John 8:36 (NKJV) 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
Prisons aren’t nice places.
They are full of people who have broken laws and committed crimes of various types. Some are bad, while others are very, very bad. You might even use the word “heinous” to describe some of these crimes. Some of them are unspeakable in their atrocity.
As the criminals in a jail are imprisoned, so can we also be imprisoned by our own sins, our past and our wounds.
Sometimes we are imprisoned by the things others have done to us, not the things we have done to them. People can be hurtful. Sometimes it’s intentional. Sometimes it’s unintentional. Either way, it hurts.
And if we hold onto that hurt, it holds us in a prison of pain and anger. And if we don’t forgive them and let it go, we can also become prisoners of unforgiveness, bitterness and hatred toward them.
This is a deep, dark prison cell that can slowly eat us up and destroy us, if we let it.
But Jesus came and died to set us free from this prison! He came to set free those who are in prison cells of unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, anger and so much more.
He’s holding out His hand today. And in His hand is the key that unlocks the prison door. That key can set us free from the prison we’re in.
He’s offering it to us. Will we take it? Will we let Him set us free?
It’s up to us. It’s our choice and our decision. Reach out and take it!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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