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Living Free in Christ: Embracing Hope, Faith, and Joy in a Busy World

In a world filled with distractions, how do we cultivate a joyful life rooted in Christ's love and freedom? This exploration highlights our call to holiness through forgiveness, shedding the burdens of sin, and focusing on eternal promises. Through the examples of biblical figures like Abraham and Moses, we learn the principles of living with faith that sees beyond immediate struggles to God's eternal presence and power. Join us in understanding how to live freely, embracing hope for the future and love for one another.

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Living Free in Christ: Embracing Hope, Faith, and Joy in a Busy World

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  1. What Are You Looking At? Following Christ In A Busy World!

  2. We Are Free! • God’s will was to make us Holy. 1Pet.3:18 Heb.10:10 • When we have been forgiven by God, There is no Sacrifice needed! 10:18 • In light of that marvelous truth, LIVE IT!! • We have confidence to draw near to God! 22 • Our hearts are full of faith • Our conscience is cleansed • Our bodies have been declared clean • WE have hope for the future 23 • WE have love for one another 24, 25

  3. Living In Joy! • How do we live a joy-filled life in trying circumstances? • Heb.10:32-36 • They suffered public ridicule, physical beating, imprisonment and confiscation of goods. • They remained faithful in suffering and joyfully accepted confiscation of goods • How? Their focus was on the eternal things to come! 34b • Principle #1 • Live in Light of Eternity, not the here and now!

  4. What Are You Looking At? • Principle #2 – Faith is seeing the PRESENCE, POWER and PROMISES of God as being more REAL than the circumstances around me! 11:1 • 3- Believing the world was created from nothing at God’s command • 4 – Able brought a blood offering, seeing the Holy Presence of God, and his own sin • 5- Enoch was not a people pleaser • 7 - Noah saw the flood – Promise and Power

  5. What Are You Looking At? • 8-12 Abraham – the promise of nationhood • 10- He looked for a city whose maker was God • The challenge of old age infertility • 13- They were living in light of the promise, not the circumstances around them • Abe, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph all made decisions based on the promises of God

  6. What Are You Looking At? • 24-28 Moses chose suffering over riches because he was looking ahead 26, persevered because he saw the invisible presence of God 27, he believed the promise kept passover 28 • What was the faith of the Red Sea? • What was the faith of Rahab? • What was the motivation for those mention in 32-35? • What about those of 36-38?

  7. Living Free! • How do we live free? • Realize it is possible to live in freedom. 1a • Get rid of the sin holding you back. 1b • Habit, relationship, thought pattern • Confession breaks the power of sin • Recognize it is going to take some work 1c • Be conscious of what you are focusing on 2a • Consciously focus on the PRESENCE, POWER and PROMISES of GOD. 2b • Persevere, don’t grow weary, don’t lose heart 3

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