Get Free, Stay Free

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. 

If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  

For all that is in the world, 

the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, 

is not of the Father, but is of the world. 

(1 John 2:15-16)

Beloved, we cannot say we are of God, living for God, serving God, being a disciple of Christ etc. and still be in the habits, conducts and activities of the world.   The bible tells us very clearly not to be conformed to the world; more concerned with the things of this world instead of the things of God:

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2

There are some truths we have to acknowledge, accept and live by:

→    DEVELOP A PROPER ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WORLD:

        *     Recognize you are not of the world

        *     Understand that you will experience tribulation in the world

        *     Realize that gaining the world is not worth losing your soul

        *     Realize that if you love the world, you are an enemy of God

        *     Recognize the temporal nature of the world

→     RECOGNIZE YOU ARE NOT IN BONDAGE TO THE WORLD:

As a believer, you do not have to be in bondage to the world system. Although in the past you were governed by the present world, you are no longer in this bondage.   Apostle Paul teaches that we no longer need be conformed to the world. We can be transformed (changed). We are part of a different kingdom now. We are residents of the Kingdom of God. We are no longer under the power of the world

→     GUARD YOURSELF AGAINST THE WORLD:

Now that you are free from the world, set a guard against its influence in your life. Do not pattern your life after the rudiments or basic principles of the world:

        *     Do not love the world
         *      Do not let yourself be spoiled by the philosophies of the world
         *     Keep yourself unspotted from the world
         *      Crucify the power of the world

→     RECOGNIZE YOU CAN OVERCOME THE WORLD:

We are not to be overcome by the world. Do not let the cares of the world erode and destroy the work of the Word in your life. This "wearing away" with the cares of the world is one of the strategies of the enemy 

          *     You can escape the corruption of the world

          *     You overcome the world by the new birth and your faith
          *     You overcome the world by the blood of Jesus and your testimony
→    UNDERSTAND YOUR MISSION IN THE WORLD:

             *      You are not to be affected by the world, but you are to affect the world.

The believer should be a light in a world of darkness, 

reflecting the glory of God and sharing the good news of the Gospel.

The impact of the early believers on the world was so great that it was said of them that they "turned the world upside down"

As soldiers in an army sent on a mission in a foreign nation, believers are on a special mission of God in the world.
Dear Heavenly Father, we come to You this day with grateful hearts and praise on our lips that You kept us just one more day; that You allowed us to wake this day with our health and our strength and clothed in our right mind. We thank You because we have a continued mind to serve You. And because we serve and trust You Lord, we have a blessed assurance that You are our refuge and our fortress; no battle is too big or too small for You to handle; and Heavenly Father when our situations, cares, concerns and issues overwhelm us, we thank You because we can hide in the shadow of Your wings, mighty God, we can have safety in the shelter of the most high. We can say with assurance that this battle belongs to You God; in You will we trust.

We know that this is a suffering way, that even as Jesus suffered, we must suffer also.
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 1 Peter 4:1

Help us Lord to stay dressed in the armour of spiritual warfare and graced with the fruit of Your holy spirit so that in all our ways, we are able to withstand and stand against the influences of evil and be a shining light to a dying world darkened by sin and shame. Help us Lord to be good followers and laborers for You.

Help us dear Lord to throw off everything that hinders us and break every yoke of sin that so easily entangles us. Help us to run this race with perseverance.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,  Hebrews 12:1

Help us to fix our eyes on Jesus, who is the author and perfecter of our faith. We want to hear You say, ‘well done, my good and faithful servant, enter into my rest’. A place where there is peace and joy forever more. Help us not to grow weary in our good works, to have patience and wait on You for all things.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.  Galatians 6:9

In all of our ways, You said Lord, that we are to acknowledge You; that You will direct our path.  

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  Proverbs 3:6

Lead us and guide us today; allow us to be ambassadors for You, Jesus, remembering at all times that we are walking in the holy spirit with the anointing that You, the sovereign one, the king of kings and Lord of Lords have placed within us.

We ask Lord that You help us to keep our minds stayed on You. Help us to be prayerful in our actions so that we are pleasing in Your sight. There is none greater than You Lord. It was You who sent us Your son to purchase our salvation. We thank You Lord for the comforter, the precious Holy Ghost that You sent to keep us and intercede on our behalf. And with the Holy Ghost and the name of Jesus, we are victorious, we are more than conquerors because there is power in the name of Jesus, that in the name of Jesus there is victory, there is healing, there is salvation. At the name of Jesus, demons flee, yokes are broken, strongholds are cast down, and souls are saved. Through the mighty name of Jesus and the precious Holy Ghost within us, we are more than conquerors, we are overcomers and we are no longer victims – but we are victorious through You!

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.  Romans 8:37

In the name of Jesus, we plead the blood against everything that is not like You. We ask that You dispatch Your angels to guard us in all our ways; in our comings and in our goings; to protect us from all hurt, harm and danger of those things seen and unseen.

Lift us up in Your righteous hand and help us not to grow weary while doing good, help us not to faint while fighting this fight. Keep us dear Lord; we know that You are able because all power belongs to You!

Give us increased faith, Lord God, when we call on You, faith to know that You will rescue us, that You will protect us and keep our minds in perfect peace.   

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.  Isaiah 26:3

Help us O God to keep our minds stayed on You!  Help us to remain steadfast in You so that when we call upon You, You will not only hear our cry from above but You’ll answer us, You’ll be with us and deliver us in our times of trouble. 

Dear God, we thank You for great and everlasting faithfulness! We thank You for Your goodness and for Your mercy. We know that when we walk in obedience according to Your
word that You will supply every need we have according to Your riches in glory. 

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4:19

We need You, oh God, in our lives. Remember all of those who are suffering both physically and mentally.  We pray, oh Lord God that You bring peace and deliverance to those that are
troubled, that You bring comfort to those in sorrow, healing to those who are sick. We pray in the precious name of Jesus that You bind everything that is not like you. 

And now Lord we pray that You be with us, that You lead us and guide us, give us wisdom and knowledge to speak and act according to Your will; that we may be laborers in Your field; that Your manifested glory be revealed through us dear God.

We ask all these things and we thank You for all things, in Jesus' wonderful name we pray, 

amen.

Prayerfully, something was said that will bless you and keep you and that your minds will be in perfect peace with the Lord.

In closing know that there is a liberty that God assures us:

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, 

though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time 

appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, 

that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, 

God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, 

then an heir of God through Christ. 

Galatians 4:1-7

God bless you all!

Elder C. L. Henry




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