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Portland, Oregon
Smack dab in the middle of the Lloyd Center mall is this huge U.S. flag. I purposefully placed a person in this picture to give you some perspective on just how big this flag is. You can't miss it.
Americans, Canadians and Russians alike are proud to wave the flag of their countries. Our flags are more than pieces of cloth, they represent everything for which our nations stand. For us in the United States our flag stands for freedom.
Freedom is also the flag that we wave in the Christian community.
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1 New International Version
The freedom of which Paul speaks is our freedom from sin, death and the devil. The power of Jesus' sacrifice for us is the power to set us free. Our freedom consists in the fact that the devil cannot damn us, death cannot rule us, and sin cannot control us. Though we will struggle with sin, death and the devil, Christ has set us free from their power.
When Paul states, "and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery" he encourages us to continue to wave the banner of freedom that is ours by faith in Jesus. Satan would have us doubt our liberty, but we are free.
It's time for us to proudly wave the flag of God's freedom.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
Americans, Canadians and Russians alike are proud to wave the flag of their countries. Our flags are more than pieces of cloth, they represent everything for which our nations stand. For us in the United States our flag stands for freedom.
Freedom is also the flag that we wave in the Christian community.
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1 New International Version
The freedom of which Paul speaks is our freedom from sin, death and the devil. The power of Jesus' sacrifice for us is the power to set us free. Our freedom consists in the fact that the devil cannot damn us, death cannot rule us, and sin cannot control us. Though we will struggle with sin, death and the devil, Christ has set us free from their power.
When Paul states, "and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery" he encourages us to continue to wave the banner of freedom that is ours by faith in Jesus. Satan would have us doubt our liberty, but we are free.
It's time for us to proudly wave the flag of God's freedom.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2013 Douglas P. Brauner. ARR.
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