It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That’s an act of true freedom...my counsel is this: Live freely, animated and motivated by God’s Spirit.
(Galatians 5:13-16, The Message)
Click here for two Independence Day prayers I posted in 2009.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington DC |