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It’s Only A Mountain!!

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Jesus rebuked the demon,

and it came out of the boy,

and he was healed from that moment. 

Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked,

“Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

He replied, “Because you have so little faith.

Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed,

you can say to this mountain,

‘Move from here to there,’

and it will move.

Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Matthew 17:18-20

Another day…

Another fight…

Another uphill climb…

Another step…

Another mile…

Story of your life…

It’s hard…

Costs you everything you’ve got…

Back against the wall…

Ready to give up…

This is only a mountain!

You don’t have to find your way around it…

Tell it to move, it’ll move…

Tell it to fall, it’ll fall…

This is only a moment!

You don’t have to let your fear control it…

Tell it to move, it’ll move…

Tell it to fall, it’ll fall…

Find your second wind…

Not as high as you think it is…

Don’t give up and don’t you quit…

You gotta climb if you wanna win…

It looks big…

You feel small…

Faith can change it all!

Ask like you believe…

Trust like you can see…

Take your fear…

And say…

“There’s nothing in my way…

Oh, No!”

Especially when it looks big!

Especially when you feel small!

Your faith can change it all!!

It’s only a mountain!!

Through Jesus Christ…

We’ve been given authority to tell it to move!

Amen!

Faith asks, without doubting!

See your mountains move!!

“Truly I tell you,

whatever you bind on earth

will be bound in Heaven,

and whatever you loose on earth

will be loosed in Heaven.

Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth

agree about anything they ask for,

it will be done for them

by My Father in Heaven.

For where two or three gather in My Name,

there am I with them.”

Matthew 18:18-20

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Holy Spirit, “Super Soak” Me!

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Yesterday was our last day of school!

“Yipee!!!” said all the teachers…

“Hooray!!!” said all the students…

“Oh, Dear Lord, No!” said all the parents…

Ha!

We decided to have a “Water” Fun Day to celebrate!!

Wear sandals or water shoes to school…

And bring a change of clothes!!

Let the games begin!!

It was Super Soaker Heaven!

We had water toys of all types and sizes!

Thinking I was going to merely be in the defensive mode…

If the kids were rude enough to come bother me…

In my lawn chair in the quiet, shade under the nearest tree…

I did not purchase a Super Soaker!!

My son did!!

A really nice, big one!!

I brought a ketchup/mustard “squeezy-thing,” like they have in diners!

Sometimes, I just don’t know any better!

Ha!

The kids parked themselves as near as they could get to the water spigot…

Filled and refilled their toys, cups, and the whole Tupperware container…

Soaked everything and everyone in sight!!!

While I, and one of our volunteers…

Talked, shooed them away, and tried to keep things dry!

When I tired of not joining in the fun…

I grabbed my ketchup/mustard “squirty-thing” filled with water…

And started squeezing it at everybody!!

Such fun!!!

But, I ran out of “fuel” quickly!!

While I was refilling…

The Super Soaker people got me, and got me good!!

But, I didn’t care, it was a beautiful day to be soaking wet!!

Then, I had this idea to go soak my son…

Who was soaking the older kids…

Armed with the dinky, little, plastic ketchup/mustard weapon I had…

I attacked!!

 He retaliated, and saturated me!!

I went back for reinforcements, and rallied the elementary kids to join me…

They had all the good tools that could drench!!

It worked…

I was elated to soak my son!

‘Til my son brought his troops to our territory…

Sneaked up behind me…

Aimed and fired…

As I laughed with joy!!

Great to be alive!

Very wet and happily alive!!

Unfortunately…

Some of our kids were not so joyful with our fun, wet plans for the last day of school…

One stayed home…

One slept most of the day…

Under a desk…

One refused to get wet…

And got upset when he did!!

Do you see yourself here???

When the Holy Spirit is moving…

Do you stay home?

Sleep?

Hide?

Refuse to get wet?

Let’s enjoy God’s washing…

He’s pouring out His Spirit like rain…

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rain down My righteousness;

let the clouds shower it down.

Let the earth open wide,

let salvation spring up,

let righteousness flourish with it;

I, the LORD, have created it.”

Isaiah 45:8

5-29-13 Golf Course 061Soak it up!

Be saturated!

God’s elated to soak us…

To saturate us with His Holy Spirit…

To pour His Spirit on us…

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I will pour out my Spirit on all people.

Your sons and daughters will prophesy,

your old men will dream dreams,

your young men will see visions.”

Joel 2:28

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“An angel of the Lord would go down into the pool from time to time

and stir up the water.

Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up

recovered from whatever ailment he had.”

John 5:4

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Wearing the right garment of praise…

“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.”

Isaiah 61:3

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And splash away!!

God’s With Us!!

