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We hope you enjoy this week's message.

I want to begin reading in 1 Samuel chapter 16, verse 23.

It says, whenever the tormenting spirit troubled Saul, David would play the harp.

Then Saul would feel better and the tormenting spirit would go away.

Let's pray.

Holy Spirit, I thank you that you're already here doing great things.

I thank you for strength in my vocal cords.

I thank you for this precious group of

people, arrest their attention. And may the truth of your word be preached with power and authority,

with clarity and with accuracy, with love and compassion. In Jesus' name, and everyone says,

Amen. Amen. The Bible says that David would play the harp for King Saul, and when he did, Saul would feel relief.

But the problem was that Saul was never delivered.

Relief without freedom is not deliverance.

If I could tell the message anything today, it would be that.

From relief to freedom. From relief to freedom. Saw experienced relief, but he never experienced freedom. He felt better, but he never got free. And the Bible says,

as I read that verse, David's worship, soothed Saul's torment, but it never healed his heart.

And I feel like the Lord is saying today, that's how many believers are living. We love moments that make us feel better, but we avoid what would actually make us free. Saul wanted relief without submission.

He wanted comfort without change. That sounds a lot like the American church. But feeling better is not the same as being free.

You can be soothed and still be bound.

Can we be real today?

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