John 8:31-42
Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, "If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, 'You will become free'?" Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. So if the Son frees you, then you will truly be free. I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you. I tell you what I have seen in the Father's presence; then do what you have heard from the Father."
They answered and said to him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works of Abraham. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this. You are doing the works of your father!" So they said to him, "We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God." Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for those who are struggling with depression.
As I look at my own life, I see areas where I choose to be a slave versus being free.
I have remained a slave to my own expectations of who I am and who I think I should be. I have remained a slave to my expectation of how others should act. I have remained a slave to my own misconceptions of what is just to God.
In today's reading, it's much easier to see how the Jews who were talking to Jesus were a slave to their own misconceptions that it is to see it in myself.
What misconceptions are you holding on to today? Place your hope in The Lord versus holding onto the things that are comfortable, for He desires your freedom, and through the cross, has already won that freedom for you. Take care and God Bless.
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