FREE ......

2nd Peter 2:19
19 They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.

I see many things in our lives today that are in control of us. This past year has seemed to be a long one and for many of us probably the longest of our lives. Since mom has left - it just seems like on one hand it was yesterday and those emotions can easily get away from us but then again it seems like it's been so long ago. I can still see momma smiling and hear her laughing - I can feel her love in my heart and when I look at Kyle - I see a child who misses his grandma. Friends this life will go on and if we continue to keep our minds and hearts in one place - frozen in time - we will never move forward. Its a decision we all have to make each day in moving on from our struggles and the paths that life has us on. Our problems and stuggles all have a reason and many times the hardest part is knowing what to do about them. Back in Sept my pastor preached a sermon on breaking free - and I would like to share this with you this morning. F.R.E.E -
Focus on something better - Proverbs 23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Friends make a choice and decide to not focus on the things that keep you down and with a weight around you neck - you can only swim for so long.

Restore broken relationships - Romans 12:18 As far as responsibility goes, love at peace with everyone.

Enlist support from others - You need others in your life - Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 "Two are better off than one, because together .... if one of them falls down, the other can help him up. But if someone is alone and falls... there's no one to help him". Help each other carry the load and the burdens we have. If we have to do everything our selves - we wont last long. Reach out friends to others - ask them how they are doing, is there anything you can do, can I come over and bring a meal - pray together and do this life together.

Extend yourslef to other people - Extend youself so that you can help others. Help others carry their burdens and together a team is formed. Not only will you enjoy and experience a blessing - so will they.

Friends, you do not have to wait to make yourself clean before you ask Jesus into your heart. He accepts you the way you are - hangups, problems, past, future and issues that keep you down, bad decisions, regrets - its all given to Jesus when you accept Him as your Lord and Savior. We do not have to wait until the season is ripe and our we think we have it all worked out. Only through faith in Jesus - that he died and rose again for you - forgiving you of your sins and in accepting Him into your heart - He gives you new life and a new purpose with meaning and direction. The old has past away and you are a clean and fresh - forgiven and white as snow.

Romans 6:12-13 -
12-14That means you must not give sin a vote in the way you conduct your lives. Don't give it the time of day. Don't even run little errands that are connected with that old way of life. Throw yourselves wholeheartedly and full-time—remember, you've been raised from the dead!—into God's way of doing things. Sin can't tell you how to live. After all, you're not living under that old tyranny any longer. You're living in the freedom of God.

Enjoy the freedom from your old life - leave all those things in the past and rise a new person under Jesus. Experience what He has to offer! Why stay where you are? There is truth and promise - do you have that now?

Acts 4 -
12Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

Carry on loved ones - with a decision to be made - with Jesus or without. A new path awaits you.... or continue on the one you currently are on. The choice is yours....... the time is now to break FREE>

Randy~