It is for Freedom!

 Galatians 5: 1:

(It is) For freedom Christ has set us free.

Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

 

Free from the need to worry? Free to trust!

Free from a debilitating fear? Free to live abundantly!

Free from sickness? Free to serve others who are sick!

Free from pain? Free to accompany someone else who is in pain!

 

Free from a need for vindication? Free to trust in Divine Justice!

Free from the desire to retaliate? Free to pray for those who will me harm!

Free from hatred? Free to will and act in accordance with the eternal good of my opposers!

Free from unforgiveness? Free to bless those who curse me!

 

Free from rage? Free to be passionate about something that bears fruit!

Free from guilt? Free to experience even more of God’s love!

Free from ignorance of my sin? Free to start a new way of being!

Free from toxic people and environments? Free to grow in health!

 

Free from a long-carried burden? Free to walk into something new!

Free from a bondage to money? Free to be God’s instrument of financial blessing!

Free from an addiction? Free to fill that gap with God’s Word!

Free from childhood wounds? Free to break the cycle with my children!

 

Free from the need for parental approval? Free to be God’s precious child!

Free from the soreness of rejection? Free to embrace Christ on the cross!

Free from the desires of the flesh? Free to hear and obey the Holy Spirit!

Free from the painful past? Free for the fabulous future!

 

 

There is no end to the things we need freedom from!

No end to the things He will do to help us access that hard-won freedom!

No end to His grace to stand firm, especially after we have fallen!

No end to the potential of the life in the Spirit He has waiting for us!

 

It is indeed for freeeeeeeeeeedom that Christ has set us free!

So, shake off those shackles!

Bind those ropes!

Tear apart those demeaning labels!

Burn the memories of those sins!

Pick up the ashes and make beautiful rangolis out of them!

 

WE are free!

We are truly free!

We are FREEEEEEE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5fBJTC77Mw

 


 

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