IMPACTING LIVES

LOSING AN AFFLICTION (Mark 5: 25-34)  Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.  When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. For she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well."  Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.  And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?"  But His disciples said to Him, "You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?'" And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. And He said to her, "Daughter, yo

FREEDOM FROM THE FOWLER’S SNARE (Psalm 124:1-8)  If the Lord had not been on our side — let Israel say — if the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us, when their anger flared against us, they would have swallowed us alive;  the flood would have engulfed us, the torrent would have swept over us,  the raging waters would have swept us away.  Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be torn by their teeth.  We have escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.  Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.  According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a snare is a device used for catching small animals and birds, especially one that holds their leg so that they cannot escape. It is also a situation which seems attractive but is unpleasant and difficult to escape from. The fowler’s snare is therefore a trap set by a person to catch bird. If a bird is caught in the neck, it must not struggle at all other

I WILL WALK ABOUT IN FREEDOM (Ps. 119:41-48)      1 May your unfailing love come to me, O Lord,   your salvation according to your promise;   42 then I will answer the one who taunts me,   for I trust in your word.   43 Do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth,   for I have put my hope in your laws.   44 I will always obey your law,   for ever and ever.   45 I will walk about in freedom,   for I have sought out your precepts.   46 I will speak of your statutes before kings   and will not be put to shame,   47 for I delight in your commands   because I love them.   48 I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love,   and I meditate on your decrees.   Several people are walking the street in serious bondage while the price for their freedom has been paid for. Jesus had paid the price in full on the cross of Calvary. The only qualification for one to walk about in freedom always is to have Christ as Lord and Savior i.e. give oneself for Christ. However, it is sa