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Published: Dec. 5, 2012, 2:58 a.m.

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This Christmas at Freedom we will be diving into the reason Love Came Down.\\xa0 Love came down to set us free, to make us clean and give us life.\\xa0 Love came down to bring us peace and adopt us into His family. \\xa0 Learn these biblical truths this season and have the most fulfilling Christmas of your life.

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(John 6:51) (NLT) I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.\\u201d

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(John 10:10) (NLT) \\u2026 My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

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Title of Message:\\xa0 To set me free.\\xa0

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(1 Peter 5:7) \\u201cCast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.\\u201d

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WORRY FACTS:

1. Worry is unreasonable.

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(Matthew 6:25) \\u201cTherefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?\\u201d

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2. Worry is unnatural.

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(Matthew 6:26) \\u201cLook at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?\\u201d

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3. Worry is unhelpful.

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(Matthew 6:27) \\u201cWho of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?\\u201d

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4. Worry is unnecessary.

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(Matthew 6:30) \\u201cIf that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you\\u2014you of little faith?

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(Philippians 4:6-7) (LB) \\u201cDon\\u02bct worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs \\u2026 If you do this, you will experience God\\u02bcs peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand.\\u201d

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Love Came Down to set me free from worry.

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(Psalm 31:4-5) (NIV84) \\u201cFree me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O LORD, the God of truth.\\u201d

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Worry Free Living:

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1.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Get to know God.

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(Matthew 6:31-32) \\u201cSo do not worry, saying, \\u02bbWhat shall we eat?\\u02bc or \\u02bbWhat shall we drink?\\u02bc or \\u02bbWhat shall we wear?\\u02bc For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.\\u201d

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(Matthew 6:32 Message) \\u201cPeople who don\\u02bct know God and the way He works worry over these things\\u2026\\u201d

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2.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Put God first in every area of your life.

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(Matthew 6:33) \\u201cBut seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.\\u201d

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3. Live one day at a time.

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(Matthew 6:34) \\u201cTherefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

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"Remember that failure is an event, not a person." \\u2013Zig Ziglar

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