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Published: Jan. 17, 2011, 5:25 p.m.

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(Proverbs 17:24 GN)\\xa0 \\u201cAn intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.\\u201d\\xa0

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Message Title: Freedom\\xa0

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God wants me to move within His purposes.

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(Matthew 27:50-51) \\u201cAnd when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.\\xa0 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.\\xa0 The earth shook and the rocks split.\\u201d

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(Matthew 27:52-53) \\u201cThe tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.\\xa0 They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus\\u2019 resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.\\u201d\\xa0

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

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(Philippians 3:10 GN) \\u201cAll I want to know is Christ and experience the power of His resurrection.\\u201d\\xa0

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Detours to Freedom\\xa0

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1.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Confusion

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(Romans 7:15, 18 LB) \\u201cI don\\u2019t understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I can\\u2019t. I do what I don\\u2019t want to\\u2014what I hate.\\xa0 No matter which way I turn I can\\u2019t make myself do right. I want to but I can\\u2019t.\\u201d

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2.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Frustration

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(Romans 7:21 LB) \\u201cIt seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.\\u201d\\xa0

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3.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Discouragement

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(Romans 7:24 NLT) \\u201cOh, what a miserable person I am!\\xa0 Who will free me from this person I am!\\xa0 Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?\\u201d \\xa0

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(Romans 7:25 NLT)\\xa0 \\u201cThank God! The answer is Jesus Christ our Lord.\\u201d\\xa0

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How can I live in freedom?\\xa0

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1.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Acknowledge the root cause.

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(1 John 1:8 LB) \\u201cIf we say that we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves, and refusing to accept the truth.\\u201d

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Sin is shutting God out and doing things your own way.\\xa0

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(John 8:32 NIV) \\u201cYou will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\\u201d\\xa0

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2.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Believe that Jesus can set me free.

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(Ephesians 4:18 LB) \\u201cMany are far away from the life of God because they have shut their minds against Him, so they can\\u2019t understand His ways.\\u201d\\xa0

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(Ephesians 1:19-20 LB) \\u201cI pray that you\\u2019ll begin to understand how incredibly great His power is to help those who believe Him.\\xa0 It\\u2019s the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead.\\u201d\\xa0

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(Romans 8:11 MSG) \\u201cIt stands to reason, doesn\\u2019t it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he\\u2019ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself?\\u201d

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3.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Commit all I am to Christ.

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(Luke 17:33 MSG) \\u201cIf you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you\\u2019ll lose it, but if you let that life go, you\\u2019ll get life on God\\u2019s terms.\\u201d

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(Mark 8:34-35 MSG) \\u201cAnyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead.\\xa0 You\\u2019re not in the driver\\u2019s seat; I am.\\xa0 Follow me and I\\u2019ll show you how.\\xa0 Self-help is no help at all.\\xa0 Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself.\\u201d

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