Releasing the Truth on Freedom...just for you!

I'm branded with His promise...in my heart...but also on my skin. 

Every time my eye catches a glimpse of it I am reminded of the buried past, the forgiven sin, the invitation of a homecoming that is all sweet without a hint of bitter.  An invitation to walk forward into a future that has always been mine to take.  He waited patiently for me.  He loved me through it all.  He breathed new life into these dry bones.  He gave me a second chance...a new life.  I found a new song...I found freedom...I found Jesus.

So what does a life of freedom really look like? 





My Friend:

have you ever walked in the valley and made it out without ever being kissed by darkness?

have you ever been graced with knowing your true identity...to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, who you are and what your worth is.

have you ever felt free to step out of the restrictions that this world creates for you...and to know that you are enough just as you are.

have you ever been overwhelmed by peace and joy and love?

have you ever been adopted into a family of royalty?

have you ever known the truth that NOTHING (not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins, nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing) could separate you from the love of the One who seeks you... pursues you... loves you! NOTHING

have you ever found your every need met exactly when you needed it?

have you ever found true and pure acceptance for being yourself?

have you ever found true forgiveness when you didn't deserve it?

have you ever had someone die for you...so you didn't have to...so you could be free?

Freedom is knowing, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that ALL of these are for you...and freedom is tapping into them, living life consumed not only by a life of goodness, but a life kissed by a  supernatural strength and wisdom...to live as it was always intended.  Freedom to know the love of Christ and to claim it as your own!


So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn’t hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn’t gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God’s chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us—who was raised to life for us!—is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:

They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.

None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.  

Romans 8:31-39

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