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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: TIME TO BREAK FREE

The world has so many people bound by fear, anxiety, depression, drugs and all sorts of sin and perversion. It is easy to get into a mess or fall into sin. As humans it is hard to stand up to the enemy. We are susceptible to the shiny, exciting way he paints sin. Without Jesus, satan is hard to resist. He understands us better than we do ourselves, then custom creates the sin that will put us into bondage.

BUT GOD…When we give our lives to Christ, he takes responsibility for us. He will give us power over the powers of the enemy. We will have the strength to resist satan and his lies. Suddenly we can have power over the sin that has so easily taken us over, before Jesus. I am not saying we cannot fall into sin. But we have a way of resisting that has the power to keep us free, as long as we look to Jesus.

It is time for us to break free from the chains that have bound us too long. The body of Christ has allowed the enemy to come in and slip chains on us. We are like Sampson; we played with Deliah until we were made weak. For far too long, the body has allowed little things to be overlooked in the name of not judging. In the name of loving others.

The bride of Christ can break free from traditions of men that are not based on the scriptures.  She is chained up by man’s philosophies of loving everyone and accepting their sin. The only thing that will overcome these things is telling them the truth in a nonjudgmental way. Some say this is speaking truth in love.

The world doesn’t hold each other to any type of standard, but they expect Christian’s to be perfect. When we fall, they judge us, but do not want to be judged. It is time we walk upright and do the best we can, but when we fall, accept God’s grace. Even when the world and our brothers and sisters in Christ are judging us.  

Isaiah 9:4 For God will break the chains that bind his people and the whip that scourges them, just as he did when he destroyed the vast host of the Midianites by Gideon’s little band.

His people were in bondage in the land of Egypt. He saw their pain and how they were treated. He had compassion on them and sent a deliverer.  Jesus is our deliverer from our spiritual bondage.

What was the first thing the Egyptians wanted to do when the enemy pursued them? They fell into fear and wanted to return to bondage. Today this is called a trauma response, they are afraid of the unknown and would rather return to what they knew, than to face the unknown. Yes, they were in bondage, fear, pain and many afflictions. Facing a new land with giants, they could not see themselves overcoming them, even with God on their side.

I pray that the body of Christ will not allow the size of our giants and the fear of the unknown to cause us to want to turn around. I pray we can get our mindset straight and focus on the one who set us free.

It is time we open our minds and hearts to God’s will in the earth for our time. It is time we set aside man’s ideas and doctrines and ask God for his direction. It is time that we break free from the traditions of men.

Sincere prayer time, not just petitioning God, but waiting quietly for his response, will give us the answers we need to not be afraid of our enemy. We must break free from the response, “It has always been done this way. This is what we were taught.” How can we prove to people who do not know God what HIS truth is, if we do not know ourselves. Just because it has always been taught a certain way, is not a good answer for someone trying to find God.

I want to encourage you to search your heart, search your soul. Ask God to show you the direction he has for your life. Ask Him to break your chains and set you free from anything that is not of Him. Now is the time to be free.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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