As unbelievable as that scenario sounds, many of us do the same thing.
You may have accepted Christ’s gift of salvation, but you still feel as though you are bound in a prison cell of poor self-esteem. You have been set free, but you are not experiencing that freedom. You are still chained up.
It is time to get free.
It’s time to experience freedom by living out the abundant life Christ came to give. Allow him to break the chains of your imperfect past, your unrealistic expectations, and your self-imposed standards. Even as Christ-followers, Satan wants to keep us bound to our sins. But Christ has already set you free. So it’s time to leave the jailhouse and live like the free person you are.
#2: I Am Loved
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
Jeremiah 31:3
Notice that there are no conditions tied to that verse. There are no prerequisites for God’s love.
Many of us grew up thinking that we had to meet certain conditions in order to earn the love of others. We had the impressions that we had to make straight A’s, score the most touchdowns, or do this or that to earn love. God, though, does not place any conditions on his love for us. So when you wake up in the morning, you don’t have to wonder, “Does God love me today? Have I earned his love with a good performance?” The Bible tells us that he has simply drawn us out of loving-kindness.
It’s not about what you can do. It’s not about how good you can be, or how great you can perform in front of everybody. It’s about who you are in the eyes of God. It’s about who you can be through him who loves you perfectly.
And that is the picture of walking with God, of listening to God. – Dr. Ed Young
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