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Fight to Follow

    When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, they were washed away. He died so that we could be free. Free from sin, free from shame, free from sickness, free from bondage in any way in our lives. We don't have to wait to live in these truths because it has already been given to us! His death completed the job. Why aren't we living in that freedom? 

John 19:30 Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (NIV)

    Although Jesus died to give us life, many of us are still living in death. We have accepted darkness in our lives as "just the way it is" instead of casting it out. We have let Satan walk all over us instead of fighting His control over our lives with Jesus. Why are we accepting death and darkness in our lives when redemption, joy, and life are readily available for us? 

    Let me tell you friends, when we have Jesus, we have absolute authority over darkness and sin's hold on our lives. We can cast out those things and they have to go. The name of Jesus gives us the power we need to overcome this world like He has. 

John 14:13-14 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. (NIV)
Matthew 21:22 And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. (NASB)
John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. (NIV)

    We can no longer be living in defeat my brothers and sisters! It is time to claim authority over our lives in Jesus' name. It is time to be living in the power of Jesus through the Holy Spirit, and not in our own strength. He works in us and through us and we have no excuses to live defeated when we have His power available to us. Wake up and start living free of the things that enslave you to the god of this world so you can start living fully for Jesus! He needs your full, undivided attention. I will say it again: wake up and fight to follow Jesus. You are free!

John 14:16-20 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. (NIV)

John 8:32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (ESV)
Galatians 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (ESV)
1 Peter 2:16 Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. (ESV)
Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (ESV)
2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. (ESV)

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