Janet Perez-Eckles
How the 4th of July reminds us that we can have freedom from worry.
God has the truth to bring confidence back.
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Independence Day
20 Stories
- Janet Perez-Eckles
Laura Moseley
The MANY Different Meanings of FREEDOM - The DV Walking Wounded:
Happy Independence Day, July 4th, everyone! I love this holiday for the simple fact that it makes me proud to be an American AND reflect on how much freedom I d
11 min readLynn H. Pryor
Happy Independence Day!
The United States of America is far from perfect, but the same could be said of me. I love my country and the freedoms I am given. I choose to use those freedoms to love Jesus and encourage others …
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Sheryl H. Boldt
Join Me in Praying For America, Once Again - Today Can Be Different
I’m confident if we (as individuals and as a nation) wholeheartedly and humbly seek God’s direction, we could be a country whose values and priorities God is pleased to bless.
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Nancy C. Williams
The Privileged Life: Freedom to Celebrate
“Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God….The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.” (Psalm …
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The Reason God Wants to Bless Our Country
With our Independence Day festivities, a lot of us will be belting out Irving Berlin’s classic song “God Bless America.” God bless America, land that I love.Stand beside her and guide herThrough th…
4 min read- Nancy C. Williams
The Privileged Life: An Invitation to Celebrate…with Prayer
“…A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance….” (Ecclesiastes 3:4) Today, July 4, is Independence Day in the United States. It’s our big nationw…
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Daisy Dronen
Freedom
a haiku on Motherhood and Life A quick snack for any occasion Creating together A universe of wonder Your eyes alightFree~dfd Giselle and I made these quick treats on the Fourth of July. I love tha…
3 min readGreg Laurie
Independent From Earthly Powers, Dependent on God
By Greg Laurie – In a nation that allows us to pursue happiness, however we see fit, I urge you to pursue it through dependency on God.
4 min readJim Brangenberg
God and America — iWork4Him
There is no question that today’s America is not the same America our Founding Fathers created. Since the very first day our Fore Fathers declared independence from Great Britain, the enemy has been working overtime to destroy a country built on freedom. Still, today the United States of America remains the freest nation in the world.
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Carol McLeod
My Country 'Tis of Thee — Carol McLeod Ministries
I love America. I am one of those people whose heart bleeds red, white and blue. I have been patriotic since my 5-year-old feet stepped into the one-room schoolhouse in my small town. (That’s right … I am old enough to have attended a one-room schoolhouse!) I’ll never forget the first mornin
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Anneta Pinto-Young
Freedom- Shmita
“If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you” (Deuteronomy 15:12). In Deuteronomy 15, M…
4 min readAbigail Wallace
Freedom, Prison and Praise - Joyfully Pressing On
When your spirit grows faint and you’re in a dark place cannot escape—when providence feels like a prison—you can pray this way.
6 min readDonna Bucher
The Powerful Freedom Found in Forgiveness - Serenity in Suffering
Regrettably, I spent many years in the prison of unforgiveness before receiving the powerful freedom found in forgiveness.
2 min readPetrina Ferguson
True Liberation - Impacting Righteously
The type of women’s “liberation” that abandons God’s righteous precepts and statutes is not liberation. It is bondage. The same goes for anything else disguised as freedom, …
4 min readHannah Morrell
How Finding Praise Gives Us Freedom — Broken & Hopeful
Now, I know that I’m getting some eyerolls before you even start reading. Great, you say, here’s another person telling me to be thankful in my terrible circumstance. Just give me a chance, though, to help illustrate what I mean. I know that many of us have situations that are downright awful, and w
5 min readThe Christian Post
When it comes to religious liberty, Oracle falls silent
In my capacity as someone who consults on the creation of stock indices and also in my capacity as personal investor, I have attended roughly three dozen annual shareholder meetings of publicly traded companies. U.S. companies that are publicly traded (meaning available to the general public to buy on open exchanges) hold annual meetings for
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Recognizing Freedom — Broken & Hopeful
I just got to spend an incredible weekend with a group of women talking about freedom in Christ. I was so excited about what God was teaching me through preparing for the women’s retreat, I wanted to share some of it in a blog post. Freedom is not something we create, but rather recognize. We are r
4 min readBryan Robinson
God Bless America: The Meaning Behind Irving Berlin's Famous Patriotic - 316Tees
The song God Bless America music was penned by Irving Berlin, a composer of thousands of songs. Written against the backdrop of World War I and a national epidemic that was sweeping through homes and hospitals, Berlin longed to pen a simple song that might capture the heart cry of the American people.
6 min readJohn MacArthur
Liberty, Knowledge and Sin
This series was first published during September 2014. –ed. First Corinthians 8is Paul’s response to a gray-area question dividing the church at Corinth. Paul doesn’t simply give the Corinthians a “yes” or “no” answer to their questions about eating meat sacrificed to idols. He helps them think through the purpose of their liberty and the
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