A Christ Follower: The Journey

God: The Creative Genius Another Favorite Scripture of Mine.   We are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works that He prepared in advance for us to do . Ephesians 2:10     Yeah, yeah, yeah! I have heard it so many times that I am wondering why we say it so much.  Yes! It is true!  And I praise God Almighty for it:  " For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is a gift of God NOT OF WORKS to prevent anyone from boasting." Or so Ephesians 2:8-9 is recorded.  And I really do get it: God's glorious salvation is a gift! The faith we have to believe in Him is a gift ... even the wonderful and inconceivably generous grace is a gift! True people of God certainly would do well to celebrate.   However, something seems to get lost as one of the most powerful statements get's left out, which is this another favorite of mine ... Ephesians 2:10.  Here we have God, not only ...

Freedom Faith Statements From Freedom IN Christ Ministries     Before you look these statements over, I would like to share something extremely important with you. Each of us has a running conversation in our heads, and many of us allow ourselves A.N.T.s.  Automatic Negative Thinking.  When we do this, we are doing "stinking thinking" which results in dark feelings or stinking feeling.  When you think such thoughts, you are not believing the truth.  And if you are feeling real low there is a good possibility your A.N.T.s are stinging you.         Below I have copied these Freedom Statements from www.ficm.org  .  If they spoken over and over again throughout the day, they will help set you free by replacing your A.N.T.s.  If you habitually speak these freedom words, promises or thoughts from the Bible out loud, eventually your emotions will be more balanced and you will walk free.    ...

  Maintaining Your Freedom Continues   It is for freedom that Christ has set you free.  Stand firm and do not let yourself be burdened by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1     Did you notice something "sticking out" in this passage? It is a simple piece of information that is providing the means for you and me living out a life changing spiritual practice.  Yes Christ has already set us free, but we have a choice to let freedom reign in our lives or to not let it reign.  We can burden ourselves with a yoke that enslaves us or we can throw of the yoke that enslaves us.    My biggest concern here is where I should start.  For me I think the next place we need to examine is not only what we have discussed, which is actually believing we are free and then start living it.  Then the next thing would be to look at the identities of who we are IN Christ.  Freedom In Christ Ministries www.ficm.org  has volumes a...