Dear Holy Spirit…

Super Soak us!

Saturate us!!

Help us to not just sit on the sidelines…

And watch while others receive Your drenching, and power!

Help us to appreciate when someone else gets filled with Your Spirit…

Or receives something overflowing from You!!

Let us be smart enough to splash in it!

Keep Your Spirit flowing…

And overflowing, in our lives!

Amen!

The Art Of Thinking Brilliantly by Graham Cooke

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Watch…

And learn to think brilliantly…

As your God wants you to!!!

“For God,

who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,

hath shined in our hearts,

to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God

in the face of Jesus Christ”

2 Corinthians 4:6

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“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;

and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge Him,

and He shall direct thy paths.

Be not wise in thine own eyes:

fear the LORD,

and depart from evil”

Proverbs 3:5-7

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For the Lord gives wisdom;

from His mouth come knowledge and understanding

He holds success in store for the upright,

He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless

for He guards the course of the just 

and protects the way of His faithful ones.

Proverbs 2:6-8

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“With Him are wisdom and might;

To Him belong counsel and understanding.”

Job 12:13

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Soar!!!

My Eyes Are On You, Lord!!

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I Don’t Want To Gain The Whole World…

And Lose My Soul


For whosoever will save his life shall lose it;

but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the Gospel’s,

the same shall save it.

For what shall it profit a man,

if he shall gain the whole world,

and lose his own soul?” 

Mark 8:35-36

What will you gain???

If you lose your soul? 

Have we lost our souls while gaining the whole world?

Don’t want to walk away…

Not going to let material things get in my way…

I’m trying to get somewhere…

That’s real and pure and true and eternal!

Father God…

I am clay in Your hands…

Help me to stay that way through all life’s demands…

‘Cause they chip, and they nag, and they pull at me…

And every little thing I make up my mind to be…

The road that is wide and filled with self-love…

Everything that I see draws me…

Though it’s only in You that I can truly see…

That it’s a feast for the eyes…

A low blow to purpose…

And I’m a little kid at a three-ring circus!

Who I am…

Is not what I do…

But, where’s my heart?

The first thing to prosper…

Should be the inside of me.

We’re free!!

Christ came!

Now we’re changed!

Not the same…

Even though I made a fall…

Since I got that call…

No more Saul…

Now I’m Paul.!

 I sense the tide that’s rising…

De-sensitizing me from living in light of eternity…

It’s hypnotizing me from living in light of eternity…

Lord, what we can we do?

We’re relying on you…

All eyes are on you, Lord!

 All eyes are on you, Jesus!

Don’t let me lose my soul…

This is my honesty…

Father, won’t You cover me?

Lord forgive us…

When we get consumed by the things of this world…

That fight for our love…

And our passion…

As our eyes are open wide…

And on You…

Grant us the privilege of Your world view…

And may Your kingdom be…

What wakes us up…

And lays us down!

Amen!!

Lord, I could sing of your Love forever!!

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“…keep thy soul diligently…”

Deuteronomy 4:9  KJV

Our God Is An Awesome God!!

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Especially when He shows up magnificently…

At the end of an ordinary day!!

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His return is very close and so you better be believing…
Our God is an Awesome God!

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He reigns from Heaven above!

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With wisdom, power, and love…

Our God is an Awesome God!

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And when the sky was starless in the void of the night…

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He spoke into the darkness and created the light…

Our God is an Awesome God!

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“For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords,

the great, the mighty, and the awesome God…”

Deuteronomy 10:17  ESV

“You are the Lord, You alone.

You have made Heaven, the Heaven of heavens, with all their host,

the earth and all that is on it,

the seas and all that is in them;

and You preserve all of them;

and the host of Heaven worships You.”

Nehemiah 9:6  ESV

Branch Out!!

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“He that trusteth in his riches shall fall:

but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.”

Proverb 11:28

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Stay Attached To The True Vine!

Bear Fruit!

Accept Pruning…

Be Even More Fruitful!

Remain!!

Be His Friend!

Love!

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John 15

The Vine and the Branches

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 “I Am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener.

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He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,

while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes

so that it will be even more fruitful.

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You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

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 Remain in Me, as I also remain in you.

No branch can bear fruit by itself;

it must remain in the vine.

Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

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I Am the vine;

you are the branches.

If you remain in Me and I in you,

you will bear much fruit;

apart from Me you can do nothing.

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 If you do not remain in me,

you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers;

such branches are picked up,

thrown into the fire and burned.

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If you remain in Me and My words remain in you,

ask whatever you wish,

and it will be done for you.

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This is to my Father’s Glory,

that you bear much fruit,

showing yourselves to be my disciples.

