Break Free
For by whom a man is overcome . . . he is the slave.
I cut the bonds of sin which bound you to evil. With loving Hands I replaced each with my cords of Love, which bound you to Me, your Lord.
The power of evil is subtle. A cut cord, a snapped cord, would awaken your slumbering conscience, but strand by strand, so carefully, with gentleness cunningly acquired, evil works until a cord is free. Even then the work is slow, but oh, so sure, until presently the old bond I severed is binding you to evil, strand by strand.
Snap off these returning fetters. Satan hath desire to have you that he may sift you as wheat. He works with an efficiency My servants would do well to copy. He has marked you as one who will increasingly bring souls to Me.
I cut the bonds of sin which bound you to evil. With loving Hands I replaced each with my cords of Love, which bound you to Me, your Lord.
The power of evil is subtle. A cut cord, a snapped cord, would awaken your slumbering conscience, but strand by strand, so carefully, with gentleness cunningly acquired, evil works until a cord is free. Even then the work is slow, but oh, so sure, until presently the old bond I severed is binding you to evil, strand by strand.
Snap off these returning fetters. Satan hath desire to have you that he may sift you as wheat. He works with an efficiency My servants would do well to copy. He has marked you as one who will increasingly bring souls to Me.
Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. Jude 1:24-25
This devotion let me look-up some verses and think things over and make an "My walk @Talk" blogpost
Proverbs 5:22 (New International Version)
22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;
the cords of his sin hold him fast.
the cords of his sin hold him fast.
Proverbs 5:22 (The Message)
21-23 Mark well that God doesn't miss a move you make;
he's aware of every step you take.
The shadow of your sin will overtake you;
you'll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark.
Death is the reward of an undisciplined life;
your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.
Proverbs 16:6 (New International Version)
he's aware of every step you take.
The shadow of your sin will overtake you;
you'll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark.
Death is the reward of an undisciplined life;
your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.
Proverbs 16:6 (New International Version)
6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.
through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.
Proverbs 16:6 (The Message)
6 Guilt is banished through love and truth;
Fear-of-God deflects evil.
Fear-of-God deflects evil.
Indeed Lord I want to break free....I need to break free.....
I always think in pictures.........
Picture myself in my walk and talk with The Lord : I saw beeing as FREE as an butterfly......
But the catterpillar is to me as interesting as the butterfly to look at it as an symbol.....of how i grow in my faith and get disciplined not to walk in sin ( as above said to stumbling all over myself in the dark).
The catterpillar is transforming and breaking out of the cocoon of entanglement.......
Yes Lord in some area's of my life i am like an butterfly but in others i am still in an cocoon entangled....stumbling in the dark because i am not disciplined enough to surge for Your Truth......or even afraid to surge for the truth.......or be confronted with it!
But YOU cut and are cutting the cords of evil Lord Jesus.......so I AM NOT TOTALLY in the dark like the catterpillar......the cocoon is cracking and letting in Your light.....My conscience is awakened because of Your LOVE and TRUTH........
YOU are drawing me in with Your cords of Love!!
Your spirit what dwells in me Lord Jesus humbles me and make me walk more in Fear of the Father.......
Yes before my will was strong and i felt proud so fear for My Father was pushed away......
my prayer is to let My Will diminish and Your will grow in me.......
That Your spirit of Love in me BREAK FREE all the cords of sin in my life...so i can walk in Love and Truth and become an beautiful butterfly ..........AMEN
"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was
over, it turned into a butterfly."
Unknown
"How does one become a butterfly?" she asked pensively.
"You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give
up being a caterpillar."
Trina Paulus
Pictures from this site"You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give
up being a caterpillar."
Trina Paulus
Romans 12!