Word for the day by Christian Education Forum

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True freedom in the truth : Breaking the chains of sin 

Bible Reading: John 8:31-47 

Key verse: John 8: 36 
“ So if the Son sets you free ,you will be free indeed .” 
 
DEVOTION

Freedom is dangerous in the hands of those who don’t know how to use it. That’s why criminals are confined in prison cells. Though we live in a free nation and enjoy life in its fullest ,we are enslaved internally to the bondage of sin . In other words many of us are inmates within ourselves in our own prison cells . Prime charges against us are guilt and shame . Have you ever felt shame for things you have done in the past ? Have you ever repented but felt like the guilt is still haunting you ? then you are absolutely confined in your prison cell . You and I were prisoners held under the bondage of sin . We were held captives by the impulse of sin . We were slaves to the instincts of sin. Paul refers in Romans 6 - sin is our master. We had no power within us to overcome the influence of sin . Sin was our ruler and held us in darkness . 
So.. we need the help of something or someone to liberate us from this bondage before we depart from this world . You can be liberated as you read this meditation if you submit your heart fully ,without any conditions to someone who can give an instant liberation that is Jesus Christ . Do not procrasanate any longer with logic and your intellect . However when you are born again you will see a new dawn ,you got a new master “Jesus Christ “ . God will give you a new nature filled with new spirit . Paul sums it up in 2 Corinthians 3:17 “Now the Lord is the spirit ,and where the spirit is, there is freedom “. One of the reasons it's so important to understand you are free from the bondage ,penalty of guilt of sin is because you want to increase your capacity to love,to have joy ,to experience peace and to enjoy life which pleases God. In other words, replace Galatians 5:17-21 with Galatiians 5: 22-24 in your daily life . A new relationship with your Heavenly Father 
Enjoy your freedom today and go live the life in Christ who has freed you to live from the bondage of sin .

PRAYER

Thank you Lord for the freedom you gave to us through your son Jesus Christ . I truly believe He is the Way, the Truth and the Life . Amen 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Freedom  does not give us the right to do what we please, but to do what pleases God

Oommen Varghese , Epiphany MTC New York

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