“There is no condition that can stop us from living free.”

A thought by Erwin Raphael McManus, (2003-09-04) from his book, Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul (Kindle Locations 237-238). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.

There are so outside situations that can stop us from living free. There are people who live in Red China who are living freer than people who live in the United States. There are people who are poor who are living freer than people who have wealth. There are people who are sick in bed who are freer than those who are young and healthy. There are married people who are living freer than single people.

The Apostle Paul was free while in prison. He wrote a big part of the New Testament. The Apostle John was free on the Isle of Patmos. He wrote 5 books of the NT including the Revelations. Jesus was free on the Cross. He was free to save us. Corrie Ten Boom was free in a Nazi Concentration Camp. Her story has transformed so many people’s lives.

Your situation doesn’t make you free, your Savior does.

As Erwin said on dealing with this thought, “The church of Jesus Christ was not born among a free people, but among the slaves to Rome. Yet not even the Roman Empire had power enough to stop the unleashing of a movement of dreamers and visionaries.” They did not use that as an excuse but as an opportunity.

So what conditions are you using as an excuse from your living out the dream that God has placed in your heart?

So how free are you?

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