Life Plan Devotion #166 [Set free]
Hi, Everyone.
I trust you're having a good week. For those of you following the "romance of the century," wedding plans are progressing. Leah and Regan really are doing all the work, so far. Tuesday night, they began 6 weeks of marriage counseling with our pastor. When they returned, they tucked my grandson into bed, and then Leah and Regan gave each other a goodbye hug (Regan is now housesitting). As Leah was walking through the living room, after seeing Regan out, she said, "This is better than I ever dreamed it could be." Isn't that sweet. :)
Have a great day. Please pray for those having surgery today and those recovering from surgery.
Life Plan Devotion #166 [Set free]
John 8:31-36 [NLT] "Jesus said to the people who believed in Him...'You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.' 'But we are descendants of Abraham,' they said, 'We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, 'You will be set free'?' Jesus replied, 'I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever. So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.'"
To be "set free" is to know the truth--the truth about oneself and about Jesus our Liberator. The truth is this: We are slaves to sin and powerless to effectively manage our life. With God's truth as our standard, we recognize and confess our needs, struggles, and sins. As we confess those to God, we turn our broken life over to God, who alone can make us whole, for now and all eternity. He sets us free from sinful habits, dependencies, and emotional bondage.
What this has to do with weight loss: The process of getting to a state of obesity is one full of denial. We lie to ourselves. "I can stop eating [or lose weight] anytime I want to." "I have the right to live my life my own way." "I'm not hurting anyone but myself." Ironically, as we assert our freedom to live as we choose, we soon lose the freedom to choose anything other than our dependency on food. We become enslaved to it. It is only when we break the cycle of denial, when we become brutally honest about our bondage to food, that there is any chance for real freedom.
Today, if you recognize that you are in bondage to food [in any way], confess it as sin [for anything that takes the place of God in your life is an idol, and idolatry is a sin]. Ask Jesus to set you free, knowing that then "you are truly free." Listen to Lynda Randle sing "I'm Free."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grGGxlPJZF8&feature=related
Blessings,
Mary
I trust you're having a good week. For those of you following the "romance of the century," wedding plans are progressing. Leah and Regan really are doing all the work, so far. Tuesday night, they began 6 weeks of marriage counseling with our pastor. When they returned, they tucked my grandson into bed, and then Leah and Regan gave each other a goodbye hug (Regan is now housesitting). As Leah was walking through the living room, after seeing Regan out, she said, "This is better than I ever dreamed it could be." Isn't that sweet. :)
Have a great day. Please pray for those having surgery today and those recovering from surgery.
Life Plan Devotion #166 [Set free]
John 8:31-36 [NLT] "Jesus said to the people who believed in Him...'You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.' 'But we are descendants of Abraham,' they said, 'We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean, 'You will be set free'?' Jesus replied, 'I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever. So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.'"
To be "set free" is to know the truth--the truth about oneself and about Jesus our Liberator. The truth is this: We are slaves to sin and powerless to effectively manage our life. With God's truth as our standard, we recognize and confess our needs, struggles, and sins. As we confess those to God, we turn our broken life over to God, who alone can make us whole, for now and all eternity. He sets us free from sinful habits, dependencies, and emotional bondage.
What this has to do with weight loss: The process of getting to a state of obesity is one full of denial. We lie to ourselves. "I can stop eating [or lose weight] anytime I want to." "I have the right to live my life my own way." "I'm not hurting anyone but myself." Ironically, as we assert our freedom to live as we choose, we soon lose the freedom to choose anything other than our dependency on food. We become enslaved to it. It is only when we break the cycle of denial, when we become brutally honest about our bondage to food, that there is any chance for real freedom.
Today, if you recognize that you are in bondage to food [in any way], confess it as sin [for anything that takes the place of God in your life is an idol, and idolatry is a sin]. Ask Jesus to set you free, knowing that then "you are truly free." Listen to Lynda Randle sing "I'm Free."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grGGxlPJZF8&feature=related
Blessings,
Mary
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