FREE INDEED!

John 8:31-32 NKJV Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 

V.36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

I don’t know about you but there’s something about waking up to sunshine streaming in the window that lifts our spirits. When we remember the long, wet, cold days of winter, of wearing multiple layers of jumpers and woolly hats and coats, it’s glorious to have the freedom sunshine and warmth bring!😊

Jesus came to give us freedom. Freedom from the rule of Satan and his kingdom, freedom from sin and guilt, and the hold it had over us, but sometimes we forget we have been set free and maybe don’t appropriate it the way we should.

Jesus reminded us that the enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy and if that is happening in any shape or form in our lives then we know the enemy is at work. But the glorious good news is Jesus also said He came to give us life, to the full, till it overflows! That is still His intention for each one of us today and He went to the cross to achieve it for us, to give us the freedom to use His authority over all the works of the enemy. He wants us to use it!😊

Even if you don’t have sunshine where you live today, you can know the wonderful freedom Jesus came to give us. May we learn to enter into all He has planned for us more and more, whether we’re young or older because God is still working to bring to completion the work He began in each one of us. What an uplifting thought that is, God’s not finished with any of us yet!

If we’re still breathing there’s still someone to pray for, something to learn, praise and thanks to be given to God and to others, and people to love. There are still opportunities to use our faith and trust God more.

Whether it’s summer or winter, there are still ‘Son’ filled days ahead, days filled with the knowledge of all Jesus has done for us, and is doing for us, in setting us free from whatever is trying to hold us back, because whom the Lord sets free is free indeed.😊 Thank You Lord. Amen.

2 Corinthians 3:17 NLT For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Have a very blessed weekend.x

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SAFE IN GOD’S HANDS

Psalm 31:15 NKJV My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.

Whose hands are our times in? King David went through fiery trial after trial and yet He had complete confidence in his God and trusted his times into God’s hand, no matter what happened. 

If we belong to Jesus then our times are in His nail pierced hands. Our times are in the hands of the One who flung stars and worlds into space, and yet He knows everything about our personal small lives. He knows when we sit down and rise up, He knows what we’ll say before we say it!

Our times are in the hands of the One whose thoughts about us are more than the sand on the seashore. Our times are not in the hands of a fickle fate, not in the hands of a horoscope or a fortune teller. God forbid! Our times are held in the hands of the One who is concerned about everything that concerns us, who has promised to work all things out for our good when we love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.😊

The word ‘times’ in the original refers to our experiences, the seasons of our lives, all the different things that happen each day. All those ‘times’ are in God’s loving sovereign, powerful hands. We can be glad we’re not in the hands or the whims of a government, or any other powers.

No matter what happens today, let’s commit it into the hands of the One who knows us intimately, who we can trust implicitly, and know that He will be watching over our going out and our coming in, to sustain and help us around the clock.

And one day His loving hand will reach down and take us home to be with Him forever so our eternity is secured as well, but until then we can rest in the certain wonderful knowledge that our times (and our eternity) are safe in His loving hands. In Jesus name. Amen.😊