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Published: Feb. 27, 2011, 6:51 p.m.

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(John 8:44)\\xa0(NLT) ^\\u201cFor you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.\\u201d

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How do I stay free?\\xa0

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Title of the message: Baggage Free\\xa0

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(Luke 11:24-26)\\xa0 \\u201cWhen an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, \\u2018I will return to the person I came from.\\u2019 So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order. Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before.\\u201d\\xa0

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Bondage Cycle\\xa0

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Freedom.\\xa0

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Prosperity.\\xa0

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Bondage.\\xa0

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(Galatians 5:1)\\xa0 \\u201cIt is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.\\u201d\\xa0

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Secrets of staying baggage free:\\xa0

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1.\\xa0 Humility.

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(Proverbs 16:18)\\xa0(NLT) \\u201cPride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.\\u201d

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(1 Peter 5:6)\\xa0 \\u201cHumble yourselves, therefore, under God\'s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.\\u201d

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(Psalm 51:1-2, 17)\\xa0 \\u201cHave mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.\\xa0 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin\\u2026The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.\\u201d

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2.\\xa0 Honesty.

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(1 John 1:9-10)\\xa0 \\u201cIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.\\xa0 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.\\u201d

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(James 5:16)\\xa0 \\u201cTherefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.\\u201d

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3.\\xa0 Holy Spirit.

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(Romans 8:9)\\xa0 \\u201cYou, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.\\u201d

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(2 Corinthians 3:17)\\xa0 \\u201cNow the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.\\u201d

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(Psalm 16:11)\\xa0 \\u201cYou have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.\\u201d

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