Stars and Stripes Forever
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Stars and Stripes Forever
True freedom is only attained through grace from God. He unlocks the chains of guilt, sin, idolatry, pride, selfishness and everything else that falls into this fleshy, carnal and earthly realm. These things are all ones that keep us held in bondage perhaps by our own choice or perhaps by someone else’s. But, Arcata homes we are prisoners nonetheless until the bailbondsman comes and frees us and His name is Almighty God. We are so fortuneate to be able to freely celebrate that name in this country…at least for now.
“For you brethren were (indeed) called to freedom; only (do not let your ) freedom Asus M51Sn be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse (for selfishness) but through love you serve one another.” Gal. 5:13
Paul was writing to the church in Galatia warning them about their salvation. It’s not something to be taken for granted and used for self gain. One of the greatest ways we can serve God is to serve others. Jesus at the last supper stooped down and washed the feet of His disciples. He told them that no one is greater than his master and that He came to set an example for them. This is one of humility. We have become a self centered bunch of people and we need to get on our knees and humble ourselves to the living God who gave us our freedom from death.
Jesus also tells us in Matt. 6:24 that we can’t serve two masters. As we already know, it’s impossible to serve God and deceitful riches, money, possesions Fly PC100 or whatever else we may trust in.
In being ‘independent’ of the world, is to rely souly on, trust wholey in and lean totally on the Lord. This ‘dependency’ on Him allows us then to experience the calm during the trials of a storm.
A good rule of thumb is that whatever you give attention to, will most likely become a habit whether it’s something good or something bad. For example, if you love the latest fashions, you will most likely be at the mall more than you are
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