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To Whom Or What Are You Bound: the Roadmap To Freedom

a woman who had been crippled and infirm for eighteen years long had a chance encounter with Jesus who healed and made her strong that woman had been in bondage she was bound up in her life now on the road to freedom touched by the hand of Jesus the Christ there are many forms of bondage that bind us up and hems us in physical, psychological and spiritual are just three of them physical bondage is to be restrained be it in jail of a relationship of abuse psychological bondage is to be caught up in stuff which we can't mentally refuse like when the cel phone is closer to your hand than the word of God in bondage to technology with your head and not your heart but spiritual bondage is the strongest for it binds up your heart, mind and soul it's when the devil has taken up residence and is now in total control it constrains you so much that it obliterates your identity unrecognizable to the world, your friends and your family bound up to your detriment where you can see no way out limited in your vision of what true freedom is all about yet that crippled woman understood that what she needed to do in her life was to continue to go to the house of God and pray for the healing touch of Christ for eighteen long years she returned to that temple day after day believing in her heart that God would somehow make a way now set free from her infirmities able to walk upright standing before the Savior her burden now free from sight so to whom or what are you bound? what is it that hinders you in life? you need to follow the roadmap to freedom by seeking the Lord Christ just don't get caught up in pity parties hold fast to what you've prayed straighten up and set your eyes on God as you travel on your way you've been pardoned from your sins by the power of the blood you're now a child of Abraham wrapped up in God's love the roadmap to freedom from disgrace to dignity the roadmap to freedom no longer in spiritual obscurity for God has stepped into the midst of your situation and taken control no longer bound up not broken by sin for He has made you free and whole with loyalty, love and devotion that crippled woman was no longer bound standing tall, touched by the hand of God true freedom in her now found

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Date: 3/18/2011 7:47:00 AM
Very nice write Louise. Enjoyed reading it this morning. I can see your love and respect for the Lord.
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