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Daily Encouragement

DAY 300 OF 366

“Called to be free” - what a lovely description of our high calling in Christ. It reflects his promise, “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). It is vital to understand the nature of this freedom. It is freedom of love. It is the freedom of the emancipated slave who declares, “I love my master; I will not go out free” (Exod. 21:5, AV). It is the freedom of the lover, captivated by the beloved. We are set free from ourselves to “serve one another in love” (Gal. 5:13). Love’s slaves are free. It is the freedom of the Spirit - “So I say, live by the Spirit” (Gal. 5:16). The fullness of the Spirit is the true freedom, and its characteristic is “the fruit of the Spirit.” Harold St. John’s daughter writes of an experience he underwent which was “too sacred to speak about and which lifted him into a radiance and freedom he had never known before. The rather solemn, self-conscious holiness gave way to a sort of uncalculating joy, as though he no longer had to watch his step in the heavenlies; he was at home there, self-forgetful, absorbed in Christ.” Our calling to be free is fulfilled, not in precisely the same experience, but by the same Spirit.
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Daily Encouragement

Daily Encouragement is a year-long, daily devotional written by a life-long missionary. It offers readers a source of strength, direction and joy from the Scriptures as it chronologically unfolds highlighting key passage...

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We would like to thank, David Evans (author), Dan King and Parksville Baptist Church for providing this plan. For more information, please visit: http://pfbc.ca

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