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EPISODE 350 ULTIMATE LIBERTY

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The title of today’s episode: Ultimate Liberty

Happy Memorial Day! This holiday started after the Civil War to honor all the soldiers lost during the war. It was called Decoration Day, because people decorated the graves. Over time it has become a day that we decorate the graves of our lost family and friends to honor what they meant to our lives. We honor all those currently in the military and those who have served in previous years that were fortunate enough to come home after war.

We honor them for their sacrifices to give us a better life. We would not have freedom without them. Our country would have been overtaken by evil people if it wasn’t for our military and God’s hand on them. This day reminds us to stand for truth. To be bold in the face of fear. Which brings me to the spiritual side of things.

We honor the soldiers for their sacrifice, but what about the sacrifice that Jesus made for us. He has given us the ultimate liberty and freedom. We need to honor and praise him for his sacrifice. He died that we could have a better life and a life after death, instead of forever punishment. We need to honor him every day by our actions and our willingness to serve him.

2 Cor 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Our freedom comes from God. We do not have real freedom until we have his spirit living inside of us. It is the Spirit of the Lord that shows we are born again. He gives us boldness to stand for truth and right. Our God is a God of justice. There is no justice without God’s amazing grace.

I not only honor the fallen soldiers of our great country, but I honor all those Christian soldiers that carried the gospel. Those who have sacrificed personal desires and comforts for a chance to set someone free who was in a trap of our enemy satan.

As Christian soldiers what are we willing to sacrifice to see someone set free from captivity of sin?

Now more than ever the body of Christ needs to be ready to gather the harvest. It is time and revival is on the way. You can feel the winds of change blowing. Soon people will be free to serve God. Jesus is going to break their shackles and set them free.

I am keeping this brief today; I want you to have time to spend with your loved ones. Take some time to thank Jesus for his ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms. He is the foundation of our great country.

At times, it seems like the enemy and darkness are in control. But God will not allow us to be overtaken. Light will always drive away the darkness. We will prevail as long as we stay bold and stand for truth and let our light shine. Because with God’s amazing spirit inside of us, we have power over the powers of our enemy. We will prevail.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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EPISODE 129 LIBERTY IN CHRIST

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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode is: LIBERTY IN CHRIST

Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

The people of Galatia tried to get the Gentiles to be circumcised like the Jews were under the law. They tried to teach the new converts the law. Paul told them that they were trying to go back to bondage. The law was a heavy yoke that no man could keep.

Jesus removed the burden of the law when he died for all of our sins. When we accept what Christ did on the cross, we are set free from the heavy yoke of sin.

Romans 6:3-6 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Jesus broke the power that sin has over us, when we surrender to him. Jesus died for our sins and set us free. We no longer have to carry the heavy weight of sin or the heavy weight of the law. We are given a chance at a new life.

What do we do with that new life? We must go out and tell the world how Jesus set us free. We are to walk in the freedom of a life that is not entangled any longer in sin. Freedom is what Jesus gave us. How we chose to use that freedom is our gift to God.

James 1:22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

If we hear the word and do not do it we are missing the point completely. But if we look into the perfect law of liberty and walk in that liberty we will be blessed.

Proverbs 13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: But the way of transgressors is hard.

The reason that the way of the sinner or transgressor is hard is that they are under bondage. They are shackled or yoked to whatever their sin may be that they are trapped in.

God doesn’t tell us to not do certain things because he wants to keep us from having fun. He understands all the ways we pay for that sin in this life, not to mention the life to come. God doesn’t want to be a dictator and force us to bow down to him and his will. He gives us free will, he will never force us to choose him. But he desires for us to choose to bow to him and his will.

There is a Spirit of bondage on the body of Christ, it is a spirit of religion. Far too long we have held onto our denominational ideas. Jesus died to set us free, he didn’t mean for us to be bound up in religion. We are free in Jesus, and we are to walk in the love of Christ. But we are to hold the line when it comes to sin.

The word of God is very specific about sin and about how we are to walk. He is the only one who can set the captive free. Jesus is the one that gives us freedom.

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GARMENTS OF PRAISE

ISAIAH 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

Lately, a lot of people that I know have been dealing with a spirit of heaviness. Evil seems to press in from all directions. It doesn’t take much discernment to understand what is going on. The enemy is fighting hard because he is about to lose his control over our world. The Lord is about to release the Spirit on this earth.

As Christians we are all called to witness to the world. We are to bind up the brokenhearted and proclaim freedom to the captive. We can help people be set free from the captivity of the evil one. Everyone is in prison unless you are a set free child of God. We can be the one to help them find the key to unlock their prison. Jesus is the key.

He is there to help us have peace in our troubles. JOHN 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. We have no reason to fear. There is nothing that we have facing us that we cannot make it through as long as we are with Him.

We cannot allow the spirit of heaviness to overtake us. It is a real thing to feel down and like the weight of the world is on our shoulders. The world is un chaos, but he is going to give us beauty for ashes. As things in this life seems to be burning down our lives, God will take the ashes and make from it something beautiful.

He will wrap us in the garments of praise to overcome the spirit of heaviness. Anytime we are pressed down and feel like the world is on our shoulders, we can start to praise and worship. As our worship invites God’s presence, he will lift that heaviness off us. He will restore joy to us. I encourage you to put on the garments of praise and have quiet, alone time with Him. He will deliver us from all our fears. Remember, we walk by faith and not by sight. It doesn’t matter how much the enemy tries to press in on us and destroy us. We have nothing to fear, because God is with us.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS