SET FREE TO LIVE*BY STEVE MC VEY*

SET FREE TO LIVE *
*BY STEVE MC VEY*
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The greatest gift you ever have or ever will receive is the life you
have been given in Jesus Christ. Receiving forgiveness for our sins is
the secondary issue in the life of a Christian. God's purpose in
forgiving us was so that He could give us His life. Divine life resides
within you - think about that for a moment. Divine life resides inside you!

Do you see the possibilities that fact opens up for you? Paul wrote, "I
can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." He got the point.
Do we? Do we really understand the truth that God places desires in our
hearts and then empowers us to see those desires realized?

I challenge you to make only one resolution each year. Resolve to
experience life in Christ to the fullest. After all, that's exactly why
He came. (See John 10:10)

Charge into the remaining months of 2008 with a new boldness that you've
not appropriated before now. Determine to identify the God-given dreams
that may be buried in your heart and bring them back out into the light
of day. Jesus wants to do some unique things through you in this world.
Submit yourself to Him and cooperate with His Spirit and watch miracles
unfold in your life!

Cast off old mind sets that hold you back in life. Renounce the lies
that bind you. Ask your Father to stretch you in your ability to see
things that are not visible in your life yet as though they are real.
After all, "faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction
of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1) I don't mean empty positive
thinking. I'm talking about breaking free from a negative mind set about
God, about yourself and about life.

Let your assumptions about 2008 be based on the viewpoint that your
Heavenly Father gushes with love for you. He "longs to be gracious to
you" and is just waiting for the chance to "have compassion on you."
(See Isaiah 30:18) It thrills Him to pour out His goodness on you!

Let's stop waiting "for the other shoe to drop." Don't appropriate bad
things. Life is full of disappointment and heartache, but you have
divine life residing in you! The life of Christ will overshadow anything
that may strike you in 2008.

Don't limp through life. Instead, run or skip. For that matter, dance
your way through the coming months! God's kingdom really is a party.
It's all about "righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit"
(Romans 14:17). Laugh with Jesus this year.

You have been set free to live. The world is full of dead men walking,
but you don't fit that category. You have been made alive with Christ
(see Ephesians 2:5) and now have the ability to live in His resurrection
power. (Phil. 3:10)

What are you going to do with the rest of this year? Your Father invites
you to join Him on a days journey where He intends to show you some
things you don't expect. He plans to work in you and through you. He
plans to reveal more about Himself to you and to show you every day how
much He loves you.

Relax. Be yourself. You have nothing to prove. Just live. Know that you
are accepted by God and that, with that truth in mind, there's nothing
left to prove. Enjoy the remaining 2008 by letting Jesus live through
you each day. That's all He wants and all we need.