Dancing Through to Breakthrough

Breaking Free, Part 8

 

IN CHRIST WE HAVE REASON TO CELEBRATE!

 

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1.     I Am God’s Creation!

•Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!  2 Cor. 5:17 (NIV)

 

I am a Saint who occasionally sins.

 

REMEMBER:  I have new life in Christ.

 

 

2.      AS A CHILD OF GOD I AM SET FREE TO WORSHIP.

•Did I encounter God?  Was Jesus lifted in honor?
Were people encouraged?  Did I become a better disciple?  How was I challenged?  Did we encounter God together?

 

…I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts.  I will be their God, and they will be my people.  Heb. 8:10 (NIV)

 

REMEMBER:  WORSHIP MUST BE AUTHENTIC.

 

 

3.      I AM FREE TO GROW UP IN CHRIST.

•… We will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.  Eph. 4:15 (NIV)

 

•In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  I Peter 1:3 (NIV)

 

REMEMBER:  IN CHRIST I AM AN OVERCOMER.

 

 

4.     I REALLY CAN LIVE A CHRIST CENTERED LIFE!

 

•To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.  We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. Col. 1:27,28 (NIV)

 

Legalism or Spirit activated

REMEMBER:  THE LETTER KILLS BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE.

 

 

5.     I CAN DEFEAT THE ENEMY.

 

•For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.  Eph. 6:12 (NIV)

 

Temptation, accusation, deception, bondage

 

•In all these things we are more than conquerors through him
who loved us.
  Rom. 8:37 (NIV)

 

REMEMBER:  I MUST DRESS FOR SUCCESS.

 

 

6.   I AM AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED IN CHRIST.

 

•All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go… Matt. 28:18,19 (NIV)

 

Chain of authority

REMEMBER:  I MUST DEPEND UPON GOD.

 

 

7.   I AM FREE FROM THE POWER OF TEMPTATION.

 

•… take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.  2 Cor. 10:4,5

 

… No temptation has seized you except what is common to man… he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear… he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.  1 Cor. 10:12,13 (NIV)

 

 

REMEMBER:  I MUST REFOCUS MY THINKING.

 

BREAKING THROUGH TO VICTORY SETS US FREE TO REJOICE (DANCE) BEFORE THE LORD.

 

AM I DANCING?
 
WILL I DANCE IN 2006?

 

 

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