Freedom & LifeSample

A few years ago, I experienced a few unexpected health complications. An unknown ovarian cyst ruptured and following emergency surgery pneumonia developed. Within a few days I had a pleural effusion, or fluid build-up around my lung. Breathing was incredibly difficult and painful. Deep breaths were impossible and shallow breaths just hurt. I was limited in all activities and just walking a few steps felt suffocating. It was a miserable, scary time. Surgery was the only way to fix the problem.

As I recovered from surgery I felt such immense relief that I could finally breathe again. I began to walk and move around again. I could eat, talk and laugh again. I had a new freedom from the limitations of extreme discomfort. I went from struggling to live, to being full of life and it changed everything.

"The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17

When we experience the freedom and life that only God can give, we move from struggling to thriving. He sets us free from the restraints and limitations that hold us back from breathing fully of His freedom. We can dream new dreams and live in a new purpose. His freedom opens doors that only He can open.

The book of Mark tells the story of a paralyzed man who was brought to Jesus by his friends. His situation seemed hopeless. His dreams were limited because of his inabilities. His only hope was Jesus. 

The house Jesus was preaching in was so packed full of people that the friends lowered the man to Jesus through a hole in the roof. He spoke life into the man and the man breathed fully of God’s forgiveness and healing. In an instant, a life that was limited immediately had a new story and a new purpose. He experienced true freedom which enabled him to look beyond himself and to live fully alive.

Bring your limitations, empty dreams and disappointments to Jesus. Breathe fully of His amazing freedom which overflows with grace, mercy, healing and forgiveness. His life in you changes everything!

Declare Today - "I give my struggles to God, and I will walk in the limitless freedom He offers me."

Written by Michele Masteller