No Longer Weak A PLACE TO GATHER STRENGTH! A place to help from being afraid! Please feel free to comment Moderated By: Christa DeJarnett Members: 170 Created On: Apr 1, 2009 I walk around with these chains on my feet, and my hands frequently tied. At times it seems as if I have broken free, only to find that I am held prisoner again. Is this you? Are you feeling my pain? Maybe you don't even realize the bondage you are in because you have been surviving in it for so long. You are unsure of how to break loose, or maybe, just maybe, you are waiting for someone to slip you the key under the iron gates of your prison door. Look! Look down right in front of your eyes! The key is there, waiting for you to just grab it. That is the hardest part, believing that this really is the key you have been hoping for, wishing for, praying for. You have been praying for so long, you don't even believe that God hears you. Well, guess what, you are reading this aren't you! I promise you that not only does God hear you, but he is standing in front of you, waiting to rescue you from the slavery you have been put in. If my hands and feet are in shackles, how am I to dance freely? I don't know about you, but I love to dance! And believe it or not, Jesus is better than any dancing partner you could ever have. Fear, in definition says it is a powerful, unpleasant feeling of risk or danger, either real or imagined. Powerful, unpleasant - that's an understatement - real or imagined! The enemy comes to attack steel and destroy. When he comes, he brings the biggest, baddest, and his best. One of which is fear. Think about what fear is and how it affects your life. Everyone is attacked by fear. Fear of not being good enough, fear of not being pretty enough, fear of not knowing the right words to say, fear of feeling inadequate to those around us, fear of not getting the job, fear of not being able to feed my family, fear of being alone, fear of dying; and the list goes on and on. Fear can debilitate your life to the point of destruction. You could be living in fear's torment for so long, that you don't even recognize that there is another way to live. You have given up, thrown in the towel, and surrendered. I know this feeling, I was there. I want to point out the key word I just used...WAS! Yes, we all battle everyday a war that we have no idea the magnitude in which it is being fought. But I stood and faced fear strait in the eyes and decided to reclaim my life the way God intended me to live, free! Free from bondage, and free from the slavery of sin. We have power to overcome all because we have someone on our side who has overcome it all, Jesus Christ.

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