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As the Father has loved Me,

so have I loved you.

Now remain in My love.

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If you keep my commands,

you will remain in My love,

just as I have kept my Father’s commands

and remain in His love.

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I have told you this so that My joy

may be in you

and that your joy may be complete.

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My command is this:

Love each other

as I have loved you.

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Greater love has no one than this:

to lay down one’s life for one’s friends

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You are My friends

if you do what I command

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I no longer call you servants,

because a servant does not know his master’s business.

Instead, I have called you friends,

for everything that I learned from My Father

I have made known to you. 

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You did not choose Me,

but I chose you and appointed you

so that you might go and bear fruit—

fruit that will last—

and so that whatever you ask in My Name the Father will give you.

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This is my command:

Love each other.”

You’re Branches!!!

Remain attached to The Vine!

Flourish

and

Branch Out!

Bear Fruit!

Love

He Wills It!

Reflections Of Christ Our King…

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Reflect Your King…

It’s Your Time To Shine…

Like Gold…

In Christ!

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“These trials will show that your faith is genuine.

It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold–

though your faith is far more precious than mere gold.

So when your faith remains strong through many trials,

it will bring you much praise and glory and honor

on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.” 

I Peter 1:7 NLV

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 “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;

and they that turn many to righteousness

as the stars forever and ever.”

Daniel 12:3

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Wisdom is worth more than silver;

it brings more profit than gold. 

Wisdom is more precious than rubies;

nothing you could want is equal to it. 

With her right hand wisdom offers you a long life,

and with her left hand she gives you riches and honor. 

Wisdom will make your life pleasant and will bring you peace.

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As a tree produces fruit, wisdom gives life to those who use it,

and everyone who uses it will be happy. 

The Lord made the earth, using His wisdom.

He set the sky in place, using His understanding. 

With His knowledge, He made springs flow into rivers and the clouds drop rain on the earth. 

My child, hold on to wisdom and good sense.

Don’t let them out of your sight.

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 They will give you life and beauty like a necklace around your neck. 

Then you will go your way in safety, and you will not get hurt. 

When you lie down, you won’t be afraid;

when you lie down, you will sleep in peace.” 

Proverbs 3:14-24  NCV

Psalm 19

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

“The heavens declare the glory of God;

the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech;

night after night they reveal knowledge.

They have no speech, they use no words;

no sound is heard from them.

Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,

their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.

It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,

like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

It rises at one end of the heavens

and makes its circuit to the other;

nothing is deprived of its warmth.

The law of the Lord is perfect,

refreshing the soul.

The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,

making wise the simple.

The precepts of the Lord are right,

giving joy to the heart.

The commands of the Lord are radiant,

giving light to the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is pure,

enduring forever.

The decrees of the Lord are firm,

and all of them are righteous.

They are more precious than gold,

than much pure gold;

they are sweeter than honey,

than honey from the honeycomb.

By them your servant is warned;

in keeping them there is great reward.

But who can discern their own errors?

Forgive my hidden faults.

Keep your servant also from willful sins;

may they not rule over me.

Then I will be blameless,

innocent of great transgression.

May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart

be pleasing in your sight,

Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

Are You A Reflection Of Christ our King??

You R. O. C. K.!!

Are You On The Right Path???

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Where Is Your Path Leading You?

 “‘…Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’

And they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,

and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.'”

Acts 16:30-31

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“Jesus answered,

‘I am the Way and the Truth and the Life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me.’”

John 14:6

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“Then know this, you and all the people of Israel:

It is by the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,

whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead,

that this man stands before you healed….

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other Name under Heaven

given to men by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:10,12

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Are Obstacles Blocking All Your Path?

 “He came and preached peace to you who were far away

and peace to those who were near.

For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.”

Ephesians 2:17-18

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Are You Stuck In A Sand Trap?

“When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom

as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. 

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you

except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.”

1 Corinthians 2:1-2

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 Is There Debris On Your Path That Needs To Be Swept Away?

 “For no one can lay any foundation

other than the one already laid,

which is Jesus Christ.”

1 Corinthians 3:11

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Are There Too Many Stains?

 “For it is by grace you have been saved,

through faith —

and this not from yourselves,

it is the gift of God —

not by works,

so that no one can boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

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Are There Too Many Dead Ends?

 “Not by works of righteousness which we have done,

but according to His mercy He saved us.”

 Titus 3:5

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Are There Too Many Big Rocks Along Your Path?

 “This is good, and pleases God our Savior,

who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

For there is one God and one mediator between God and men,

the man Christ Jesus,

who gave Himself as a ransom for all men…”

1 Timothy 2:3-6

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Are There Too Many Patched Up Places?

