Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.

Hebrews 12, verse 1.

Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread.

Entangled was written by Jennifer Benson Schultt and read by Rochelle Trubb.

Hebrews chapter 12, verses 1 through 3.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off

everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfector of faith.

For the joy set before him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame,

and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners

so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Entangled, written by Jennifer Benson Schultt.

Watermelon vines had overtaken my garden.

They snaked across the stone path, climbed the fence, and, worst of all, tried to choke my favorite vegetable plants.

I knew the garden wouldn't thrive unless I took action.

So, one evening, I went to work uncurling tendrils from

stems and leaves. When the coils grew back, I kept removing them until the vegetable plants

finally matured and produced plump tomatoes and shiny peppers. Sins like greed, lust, and hate can overtake our lives, like the vines that tried to dominate my garden.

Left untended, the seed of a wrong thought may develop until it controls our desires and actions,

like a sin that so easily entangles and holds us back from

growing spiritually the writer of Hebrews encourages us to throw off everything

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