Today we'll finish up our week on living poor in spirit by exploring how spiritual freedom is tied to spiritual poverty.

May you be stirred up today to live free as you hold tightly to the truths of God's kingdom. Abundant life is available to us now as we

seek to live low and abide in Jesus. Scripture says, live as people. Our scripture for today comes from 1 Peter 2, verse 16.

Scripture says,

Live as people who are free,

not using your freedom as a cover up for evil,

but living as servants of God.

There is abundant freedom from sin, available to those who in humility and acknowledgement

of their brokenness, look to God for help. God's heart is for freedom. He came, died,

and rose again that we might no longer be entangled to the burdens of this world,

but be set free to experience the fullness of heaven on earth.

Isaiah 61, verse 1, foretold of Jesus' purposes on the earth in saying,

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me

because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives

and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.

Through the powerful sacrifice of Jesus in living and dying for us, we have been set free.

But the Bible is clear that walking in the freedom made available by the blood of Jesus

only happens as we continually yield our lives to him on a daily basis.

Romans 6, verse 7 and verse 11 say,

For one who has died has been set free from sin.

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