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Don't Pick it Up!



The yoke we bear is so heavy at times. Many times we feel like it will just squash us flat!  I have been  going through this Bible study, Breaking Free by Beth Moore.  As I was reading through the material this week, trying to catch up to where everyone else is, it is revealed to me over and over again!

You can feel completely free from past sins and temptations that surround you today!

Galatians 5:1 says:
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

I don't know about you, but I can't tell you how many times I have laid a past sin or burden down at the foot of the cross and not a few days later picked it back up again!  Sometimes I think that I can handle it on my own...or maybe just feel so guilty over a sin (one that has been confessed and forgiven) that I don't feel worthy of forgiveness and mercy.  We must remind ourselves that Christ died for those sins and God has won the victory over any hardship that we face.

Here is a video that I thought says it even better:


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  1. UnknownJuly 30, 2016 at 3:55 PM

    I so needed this today ... thank you ...

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    1. Cheryl StahlmanJuly 31, 2016 at 4:28 PM

      I am glad that God was able to speak to you through the same thing He was telling me! God is good!

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