Freedom

[VictoryinJesus]

I’ve been studying prison in His word. And “midnight”. I don’t know, sometimes I wonder if I am still in a prison. Around me are countless people and they are held back by something. So, I woke up this morning heart broken and not even wanting to get up. Yesterday we received a call about a young man we tried to help get free from an addiction a year ago and we were told to look at the newspaper. There he was: a mugshot; arrested for possession and intent to sell. When he was found he had overdosed in the back seat and the ones he was with; carrying a car full of meth were no doubt about to dump his body somewhere rather that get caught with the drugs. Somebody, saw the car circling at night with suspicious behavior and called it in. When they approached the car...a little longer and the Narcan would have been pointless. I knew this boy(young man) years ago, wearing polos with a very bright future. Very Intelligent. he sat with us a year ago, sobbing...wanting so desperately to live but not knowing how to live. He almost had life. My husband and he spoke for days while he detoxed. my husband took him to a men’s facility and before we ever saw him again, he had called someone to come get him. I praised God all afternoon yesterday, CERTAIN God placed that person there at that exact moment that this boy’s heart stopped. There is no other explanation. It seemed weird to be so joyful last night while someone had just overdosed and is facing a literal prison now along with their spiritual prison but I was thankful. A verse that stands out to me: Acts 16:25 [25] And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

I pray the prisoners hear our prayers and praising of the Lord by night. So, I intend to stop complaining and start praising. Christ has torn the prison doors off and carried them up the hill. He has torn off the gates of hell. The prison door is open. He went in and brought those captive out. The question is; Why are so many remaining in a prison with an exit?

When you think about it, the Son paid for all mens sin: the prison door was opened then for All men through his blood(flesh). So again, why are prisoners choosing to stay in a prison when there is a door out...open? It is like animals held captive for so long, they can't even recognize an open door to freedom.

Revelation 4:1
[1] After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Don’t know if the animal video is appropriate, but I see people. Free from captivity...

 

[quietthinker]

I’ve been studying prison in His word. And “midnight”. I don’t know, sometimes I wonder if I am still in a prison. Around me are countless people and they are held back by something. So, I woke up this morning heart broken and not even wanting to get up. Yesterday we received a call about a young man we tried to help get free from an addiction a year ago and we were told to look at the newspaper. There he was: a mugshot; arrested for possession and intent to sell. When he was found he had overdosed in the back seat and the ones he was with; carrying a car full of meth were no doubt about to dump his body somewhere rather that get caught with the drugs. Somebody, saw the car circling at night with suspicious behavior and called it in. When they approached the car...a little longer and the Narcan would have been pointless. I knew this boy(young man) years ago, wearing polos with a very bright future. Very Intelligent. he sat with us a year ago, sobbing...wanting so desperately to live but not knowing how to live. He almost had life. My husband and he spoke for days while he detoxed. my husband took him to a men’s facility and before we ever saw him again, he had called someone to come get him. I praised God all afternoon yesterday, CERTAIN God placed that person there at that exact moment that this boy’s heart stopped. There is no other explanation. It seemed weird to be so joyful last night while someone had just overdosed and is facing a literal prison now along with their spiritual prison but I was thankful. A verse that stands out to me: Acts 16:25 [25] And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

I pray the prisoners hear our prayers and praising of the Lord by night. So, I intend to stop complaining and start praising. Christ has torn the prison doors off and carried them up the hill. He has torn off the gates of hell. The prison door is open. He went in and brought those captive out. The question is; Why are so many remaining in a prison with an exit?

When you think about it, the Son paid for all mens sin: the prison door was opened then for All men through his blood(flesh). So again, why are prisoners choosing to stay in a prison when there is a door out...open? It is like animals held captive for so long, they can't even recognize an open door to freedom.

Revelation 4:1
[1] After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Don’t know if the animal video is appropriate, but I see people. Free from captivity...

The Scriptures tell us that Jesus enlightens every man coming into the world. So why are men in darkness? My answer would be pride. That insidious phenomenon that refuses to let go of self.

 

[amadeus]

We can cry out. We can weep as Jesus did. We can share the truth that we know, but many have known only bondage and are afraid to step out or they love their lusts and their prideful attractions too much. But some of us have found ourselves here:

 

[Nancy]

I’ve been studying prison in His word. And “midnight”. I don’t know, sometimes I wonder if I am still in a prison. Around me are countless people and they are held back by something. So, I woke up this morning heart broken and not even wanting to get up. Yesterday we received a call about a young man we tried to help get free from an addiction a year ago and we were told to look at the newspaper. There he was: a mugshot; arrested for possession and intent to sell. When he was found he had overdosed in the back seat and the ones he was with; carrying a car full of meth were no doubt about to dump his body somewhere rather that get caught with the drugs. Somebody, saw the car circling at night with suspicious behavior and called it in. When they approached the car...a little longer and the Narcan would have been pointless. I knew this boy(young man) years ago, wearing polos with a very bright future. Very Intelligent. he sat with us a year ago, sobbing...wanting so desperately to live but not knowing how to live. He almost had life. My husband and he spoke for days while he detoxed. my husband took him to a men’s facility and before we ever saw him again, he had called someone to come get him. I praised God all afternoon yesterday, CERTAIN God placed that person there at that exact moment that this boy’s heart stopped. There is no other explanation. It seemed weird to be so joyful last night while someone had just overdosed and is facing a literal prison now along with their spiritual prison but I was thankful. A verse that stands out to me: Acts 16:25 [25] And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

I pray the prisoners hear our prayers and praising of the Lord by night. So, I intend to stop complaining and start praising. Christ has torn the prison doors off and carried them up the hill. He has torn off the gates of hell. The prison door is open. He went in and brought those captive out. The question is; Why are so many remaining in a prison with an exit?

