What image or idea really resonates when you think of freedom?   Is it something like the freedom experienced those in bondage who are finally free? Unfortunately that is not an image that is only for yesteryear.   We continue to have people who are sold as sex slaves even in our area. Maybe you think of the freedom to do as you choose or say what you like. Increasingly that freedom seems to be getting smaller these days. Maybe you think of freedom from debt, that moment when you can burn your mortgage or no longer have to make payments on your car. Whatever experience helps you relate, it is universally true that humans relish freedom.

It is for this reason that the promise of God for freedom is so powerful. We all feel the weight of slavery to sin. We all experience the paralysis that comes when we experience the bondage of fear. The pressure to perform or achieve can also so entangle as to make us completely unproductive. And when temptation comes our way to feel trapped and unable to resist is its own brand of slavery. The good news is that God has made us free from all of these!

This week we will focus on the promise of freedom. “….whoever the Son has set free, is free indeed!”

Come be encouraged in freedom!

Pastor Chris