Freedom

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

A very well known part of history is the "Freedom Lady"
The cornerstone was laid in 1793, but the crowning touch, is the statue on top of the rotunda known as the “Freedom Lady” that was placed there in 1863.
Sculpted in Rome, “the Lady” was brought to America aboard a sailing ship. During the trip across the Atlantic Ocean, a fierce storm developed. The Captain ordered cargo thrown overboard to lighten the load. The sailors wanted to throw the heavy statue overboard, but the captain refused, shouting over the wind, “No! Never! We’ll flounder before we throw ‘Freedom’ away.” And so, “Freedom” was saved, and the statue stands above the dome today, because one man stood for “Freedom.”

We can rest in what God has done for us, because of what Jesus has done to make us free. John writes in
Revelation 1:5

  "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood."

Freedom is for resting in what God has done for us.

 

Understanding freedom is a bit like understanding kite flying. If the wind is strong, the kite goes higher, and grows smaller and smaller as it tugs against the string. The harder the wind blows, the higher the kite rises. Then let’s say the string breaks! The kite is free, but no longer soars higher. It is tumbling, and crashes to the ground or becomes tangled in the trees. What kept the kite airborne was the restraint of the string. When that was lost, the kite was unable to fly. We are never freed until we are restrained by something that pulls us higher and higher.

 

There is no freedom in life until one belongs to God. Every other form of it is an illusion. We find the freedom to achieve the greatest desires of our lives only when we live in that relationship. The loving life of freedom is lived out wisely as we follow the Holy Spirit in how we live. Paul offers us a life empowered by the Holy Spirit when he writes in

Galatians 5:22-23- " But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." NLT

 

We have been freed for resting in what God has done for us and responding with a life empowered by the Holy Spirit.
As Christians we should always take our freedom  joyously, we ( nation ) is   founded on freedom , specially the ultimate freedom in Jesus Christ.  This freedom in Christ calls us to celebrate it, to share and to live it out each day. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free! 

 

R.Burkey

 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. read more »

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Si puedes creer - Marcos Witt (con letra)

No vivas en sequia

Nuestro país esta pasando por un gran periodo de sequía, es muy frecuente ver cuando viajamos por campos que antiguamente estaban reverdecidos, ahora totalmente secos, tierras totalmente áridas, podemos apreciar a simple vista que el ambiente que reina es un ambiente de muerte, si viajamos cerca del mar podemos percibir el olor característico de la muerte, el olor a podrido, y todo esto es debido a que por la gran sequía que hay, parte de las playas se han secado, y por lo tanto la vida que antes ahí abundaba, ha muerto. Viéndolo así de esta manera no hay que ser tan hábil para sacar la siguiente conclusión, Donde Abunda la Sequía Abunda La Muerte.

De igual manera sucede con las personas, todos contamos con un pedazo de tierra el cual necesita agua para que en él abunde la vida, y este pedazo de tierra es el corazón, de tal manera que si no le suministramos el agua que necesita, el ambiente que en el reinara será un ambiente de muerte. Por lo tanto el ser humano necesita encontrar una fuente de agua que sea inagotable para que pueda mantener su corazón fresco y así de esta manera no ser afectado por la sequía.
 Jesús es nuestra  Fuente Inagotable .....  El Mundo es fuente agotable ,  Jesús es la fuente de agua viva . Con EL no tendremos sed jamás, en  (Juan 7:38) dice, Por nuestro interior correrán ríos de agua viva. " Tendremos Vida Eterna "
 El agua del mundo no calma nuestra sed,  Si bebemos de este mundo recibiremos muerte Y Nuestra sed sera siempre insatisfecha . Este mundo no tiene lo que sacia nuestro espiritu. Solo Jesús puede hacer que por nuestro interior corran ríos de agua viva que traera paz interior y felicidad. Que este dia nos decidamos ser saciados de su Fuente inagotable!

Heaven

While Paul was on the Damascus Road on his way to persecute Christians, He saw heaven open up but whether this was heaven itself or just the first heaven where he saw the light, we cannot be sure.  Acts 9:3-4 described what Paul saw, “As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”  We do not know for sure, according to the scriptures, whether this was the third heaven, where the throne of God was or not, but can assume it was not for Paul only heard a voice from heaven and he saw only a light from heaven.  Nonetheless, heaven is for real and it exists today in every sense of the word.
You may have read or heard about many who have died and seen heaven for themselves.  They describe such a realm that is beyond description.  Some who died and came back to life have said they have seen their lost loved ones in heaven, their family, friends, and some even their pets.  This is difficult to prove, yet the sheer number of those who have seen heaven and came back from death is hard to refute; only they themselves know this for certain.  But the Bible does describe some of what heaven is like in the scriptures.  It is, from the human standpoint, indescribable (I Cor. 2:9).
One young man asked his friend, why don't you go partying  like most of us, and the friend said, I believe in God , in heaven and hell. The young man answered,  how are you  so sure about heaven and hell, no one has seen it. The friend answered, true, I haven't seen it , I only believe what the word of God say. The friend said, I don't believe none of it, that's why I live however I want. You sure are wasting your youth not doing what you want. The friend said, Look, if its true or not what the word of God says, I will not take my chances, because what IF it's all true. Living for God may not be the easiest thing to do, but when we consider heaven our eternal home, it is all worth it!

Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life. Revelation 21:27