Being Free from Controlling Thoughts, Feelings, Desires, and Habits

Daily writing promptWhat does freedom mean to you?View all responses

Freedom isn’t words. It isn’t an idea or an ideal. Freedom isn’t a form of government. It isn’t produced by patriotism. Freedom is within. If a person is bound to thoughts, feelings, desires, and habits, he or she isn’t free.

God is always wanting to communicate with people so He can set them free, but we are too often unwilling to hear His voice speaking within us (especially when He disagrees with us). A person who is too distracted (or unwilling) to receive direct communication from the living God will be swept along by the inner wolves of self-driven desires and insecurities and by the influence of self-focused people.

Wolves within your heart that are camouflaged in sheep’s clothing cause much confusion and corrosion. Ask God to reveal them to you so you can drive them out and find peace at last.

True Christian leadership always glorifies the Lord. Any leadership that glories in personal accomplishment isn’t Christian. It’s a slave to self-focus. Whoever tries to convince people that he is more than he is becomes less, because he becomes a deceiver and a liar. Be honest and humble.

Lies can shout loud and long. That makes them deceptively dangerous, but it never makes them true. Neither hate a person because of their words and behaviors nor accept and embrace words or behaviors because of a person.

If you always reply to replies, a conflict or disagreement will never end. Try something different. Do what Jesus said to do. “Bless those who curse you.” Then notice what happens to the conflict.

The more you defend sin, the more you become its detainee. Then you stay captured and chained to its compulsive thoughts, desires, and behaviors.

There is something that God has given me the ability to do that brings great joy and freedom in God as well as intense awareness of His presence far beyond anything my emotions, intellect, or physical pleasure can produce. The Bible calls it speaking in tongues. It’s something completely supernatural that I could never do without God. It’s an inner flow of unending words from deep within me (that I don’t know) that can be spoken and released at any time. Whenever I do, I am embraced with a closeness to God that is indescribable. This humbling yet incredible and undeserved gift from God has released power and peace and healing and so many other wonderful things within me. Its benefit is incalculable. I highly recommend asking God for this gift and using it throughout each day.

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