I've read the Bible from cover to cover. I haven't found the first place where he promised to deliver us from our friends. But he does promise to deliver you from your enemies. So you've got to hate what God hates. You've got to despise what God despises. You've got to take God's attitude about

everything in your life. If you have a little pet bondage and it's your friend, you'll never get rid of it.

Are you in bondage to sin or addiction? It might be because you've made friends with it. Hello,

and thanks for stopping by for today's Destin for Victory with Pastor Paul Shepard.

Always glad to have you with us.

Well, Jesus came to give you freedom,

not merely the eternal freedom that comes through salvation,

but the kind of freedom here on earth to overcome sin and to walk in the will of God for your life.

But as long as we're alive here,

there will be a battle for that freedom.

Today will help you understand how to win that battle.

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Now to see what it can look like to live the abundant life Jesus wants to give you,

let's pay close attention to Pastor Paul's Destined for Victory Message when Jesus comes.

Isaiah chapter 61 where verses 1 through 3 serve as the foundation text for our current series.

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is on me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,

to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God,

to comfort all who mourn and provide for those who grieve in Zion,

to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,

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