 “But He continued, ‘You are from below;

I am from above.

You are of this world; I am not of this world.

I told you that you would die in your sins;

if you do not believe that I am,

you will indeed die in your sins.’”

John 8:23-24

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Is Your Path Crooked, And Filled With Large Obstacles??

 “And we have seen and testify that the Father

has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.”

1 John 4:14

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Is Your Pathway Just Dirt?

“No one who denies the Son has the Father;

whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.”

1 John 2:23

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Are You Going Around In Circles?

 “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels,

now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death,

so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.”

Hebrews 2:9  

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Are You Fenced In?

“Jesus said ‘Enter through the narrow gate.

For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction,

and many enter through it.

But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life,

and only a few find it.'”

Matthew 7:13

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Go Ahead!  Open The Door!!!

 “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin.

But if anybody does sin,

we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense — Jesus Christ,

the Righteous One. 

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,

and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.”

1 John 2:1

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There’s Only One Way!

“For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son,

that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,

but to save the world through Him.

Whoever believes in Him is not condemned,

but whoever does not believe stands condemned already

because he has not believed in the Name of God’s One and Only Son….

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,

but whoever rejects the Son will not see life,

for God’s wrath remains on him.”

John 3:16-18, 36

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 There’s Only One Path!

“From this time many of his disciples turned back

and no longer followed Him.

‘You do not want to leave too, do you?’

Jesus asked the Twelve.

Simon Peter answered Him,

‘Lord, to whom shall we go?

You have the words of eternal life.’”

John 6:66-68

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The Path That Leads You To Eternal Life!

“And this is the testimony:

God has given us eternal life,

and this life is in His Son.

He who has the Son has life;

he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.”

1 John 5:11-12

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Who’s Lighting Your Path?

“Just as man is destined to die once

and after that to face judgment,

so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people;

and He will appear a second time,

not to bear sin,

but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.”

Hebrews 9:27

Are You Going Down The Right Path?

Going The Right Way?

Who’s Leading You?

Free As A Bird!

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“So if the Son sets you free,

you will be free indeed.”

John 8:36  NIV

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“Jesus said, ‘You will know the truth,

and the truth will set you free.'”

John 8:31-32  NIV

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“because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit

who gives life

has set you free from the law of sin and death.”

Romans 8:2  NIV

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“For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord

is the Lord’s freed person;

similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.”

1 Corinthians 7:22  NIV

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“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.

Stand firm, then,

and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

Galatians 5:1  NIV

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“In my anguish I cried to the LORD,

and He answered by setting me free.”

Psalm 118:5  NIV

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“The LORD lives!

Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be God,

the Rock, my Savior!

He is the God who avenges me. . .

who sets me free from my enemies.”

  2 Samuel 22:47-49  NIV

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“But thanks be to God that,

though you used to be slaves to sin,

you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching

to which you were entrusted.

You have been set free from sin

and have become slaves to righteousness.”

Romans 6:17-18  NIV

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“Be sure of this:

the wicked will not go unpunished,

but those who are righteous will go free.”

Proverbs 11:21  NIV

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“But now He has reconciled you

by Christ’s physical body

through death

to present you holy in His sight,

without blemish

and free from accusation.”

Colossians 1:22  NIV

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“For this reason

Christ is the mediator of a new covenant,

that those who are called

may receive the promised eternal inheritance–

now that He has died

as a ransom to set them free. . .”

Hebrews 9:15  NIV

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“Set me free from my prison,

that I may praise your name.”

Psalm 142:7  NIV

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“He upholds the cause of the oppressed

and gives food to the hungry.

The LORD sets the prisoners free,

the LORD gives sight to the blind,

the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,

the LORD loves the righteous.”

Psalm 146:7-8

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“Sin is no longer your master,

for you no longer live under the requirements of the law.

Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.”

Romans 6:14 NLT

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“We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare;

the snare has been broken,

and we have escaped.”

Psalm 124:7  NIV

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“The Spirit and the bride say,

‘Come!’

And let him who hears,

say, ‘Come!’

Whoever is thirsty,

let him come;

and whoever wishes,

let him take the free gift of the water of life.”

Revelation 22:17  NIV

Yipee!!  We’re free!

Freedom in Christ…

It’s a free gift!!

Take it!

This is Just Duckie!!

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The sun setting on the pond on the golf course…

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The warm breeze blowing on the water…

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Causes moving ripples of light and color…

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And shadow reflections and mirrors…

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He almost doesn’t look real…

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But he is!

“…It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth…

Salvation is found in no one else,

for there is no other name under heaven

given to mankind

by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:10-12  ESV

Don’t let anything distract you…

From seeing that Jesus is real, too!