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Many of us understand what bondage feels like. We feel like chains may be wrapped around multiple times constricting us with each action we make. I, personally, want to break free from the chains, and to live a life filled with God’s grace.

Our battlegrounds may be different but the thing we have in common is the weighty feeling of being held hostage within our own chains.

Do you think about how you will ever get away from ...

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If you’re feeling a little worn down, a bit distracted, stretched thin over the needs of daily life…take a break.

Get away, even if it’s just for a few minutes…even if it’s just to your bedroom or the front porch…and talk to Jesus.

Trust that He is concerned with the things of your life – what you see as big, yes, but also what you shrug off as small…those things you tell yourself that you should be able to deal with on your own.

Sometimes heavy burdens ...

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His love is not a human love it is a God-sized love that has no conditions or boundaries. In fact He crosses human boundaries to get to me every day. There was a time in my life when I walked away like the prodigal, thinking I knew how best to live my life. He waited and He watched then He took action and caused a series of events to happen that brought me to what I would call a "terrible time in my life." It wasn't. In the end it has been one of the many miracles He has worked in my life ...

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Yes, you.

I know that it’s sometimes hard to hold to, this truth that you are important.

But it is true. You have been chosen by God for this place and this time in this world.

Your heart matters to Him, so much that He would not allow sin to hold power over you and keep you from His presence. He sent Jesus to redeem you, because He loved you and He wanted your heart for His own. Your heart, created by His non-erring hand, is valuable to Him…
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With her dark curly hair laying close to her neck and maybe even a little scruffy from a day at play, she composed herself enough to sing a song to her Daddy. The words seemed to be made up as she went because of her overwhelming excitement at his arrival, but maybe they were really thought out and a complete rendition of what was truly in her heart. She finally had his attention and he certainly had all of hers. Since I wasn't there, I can imagine my beautiful niece had a pretend microphone ...

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