Comments on: How To Get Free

by: jon birch

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:57:26 +0000

this is not simplistic… this is fantastic stuff… real wisdom my friend.
the most profound experience i’ve had of changing from enslaved to free was with my first marriage. i had a big experience of letting go. after spending a couple of years hanging on to the ankles of my relationship like a jack russell, i was lying on my bed one difficult afternoon and i said to god, ‘i give up, this is all too much, you take this burden i’m too tired.’ the difference in me was remarkable. at the time, i thought letting go meant that my relationship would be restored to me. as it turned, out i was actually prepared for the final breakup, and it was not traumatic in the way that seperation certainly was.
sometimes this story is contraversial to some christians, as they don’t believe god could ever be involved in a marriage break up… but i’m so glad he was. so glad of his grace and acceptance… it’s an experience that keeps me believing.
points 1 to 3 are absolutely true… thankyou for putting it into words so eloquently.

by: Fred

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:50:38 +0000

Can you accurately assess yourself? How do you do that objectively? Don’t you need help?

by: Nate

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:54:31 +0000

There are very few that I hear talk about the liberty that Paul spoke of, and even fewer that have even the slightest inkling of what it is. December 23rd, 1995 was when I became liberated and free. Still am to this day.

by: Blake

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:06:04 +0000

so question my friend… you said “we need to have an appraisal of ourselves”… can you describe what this process looks like for me? Because I have a feeling it really is a process… where does one start? I guess this blog hit home for me because as you said we are ‘enslaved’ by who we are supposed to be, and how we are supposed to act… so how do we connect that with Paul who seemed to be so many things to so many people just so he could preach the gospel… does this make sense or am I just tired?