“Broken Chains”

 Psalm 107:14

He led them from the darkness and deepest

gloom; He snapped their chains.  (NLT)

     It is only through the power of God’s saving grace that anyone can escape their bondage to sin and the darkness that is consuming our world.  Only the resurrection power of our Lord God and Savior can break the chains that hold us captive to the life destroying evil that infects our minds, hardens our hearts, and kills our souls—an evil that lurks in every dark corner of our lives waiting to sink its deadly fangs into our sinful flesh.  The only Way to break the chains of bondage that Satan holds over his victims is by the nail scared hands of our Savior, Christ Jesus, whose death and resurrection has broken the heavy chains of sin and death.  Once the chains are broken, and you are led into the Light of the Living God, you can live freely from the power of sin without fear for your life.  Jesus Christ is the Truth that sets you free.  There is no victory without Jesus my friend, it's simply impossible. 

     As prideful people we can always fool ourselves and others by saying we can break our sinful appetites by hunkering down and not indulging in them, but without the sanctifying power of God the Holy Spirit, that evil power from Hell will pull us back into its darkness and whisper what a failure we have been.  The sinful hungers of our carnal flesh are strong and our fallen human wills are fickle, but the power of God will always trump the evil powers of darkness.  For no matter how deep the stain of your sins may be, the blood of Jesus can clean them all.  Jesus is the Power and the Way, and He knows what it takes, because He has personally defeated the power of sin and death, and He offers it to you.  But you must never give up and never lose faith, because even though the struggles are hard and the battle is tough, the victory over death is yours in Christ Jesus!

                                   A Whisper of Hope 

Take My nail scared hand, dear child…and let Me lead you into the Light and away from the decay of this dark and evil world.  I Am your only Way out; your only Hope for living in My glorious Light forever.

Colossians 1:11-13

May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father, who has

enabled you to share the inheritance that belongs to God’s holy

people, who live in the Light. For He has rescued us from the

one who rules in the kingdom of darkness, and He has brought

us into the Kingdom of His dear Son.  (NLT)

                  So Christ has really set us free.

                             (Galatians 5:1)