You're Saved...Celebrate Your Freedom

Celebrate your freedom that you received the day you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. You are emancipated...free...no longer a slave...never to be in bondage again. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery (Gal 5:1); do not be enslaved to special add-on rules to the Word or conditions for being saved and growing in Christ. God doesn't invite you to be saved then have you jump through exact hoops to find His love....God invites you to be saved, then He walks with you forever-wanting daily time with you so He can love on you and show you the way. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty-freedom; emancipation from bondage (2 Cor 3:17). Many Christians after being saved, impose their own set of rules for being good enough to receive God's love or they want others who have lived a less than desirable life style to not be able to lay it down and begin to follow Jesus-they want people to have to work harder...but that's not how God works. He says give me your heart and let's move forward.  Throw off anything that hinders you or sin that binds you from seeing what God sees for you. Your relationship with Jesus is first...above everything-guard it, treasure it; for it sustains you to manage the rest of your life. Keeping your eyes fixed on Jesus Who took it all for us...so that we would never be in bondage again (Heb 12:1-2). Friend, you are free...declare your independence today-honor your privilege to speak God's Word; being Who He says you are. Believing His promises because He says so-He can't lie...receive, embrace, and walk them out. Emancipate...celebrate...you are free. Do not squander the freedom that Jesus gives you daily-use it to make a difference! 5/2/12-LMM