Good Morning! Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. This is one of my life Verses, because here we are celebrating our independence day! Oh! By the way Happy 4th everyone! But let me ask you, Are we truly FREE? Sure I know we do have alot of Freedoms in this country that others don't. Like the right to practice our Faith the way we want to. And when I say Faith I mean that in Jesus Christ. Because even some Religions these days have stipulations on how we are to believe and worship. But the point I'm trying to make is we are not Free! We, Us, Man, can always find some way of keeping ourselves in bondage to something. For me for many years it was Drugs and Alcohol! And the lifestyle that went along with it. For others it may be the lifestyle of just keeping up with the Jone's. Then there are the ones who's good deeds dictate how good their lives are today. What I'm getting at is we are all in bondage and will be until that day Christ Jesus comes and truly sets us Free. Someone told me the other day "You always seem Happy!" Well they haven't seen me on a bad day. But that is the thing I have learned! Is that even on bad days I don't have to let that effect the way I am. Because Jesus has given us the Freedom to have Joy, Happiness and Serenity in our lives, no matter what is trying to keep us in bondage. True Freedom in Christ is when you can go through life's Hurts, Habits and Hangups and still come out with Joy in your heart. I want to share a few insights that are helping me find freedom today in my life. And these are things I just realized in the last month. With the Economy the way it is I worry about my finances and being broke, but Hey! Even our Government is Broke! And they have alot more Debt than I do lol! And I used to be burdened by the Yoke of Drugs and Alcohol but thanks to that power of Christ Jesus I am 4 1/2 years clean, and that is the longest I have ever gone in my life. And because of the Freedom I have found in Christ, One Day at a Time, I will stay that way. So today the point I am trying to make is even though we all have Yokes around our necks sometimes, we don't have to be slaves to them when it comes to the way we look at life. Jesus gives us the Freedom to look at life through His eyes. And when we are able to do that we can be Happy! We can have Joy! So tonight as your watching the fireworks somewhere and the Grand Finally goes off and you say WOW! Thank Jesus that he has given you the power to have that same WOW in your life today. Cause without Jesus, The world has no Freedom, this country has no Freedom, and you and I have no Freedom. Have a Safe and Blessed Holiday!
Monday, July 4, 2011
What is Freedom?
Good Morning! Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. This is one of my life Verses, because here we are celebrating our independence day! Oh! By the way Happy 4th everyone! But let me ask you, Are we truly FREE? Sure I know we do have alot of Freedoms in this country that others don't. Like the right to practice our Faith the way we want to. And when I say Faith I mean that in Jesus Christ. Because even some Religions these days have stipulations on how we are to believe and worship. But the point I'm trying to make is we are not Free! We, Us, Man, can always find some way of keeping ourselves in bondage to something. For me for many years it was Drugs and Alcohol! And the lifestyle that went along with it. For others it may be the lifestyle of just keeping up with the Jone's. Then there are the ones who's good deeds dictate how good their lives are today. What I'm getting at is we are all in bondage and will be until that day Christ Jesus comes and truly sets us Free. Someone told me the other day "You always seem Happy!" Well they haven't seen me on a bad day. But that is the thing I have learned! Is that even on bad days I don't have to let that effect the way I am. Because Jesus has given us the Freedom to have Joy, Happiness and Serenity in our lives, no matter what is trying to keep us in bondage. True Freedom in Christ is when you can go through life's Hurts, Habits and Hangups and still come out with Joy in your heart. I want to share a few insights that are helping me find freedom today in my life. And these are things I just realized in the last month. With the Economy the way it is I worry about my finances and being broke, but Hey! Even our Government is Broke! And they have alot more Debt than I do lol! And I used to be burdened by the Yoke of Drugs and Alcohol but thanks to that power of Christ Jesus I am 4 1/2 years clean, and that is the longest I have ever gone in my life. And because of the Freedom I have found in Christ, One Day at a Time, I will stay that way. So today the point I am trying to make is even though we all have Yokes around our necks sometimes, we don't have to be slaves to them when it comes to the way we look at life. Jesus gives us the Freedom to look at life through His eyes. And when we are able to do that we can be Happy! We can have Joy! So tonight as your watching the fireworks somewhere and the Grand Finally goes off and you say WOW! Thank Jesus that he has given you the power to have that same WOW in your life today. Cause without Jesus, The world has no Freedom, this country has no Freedom, and you and I have no Freedom. Have a Safe and Blessed Holiday!
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