The Son of God died to set you free. Be the one to rise up and say, “I am a child of God. I am not a slave to anything. This ends with me. I am free indeed.”

Joel Osteen Ministries

Today’s Word
Today’s Scripture
“So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.”
John 8:36, AMP

Break Its Hold
We all have things that come against us and try to keep us from our destiny. Research shows that what we struggle with might not have started with us. For complex reasons, issues such as depression, anger, addictions, and divorce often show a pattern from generation to generation. These traits can be passed down from our parents. The good news is that what you’re dealing with may not have started with you, but it can stop with you. God wants to give you rest from those enemies. He wants to put an end to what’s limiting you. But as long as we accept dysfunction as the norm, it will never change. If you see addiction, depression, or lack and struggle as your lot in life, you’ll not only get stuck where you are, but you can pass it on to the next generation.

The Son of God died to set you free. Be the one to rise up and say, “I am a child of God. I am not a slave to anything. This ends with me. I am free indeed.”

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that when Christ conquered death on the cross He broke the power of every negative thing that’s trying to hold me back. Thank You that any stronghold of the enemy within our family line is being destroyed. I believe that I am unquestionably free. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

SECTION TWO

What qualifies you for God’s protection?

I ask this question because I have heard many ministers whose teachings make it seem like you have to qualify for God’s blessings. They make it sound like God blesses you only if you are able to love the Lord with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

This also applies in the area of your protection. When they read, “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him” (boldface mine), they conclude that God’s protection is dependent on us fulfilling the condition of loving the Lord perfectly.

Unfortunately, such teaching robs you of the faith to believe God for divine protection over yourself and your loved ones. Anything that is dependent on our efforts is on a shaky foundation, because no matter how “good” a Christian we think we are, our love for the Lord will fail.

That is precisely why God sent His Son. He knew that man would never be able to fulfill all His commandments.

In sending His Son, He was saying to us, “I know you can’t, so let Me love you with all My heart, all My mind, and all My strength.” Therein lies the beautiful love story we call the gospel of Jesus Christ.

God SO loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to save and ransom us. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself fulfilled all the requirements of the law. Today, even when our love for Him wavers, even when we fail, He still delivers us from evil!

One Scripture that beautifully encapsulates the crux of the new covenant of grace is 1 John 4:10 (boldface mine): “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [the atoning sacrifice] for our sins.”

I pray that your heart will be anchored on this revelation. The emphasis of the new covenant is God’s love for you, not your love for God.

Am I saying that your love for God is unimportant? Of course not. What I am saying is that our love for Him will always waver, but His love never fails.

The Bible declares that “the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases” (Lam. 3:22 ESV, boldface mine). I am so grateful that we are under the new covenant of God’s amazing grace, where we can depend on His unconditional, unchanging, and irrevocable love for us!