Thursday... But are we really free? Are we?

In the midst of this that we have been going through we have been fighting to be free. But are we really fighting to be free? Oh we fight to be free to choose whether we wear a mask or take a vaccine or have an abortion or not but are we really to be free?

Paul over in Romans 6:20-21 (NLT) says, "When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the obligation to do right." Is that the kind of freedom we want? He goes on, "You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom." So do you want to be free from the obligation to do right?

We don't want to be slaves, we want to be free but look at this verse. Verse 22 says, "But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life."

Earlier in verses 16-18 Paul says, "Don't you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living, Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey the teaching we have given you. Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living."

And verse 23 says, "But the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord." Now I want to be a slave to that. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do

Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT), "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers - the moon and the stars you set in place - what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?" Friday... Yes, we need them. We really do. No, not the fact that I can go out my front door and look out at night at the marvels of the sky. I can do that and it is amazing and it takes my breath away each time I see it. Yes, that is a fact but the reality of who did that and the wisdom and the faith that I have to believe that and to marvel that the one who did that cares about me makes such a difference in how I live my life. Yes, God really does. That is so wonderful for us to believe. And that is why faith and wisdom are so important. Now whatever belief you have at how that marvel happened must also be believed through faith. And the sad thing to me is that more and more people have been taught that there is no God and therefore he did not have a h...

Monday... Three ifs and two thens. They go together!

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