When you think about it, the Son paid for all mens sin: the prison door was opened then for All men through his blood(flesh). So again, why are prisoners choosing to stay in a prison when there is a door out...open? It is like animals held captive for so long, they can't even recognize an open door to freedom.

Revelation 4:1
[1] After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Don’t know if the animal video is appropriate, but I see people. Free from captivity...

Awesome post, and great video analogy! Your prayers for this boy are most likely being answered, perhaps? He will remember you and your husbands words, the seeds you planted in faith ♥

 

[aspen]

I’ve been studying prison in His word. And “midnight”. I don’t know, sometimes I wonder if I am still in a prison. Around me are countless people and they are held back by something. So, I woke up this morning heart broken and not even wanting to get up. Yesterday we received a call about a young man we tried to help get free from an addiction a year ago and we were told to look at the newspaper. There he was: a mugshot; arrested for possession and intent to sell. When he was found he had overdosed in the back seat and the ones he was with; carrying a car full of meth were no doubt about to dump his body somewhere rather that get caught with the drugs. Somebody, saw the car circling at night with suspicious behavior and called it in. When they approached the car...a little longer and the Narcan would have been pointless. I knew this boy(young man) years ago, wearing polos with a very bright future. Very Intelligent. he sat with us a year ago, sobbing...wanting so desperately to live but not knowing how to live. He almost had life. My husband and he spoke for days while he detoxed. my husband took him to a men’s facility and before we ever saw him again, he had called someone to come get him. I praised God all afternoon yesterday, CERTAIN God placed that person there at that exact moment that this boy’s heart stopped. There is no other explanation. It seemed weird to be so joyful last night while someone had just overdosed and is facing a literal prison now along with their spiritual prison but I was thankful. A verse that stands out to me: Acts 16:25 [25] And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

I pray the prisoners hear our prayers and praising of the Lord by night. So, I intend to stop complaining and start praising. Christ has torn the prison doors off and carried them up the hill. He has torn off the gates of hell. The prison door is open. He went in and brought those captive out. The question is; Why are so many remaining in a prison with an exit?

When you think about it, the Son paid for all mens sin: the prison door was opened then for All men through his blood(flesh). So again, why are prisoners choosing to stay in a prison when there is a door out...open? It is like animals held captive for so long, they can't even recognize an open door to freedom.

Revelation 4:1
[1] After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Don’t know if the animal video is appropriate, but I see people. Free from captivity...

Addiction is a beast

 

[Nancy]

I’ve been studying prison in His word. And “midnight”. I don’t know, sometimes I wonder if I am still in a prison. Around me are countless people and they are held back by something. So, I woke up this morning heart broken and not even wanting to get up. Yesterday we received a call about a young man we tried to help get free from an addiction a year ago and we were told to look at the newspaper. There he was: a mugshot; arrested for possession and intent to sell. When he was found he had overdosed in the back seat and the ones he was with; carrying a car full of meth were no doubt about to dump his body somewhere rather that get caught with the drugs. Somebody, saw the car circling at night with suspicious behavior and called it in. When they approached the car...a little longer and the Narcan would have been pointless. I knew this boy(young man) years ago, wearing polos with a very bright future. Very Intelligent. he sat with us a year ago, sobbing...wanting so desperately to live but not knowing how to live. He almost had life. My husband and he spoke for days while he detoxed. my husband took him to a men’s facility and before we ever saw him again, he had called someone to come get him. I praised God all afternoon yesterday, CERTAIN God placed that person there at that exact moment that this boy’s heart stopped. There is no other explanation. It seemed weird to be so joyful last night while someone had just overdosed and is facing a literal prison now along with their spiritual prison but I was thankful. A verse that stands out to me: Acts 16:25 [25] And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

I pray the prisoners hear our prayers and praising of the Lord by night. So, I intend to stop complaining and start praising. Christ has torn the prison doors off and carried them up the hill. He has torn off the gates of hell. The prison door is open. He went in and brought those captive out. The question is; Why are so many remaining in a prison with an exit?

When you think about it, the Son paid for all mens sin: the prison door was opened then for All men through his blood(flesh). So again, why are prisoners choosing to stay in a prison when there is a door out...open? It is like animals held captive for so long, they can't even recognize an open door to freedom.

Revelation 4:1
[1] After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Don’t know if the animal video is appropriate, but I see people. Free from captivity...

I had to re-read this post as I only skimmed it one time...very good!
"I pray the prisoners hear our prayers and praising of the Lord by night. So, I intend to stop complaining and start praising. Christ has torn the prison doors off and carried them up the hill. He has torn off the gates of hell. The prison door is open. He went in and brought those captive out. The question is; Why are so many remaining in a prison with an exit?" My take on this question is that many, many Christians are uncomfortable excepting His huge grace, they think they have to "do" something in addition to His sacrifice, grace and mercy. Some, even though they will claim His sacrifice in full, still do not understand His grace! Good works come from the heart, not obligation and, even in my own local body I see this. I simply pray for His FULL grace to be truly accepted, and once one realizes how great His grace is-they CAN be free and they WILL desire His will and all that has been etched on the lining of our hearts...so very freeing when once realized ♥