice. Accept God's love, healing, forgiveness, gifts... freedom.
I leave this with you. The man who wrote most of the New Testament, encouraging Christ followers to press on, to trust God, to step into the freedom that God's salvation affords, to not grow weary - spent most of that time a captive, in prison.
Paul is a great reminder that our bodies being held captive does not mean we are enslaved. When we die we leave this body behind. Our soul is what will meet God in glory. If we make up our mind to be free in Christ, WE ARE FREE!
Jesus, when He died said it is finished. Hallelujah! They thought they had captured Him, silenced Him, defeated Him but Jesus made the choice to die and when He was ready, when all was accomplished, then and only then is when He died.
Live in freedom. Today and everyday. Mercy broke the chains of (insert any and everything here). Don't put them back on.
The Unlikely Missionary
DHW
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