Tuesday... Yes, we can be bold and free. There can be so much about us that weighs us down and enslave us, but God's Word tells us that we can be bold and free. We can be confident. The Apostle John over in his first letter wrote in 3:20-21 (MSG), "For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves. And friends, once that's taken care of and we're no longer accusing or condemning ourselves, we're bold and free before God." Do you live in that world, always condemning yourself? Now there is a guilt that God takes care of though our confessing it to Him and asking Him for forgiveness and when He does forgive us then that guilt is washed away, it is taken care of. But there is also a debilitating self-criticism that keeps us a prisoner. Verses 18-20 says, "My dear children, let's not just talk about love, let's practice real love. This is the only way we'll know we're living truly, living in God's re...
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