freedom – The Beautiful Unfolding

Stand Up

S: when Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to be made well?” John 5:6 (NLT) O: This man had been ill for 38 years – whether or not the man had ever experienced the ability to walk before it does not say,Continue reading “Stand Up”

Let Go

S: And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” Mark 10:21 (ESV) O: I have read this verse a dozen times without seeing what I sawContinue reading “Let Go”

The Whole Truth

S: Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. Mark 5:33 (NIV) emphasis mine. O: Funny how desperation brings about humility. Touching the hem of a stranger’s robe hoping it might be the freedom she’d been seeking, getting calledContinue reading “The Whole Truth”

You Made the Impossible Possible

S: Stunned and bewildered, his disciples asked, “Then who in the world can be saved?” Looking straight into their eyes, Jesus replied, “Humanly speaking, no one, because no one can save himself. But what seems impossible to you is never impossible to God!” Matthew 25-26 (TPT) O: No one can save himself. Not the religiousContinue reading “You Made the Impossible Possible”