Abundantly Free

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of being abundantly free through faith and the importance of not letting past negatives define us.

Ephesians 1:7-8 (The Message Version) Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! Each day delivered to my inbox is a quote. I enjoy reading them because of the wide range of people they draw from. I never know if the quote will be from some ancient like Aristotle, a contemporary but from a different faith tradition like the Dali Lama, or someone from pop culture. They are almost all thought provoking in some way. Recently the quote was from Oprah Winfrey. It was “No one is the worst thing then have ever done.” This quote got me thinking about how we too often let the negatives of life define us. We let past negative events, actions and words color our perspectives on life for a day, for awhile and sometimes even a lifetime. It is hard to not let those negatives moments define us. I have heard people say, “I’ll never forgive them for...” or they say, “I don’t think I will ever get over....” They are letting the worst things that have happened define them or those around them. Oprah is right no one is…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim Stovall, Greta Smith

Topics covered

• forgiveness
• renewal
• identity
• faith
• self-perception

Keywords

• forgiveness
• freedom
• Ephesians
• Oprah Winfrey
• self-identity
• faith
• renewal

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ephesians

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