FREEDOM!!!
Do you wanna help? Say something to set me free. Don’t weigh me down with more stuff I need to do, don’t give me a seminary lecture, and whatever you do, don’t come at me with fear, shame, or guilt. If I feel belittled as a result of what you’re saying, well then sweetheart, it ain’t exactly Good News, now is it?
And I need good news because I’m poor in peace, I need to be freed from all these sinful inclinations, I’m blinded by my emotions, oppressed by my circumstances, and I need the Lord’s favor.
Jesus announced to the world that He was God’s Son by quoting this verse from Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
See? It’s all about freedom. Say the words that set us free.
- You are loved
- You are forgiven
- You are God’s treasured possession
- There is a plan for your life
- God is bigger than your mistakes
- It’s never too late
- You can never be separated from the Love of God
- He understands
- His arms are open wide
- He stands at your door and knocks
- He can work with what you’ve got
- You’re going fine, you need work, but you’re getting there
- Keep your head up, it gets good right around this corner
- God is in control
Pick one and unpack it, put verses to it, write a song about it, tweet it, preach it, whatever, and know that you’re ministering in the footsteps of Jesus Himself.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
[Ps. 51:10]
This is my cry.
" Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. "
The only reason I am able to get through today is because our God is amazing.
I thank God for my friends, every day.
" The great struggle is not to earn God’s love, but to humble yourself enough to receive it. "
" We may boldly say: The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? "
My heart breaks at the misrepresentation of Christ’s love. The Jesus some people preach is so far from who He really is. I love Jesus and I just want people to know Him. It’s Christ who breaks the chains and it’s His loving kindness that will bring repentance.
seriously friends listen
I think I speak for every evangelical Christian when I say I have no intentions of shoving religion down anyone’s throat. But if I REALLY believe there is a Hell and if I REALLY believe Jesus is the only way to avoid it, it would be absolutely criminal for me to keep quiet.
" God keeps his promise a thousand times, and yet the next trial makes us doubt him. He never fails, he is never a dry well, he is never as a setting sun, a passing meteor, or a melting vapor—and yet we are as continually vexed with anxieties, bothered with suspicions, and disturbed with fears, as if our God were the mirage of the desert. "
In painful times, God is stretching you. In peaceful times, He is restoring you. In all times, He is loving you.
