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1. Can You Dig It?

Genesis 26:1-35

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... with other folks, when we need to look to ourselves for solutions to our own problems. We can't determine reality and our future if we can't define what's real and what isn't real! We can't be free until our minds, hearts, and souls are unshackled from the inability to define who we are and why we are. We must have the freedom to analyze, define, and describe the nature of the problems which face us. We must possess the courage to press on in hope as we build a realizable future for ourselves and ...

2. Are You Under Arrest?

Heb 5:11-13; 10:39

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Robert Noblett

... by our sin, it is the heartfelt knowledge of God’s grace that liberates us. When we are incarcerated by ignorance, it is the knowledge conveyed in the gospel that sets us free. When we feel cornered by our fear, it is the watered seedbed of faith that unshackles us. What is arrest, really, if it is not a refusal to believe in life’s liveableness? Over the years there has emerged from books and films the figure of the scout. The scout is one who goes before the larger number and evaluates what lies ahead ...

3. The Cry Of Freedom

Matthew 22:15-22

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Eric Ritz

... will dominate in our lives now? As I wrestled with this text, I became increasingly convicted that what Paul was declaring is that when we commit ourselves to Christ we aren't just being FREED FROM SOMETHING ” BUT BEING FREED FOR SOMETHING. It is not only an unshackling but a call to be elevated for a greater spiritual journey. We are being FREED TO SERVE GOD, and rendering invalid all the other small gods that wish to dominate and control our lives. It is true: unless we are freed by Christ, no man or ...

4. Something To Die For

Mark 10:35-45

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King Duncan

... now to our story about the Civil War. It has an exciting ending. Colonel Joshua Chamberlain had a decision to make. He had been ordered to shoot 120 deserters or take them with him. When he reached these frightened men he immediately ordered that they be unshackled. Then he fed them a meal before listening to their grievances. He told them that he was ordered to shoot those who would not follow him into battle. But he promised them that he would not give that order. He told the men, "This is free ground ...

5. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

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Phil Thrailkill

... in Chicago- The Pacific Garden Mission. Lori and I were on the way from a science museum to an art exhibit (I believe vacations are for learning!), and there it was on the left side of the street. I first knew it through the dramatized radio program Unshackled which tells the stories of those whose lives were turned around by faith in Christ and the help of the mission. Down-and-out to up-and-on is a story line with endless variations. Jesus Christ is in the conversion business, and those who turn to ...

6. The Seven Delightful Blessings of the Word of God in the Believer's Life

Psalm 119:169-176

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Michael Milton

... . They were, to me, like caged songbirds singing for the love of the Lord. Christianity is a religion of singing. For though we have been slaves of sin, slaves of our own passions; yet, there is, through faith in Jesus, a dramatic snapping of the chain, an unshackling of the manacles, and in Jesus we see our freedom, our future, our righteousness. The Word Brings Help in Our Time of Need Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts (Psalm 119:173). The psalmist seeks the help of the ...

7. Bitterness: How to Overcome What You Undergo

Hebrews 12:14-15

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James Merritt

... , by your grace and with your help, I will forgive him, and I do forgive him." At that exact moment Markham said he could feel the root of bitterness being pulled out and the river of joy flowing back into his heart. He said at that moment his mind was unshackled, his pen was loosened, and he then sat down and wrote perhaps his most famous poem entitled, "Outwitted." He drew a circle that shut me out— Heretic rebel a thing to flout; But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in.4 ...

8. Conflict Resolution (Series: Fundamentals of Family)

Colossians 3:1-17

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J. Howard Olds

... two persons to reconcile. You can forgive those with whom you desire no further relationship. Forgiveness is not going back. It’s moving forward. Forgiveness is A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO MOVE ON. We forgive when we are ready to move toward a future unshackled from a painful past that we cannot undo. Forgiveness begins with a “desire in the heart.” We want something better for ourselves than we presently feel. Forgiveness is not a matter of ought; it is a matter of opportunity. My preaching can make ...

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