Today's prayer
focus is on freedom.
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Having freedom is something
that most of us desire,
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freedom from addiction,
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freedom from tyranny,
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freedom of choice.
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And I'm sure you've
heard about or thought
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freedom to do as we please.
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And, of course,
the list goes on.
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Freedom can also be
something that we think
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we have only to realize
that it wasn't freedom at all.
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Galatians 5:1 says,
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"Stand fast
therefore in the liberty
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by which Christ
has made us free,
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and do not be entangled again
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with a yoke of bondage."
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According to today's
text, Christ has made us free.
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Have you and I truly accepted
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the freedom that
Christ has offered?
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If we truly accept the
freedom that He has offered,
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we should see a change in
how we live our daily life.
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Our life will reflect
the freedom that was given.
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Are we reflecting
Christ? Let's pray.
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Our Gracious Father,
I thank You for freedom.
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I pray that the freedom that
You offer will be seen in me.
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May all that I do reflect you.
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Amen.
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Dear Lord, freedom
is something that means
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something
different to each person.
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And compared to the
freedom that You provide
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is something that we
can't even conceptualize, Lord.
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Your love is the
ultimate freedom for each
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and every person.
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We're only ever truly free
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when we give our
lives over to You.
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Lord, thank You.
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Thank You for
Your everlasting love,
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Your love that is eternal.
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Lord, help me to
embrace Your love
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that when You come back,
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I will be ready to
see Your face, Lord.
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Amen.
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Dear Father,
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we come to You
today asking for freedom,
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freedom from the
chains that bind us,
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freedom from these
illnesses that hold us down.
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Freedom from sin.
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Oh God, we know
that You can give us
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everything that we need.
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And so we ask for freedom today.
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We ask You to free us
from all that's holding us
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back from serving
You even more intensely.
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Thank You, Lord.
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Thank You for
giving us the freedom that
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only You can give the freedom
that comes when we know You
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and intimately walk with You.
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Thank You for that
freedom in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Father God, I
thank You today for Jesus
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and for the freedom that we have
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because of this sin penalty
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that He paid in
the cross for us.
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We have that
freedom to worship Him,
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to follow Him,
to do those things
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that are Christ-like.
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We pray that You'll give us
that ability every day to know
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that we are a child of the King
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and the freedom
to follow Him freely,
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in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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If you've been
walking the same old road
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For miles and miles
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If you've been
hearing the same old voice
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Tell the same old lies
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If you're trying to fill
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The same old holes inside
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There's a better life
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There's a better life
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If you've got pain
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He's a pain taker
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If you feel lost
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He's a way maker
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If you need freedom or saving
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He's a prison-shaking
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Savior If you've got chains
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He's a chain breaker
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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I thank You for the
freedom that we have.
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Even with the virus, we
find our freedom in You.
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You give us freedom from worry,
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for we can place all of
our cares in Your hands,
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and You will work it out for us.
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Dear Father, we
just need to trust You.
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Please help us to remember
that no matter the situation.
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You give us freedom
to come to You to leave
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it there in Your
hands and to know that,
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Father, You are
working in each of our lives.
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We pray, Father,
that You work Your
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team to lead us in the freedom,
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knowing that our true freedom,
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our real freedom
comes in walking with You
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and having a
relationship with You
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that will take us into eternity.
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I ask this in Jesus'
name and I thank You, Father,
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for hearing and
answering our prayers.
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Amen.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we come before You
in Jesus' name to ask
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for the blessing of freedom.
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Only You can set us free.
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Lord, bless us
with freedom from guilt.
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Bless us with
freedom from evil habits.
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Bless us, Lord, with
freedom from being a servant
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of the devil and help
us to have the freedom
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of being Your children.
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We thank You,
Lord, that the blood
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of Jesus Christ
makes this possible.
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We ask You for
freedom in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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We've all searched for the light
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of day in the dead of night
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We've all found
ourselves worn out
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From the same old fight
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And we've all
run to things we know
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Just aren't right
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When there's a better life
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There's a better life
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So if you've got pain
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He's the pain taker
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And if you feel lost
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He's the way maker
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If you need freedom or saving
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He's a prison shaking Savior
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If you've got chains
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He's the chain breaker
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Galatians 5:13 says,
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"You my brothers and
sisters were called to be free.
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Do not use your
freedom to indulge the flesh,
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rather serve one
another humbly in love."
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In 1 Corinthians 6:12,
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"I have the right
to do anything you say,
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but not
everything is beneficial.
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I have the right to do anything,
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but I will not be
mastered by anything."
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Sometimes we think
we're free to just do
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whatever we want to do.
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And that's what
that verse talks about.
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That maybe everything is lawful,
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but as my friend
says, just be ready to pay
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the penalty if you
do the wrong thing.
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Romans 8:1-2 says,
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"Therefore, there is now no
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condemnation for
those who are in Christ.
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Jesus, because
through Christ Jesus,
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the law of the spirit
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who gives life has set you free
from the law of sin and death."
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And there may
be someone watching
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who needs to be
set free from sin.
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That's our greatest
need is to be set free.
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To turn our life to Christ.
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So I invite you to
take on these words,
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as I say them over
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the next few moments to pray,
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to receive
Christ into your life,
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to claim Him as
your personal Savior.
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First believe that
Jesus is the Son of God.
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He truly is.
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Then we admit
that we are sinners.
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And we need a Savior.
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Lord, I believe
that Jesus Christ
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conquered sin and death.
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And I claim Him as
Lord and Savior of my life.
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In Christ, I am a new person,
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made righteous through
Christ's righteousness.
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I'm accepted
because of the sacrifice
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He made on the
cross to forgive my sin.
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I accept this
truth through grace,
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that my freedom
cannot be earned.
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Nothing I could do.
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Only through
the blood of Christ,
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I can be forgiven.
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Lord, I forgive every person
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who has done things that hurt me
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or harm me just as
Jesus has forgiven me.
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I choose to forgive them.
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And I believe that God sent
the Holy Spirit into the world,
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that my body is a place
where the Holy Spirit dwells.
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And as a child of God,
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I can come to the
Father through Jesus Christ.
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I am a child of God
created in His image.
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The devil has no
place in my life,
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no power over me.
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I take a stand against
every lie that the devil
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has spoken to me and over me.
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And I refuse to believe
any lie that He would tell me.
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Father, I surrender all to you.
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And I come
against every stronghold
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that the devil has
constructed in my life.
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Every fear, every
worry, every anxiety,
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every doubt and insecurity,
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every
abandonment and self-hatred
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guilt and shame.
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Jesus, You are
the chain breaker.
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And I commit every
one of these to you.
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If you as a child of
God have taken on any
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of those attributes,
things that you need,
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the change to be gone,
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I would trust that you
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would just reach out to Christ
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and accept that He
is the chain breaker,
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and He wants you to be free
from the torment and the pain,
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the frustration and
the agony of your chains.
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And then thank Him for it.
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Thank Him for
taking your chains away.
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My chains are gone
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I've been set free My God,
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My Savior has ransomed me
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And like a flood
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His mercy reigns
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Unending love
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Amazing grace
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If Christ has done
something for you today,
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go tell somebody,
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tell them that
your chains are gone.
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You've lost the
weight of all those chains,
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and then share the
gospel with someone.
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Amen.
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