“Break free from those chains of bondage”
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When elephants are being trained in the circus,
they are chained and shackled to a stake when they
are just babies. The chains are strong enough at
that point to restrain them and keep them from breaking
free. As they pull and tug on the chain to no avail, they
soon learn that their efforts are futile and soon they
don’t resist the chains as much.
As they grow bigger and stronger, the chains
** and shackles don’t have to be exchanged**
** for more powerful ones. The elephants have **
grown so used to the chains holding them, that
they just assume that they can’t escape and
** therefore they don’t even try.**
Do we live like that at times? Are we letting the
** chains and shackles of this world tether us so**
** tightly to those areas of sin and strongholds in **
our lives, that we have ceased to even tug and
pull on them in any attempt to break free?
Have we grown so comfortable in our
** bondage that we have ceased to even tug **
and pull on them in any attempt to break free?
Oh, my sweet friends, I think the answer to those
** questions is a resounding “yes!”. I think that we**
** have grown so accustomed to our chained-up state **
that we just sit back and remain shackled to sin.
Why do we choose to live as captives when we
** have been given the glorious key to freedom?**
** As Christians, our battle has already been**
** fought and won for us. Our state of bondage was **
overcome on the Cross at Calvary.
God freed us from the chains of sin and gave
** us Hope through the shed blood of His Son.**
** When Jesus gave up His life for us, the sacrifice He**
** made was to atone for our sins forever. Those**
chains of bondage were broken that day
** and we were given the ability to live **
victoriously through Jesus.
Whatever is holding you hostage and is binding you up in
those chains, isn’t worth it. Whatever is defeating you,
burdening you and weighing you down, is keeping you from
living in the freedom of a life of Hope and Victory. You will
be forever tethered to that dismal and defeated **
existence unless you allow God to remove
** the chains so you can be set free!
Oh, my friends, surrender it to Him and
** let Him loosen those shackles so they fall off.**
** Confess it and lay it at His feet. Repent**
of it and arise from there washed anew with
** His mercy and grace. Free from those chains **
of captivity. Under bondage no more!
Praise You, Jesus. Praise You, that we have
** the ability to live a life of freedom. We can walk **
**in victory. We have hope. We can be loosed from **
the things that bind us and experience the
true, abundant life that you intend for us.
Oh, Lord help us to walk in the Spirit. Help us
** to walk in your ways, obey your **
commandments and be free from the
bondage of the world. Thank you, Lord,
** the because of Your Son, we can be set free **
**from sin and the ties that bind us. We can live **
in the freedom and victory of a life in Christ.
"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."
Galatians 5:1
by Beth Bennett Herring
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"You see, God has placed us in Christ, whom He has exalted
to the highest place in the universe. We are not trying to
get to victory ground. We are already on victory ground.
We don’t confess God’s Word to get victory. We confess His
Word because we already have victory. We don’t confess God’s
Word We don’t fight for victory. We fight from victory."
–Joseph Prince
put together by Monica
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