We made plenty of yummy treats for the Christmas holidays, which included my all time favorite peanut butter balls. I can even see them as I’m typing this entry. No, I’m not drooling, but close. (Lol) On top of all this yumminess, I received my favorite candy bar in my bag of goodies from my wife, which was in addition to the box of Sees Candies I received yesterday from the newest member of our family.
So this morning, as I was on my way out to my first discipleship appointment of the day, I saw all these “tempting” items on our kitchen counter staring up at me. If you’ve read my book or heard my story, you know that sweets were/are one of my drugs of choice.
To God’s praise and glory, I’ve seen Him change my life in this area. Using my biblical tools, I could stare back at those treats and say, “Thank you Jesus that You taste so much sweeter and are less fattening than all those treats staring up at me!” In His power I was able to walk out the door to my appointment without popping anything into my mouth.
The Spirit given biblical tools work to get us free and to keep us free. The moment we decide that we’re strong, we need to realize that we’re weak without Jesus. If you and I don’t continually pick up our tools each and every day, whether we’re at home or out and about, we can easily slip back into the old thinking and fall to gorging ourselves on all those delectable treats.
We need our tools now more than ever. We’re more susceptible to falling to our drugs of choice during the Christmas/New Year season because most of us are out of our normal routines. Therefore, I greatly encourage you to keep picking them up and using them through the Spirit’s power to continually walk in victory, no matter how your day unfolds.
Set Free No“W”ww

Not what you thought a king sized bed should look like, huh? Yet this is where the King of Kings was humbly laid by his mother – an animal’s feeding trough – on that first Christmas. Jesus, creator of the universe, humbled Himself to not only become a man, but to do it by going through the birthing process as well!
Isaiah 9 reveals that Jesus came as a child to be a Prince of Peace. We must humble ourselves to make Him our King. As we do this with each decision, He brings more and more of His peace into our lives.
This Christmas, is Jesus the Prince of Peace or your King who brings you peace? He humbled Himself to make it happen. Will you do the same each and every day, starting again with today?
“S”et Free Nowww

A famous poet once said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” This is what Jesus came to do that first Christmas. He came to be “the Way, the Truth and the Life.” He cut a new trail, the only trail that leads to a relationship with a very personal God.
Healthy Jesus believers don’t follow a trail made by others. They have learned how to listen to and follow Jesus throughout their day no matter where they are so they can walk on the only path that satisfies, the one created by the Way Himself.
Put your biblical tools to good use today through walking with the Spirit. Do this and you will make and leave a trail wide and clear enough for others to see and follow the one you say you love, Jesus. Now there’s living a life that will count for eternity!
Set Free Now“W”w

“This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24) Today is the day to rejoice for what He has done for you. Right now is the right time to praise Him for Who He is. This very moment is the time to be glad. Why? Your God, not only wants to be with you, but is also in you.
Think on that for a moment. The God of the universe, the one who created you, says that He wants to be with you…yes you. We can rejoice in the fact that we have a personal God who wants to personally walk with us in person everyday everywhere. Paul says, “Rejoice in the Lord always for the Lord is near.” In fact, He is within you!
The angels rejoiced that first Christmas morning over the fact that “today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is the Christ the Lord.” Today is the day to rejoice and we have a lot to rejoice over this time of year. Jesus came to live in and with us. It’s pretty hard to be down in the dumps, which can lead to our drugs of choice, when we’re rejoicing…today, right now, this very moment.
“S”et Free Nowww

“Man, I’m not going that way” is what I thought as I did an about face. It had rained rather heavily yesterday leaving all the dirt roads around my house full of mud and puddles of water. After seeing one particular puddle filled street, I decided to walk only on paved roads.
This strategy could only take me so far. There are only so many paved streets where I can walk to and from my house. So here I am having a good time with the Lord, when I see it. The last road home is 90% paved and wouldn’t you know it, the 10% was filled with good sized ankle deep puddles. This would be no problem if had the right tools with me, like a set of rubber boots, which I didn’t. I was wearing my cross training shoes as it was my intention to stay on the pavement. Fortunately for me I was able to navigate around them on “dry” ground.
Life is like this walk. I avoided taking the hill path because I knew there would be mud everywhere. Thus, I decided to stay on the pavement where I thought I would be on firm dry ground the entire way. My best intentions and planning were for not as sometimes life happens. This is why it is essential that we listen to and follow Jesus everyday everywhere. We must carry and be ready to use our biblical tools at all times. You never know what life or your enemy will put in your way.
If you want to walk around in soggy shoes or go backwards, leave your tools at home. If you want to keep going forward be ready to practice using them throughout your day.
“SET FREE NOWWW”