Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from Zach Williams singing his song … Chain Breaker … powerfully singing of how those of us who’ve been freed from the chains of sin by the “Chain Breaker” need to testify to that freedom to others shackled in their chains now.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Ephesians 1:7 [NLT] … 7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.
… As the linked song sings, “may all who come behind us find us faithful” to our Lord and Savior, Jesus, the Christ!
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Highlight Passage [context]: Ephesians 1:3-14 [NLT] …USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches of the blessing of freedom from the shackles of sin found when we repent of our past sinfulness and believe in the “Chain Breaker,” our Savior, King Jesus!
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Reference Passage : … Lamentations 3:22-23 [NLT] … 22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. 23 Great is His faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.
… God is always merciful and faithful and willing to share His mercy with those who’ve surrendered to His Spirit
Reference Passage : … John 8:31-32 [NLT] … 31 Jesus said to the people who believed in Him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
… We who have rested our faith in Jesus and His teaching find freedom from the chains of our sin nature thru His grace.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Amy Boucher Pye, used a touching image of how we, as Christians, are set free from the chains of sin (see photo) when we receive the saving grace which comes from our faith in the “Chain Breaker” … The ODB author wrote: We found our visit to Christ Church Cathedral in Stone Town, Zanzibar, deeply moving, for it sits on the site of what was formerly the largest slave market in East Africa. The designers of this cathedral wanted to show through a physical symbol how the gospel breaks the chains of slavery. No longer would the location be a place of evil deeds and horrible atrocities, but of God’s embodied grace.
Those who built the cathedral wanted to express how Jesus’s death on the cross provides freedom from sin—that which the apostle Paul speaks of in his letter to the church at Ephesus: “In him we have redemption through his blood” (Ephesians 1:7).
I really don’t think I need to write any further explanation if any reader here takes the time to hear the linked song by Zach Williams and meditate on the scriptures above.
King Jesus is our “Chain Breaker,” isn’t He? And when we come to Him with repentant faith in His finished work on the cross, as in the photo, our shackles of sin are broken forever. Can I get a witness of praise and a resounding HALLELUJAH?!!
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for setting me free from myself.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Let me testify openly and often to any who’ll listen of how you set me free from my shackles of sin. … Amen
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