God wants you and I to live in freedom! Freedom is not being able to do whatever you feel like, but is the power to do what you know is best! Have you ever had a habit, addiction, or tendency that you struggled to get rid of, often finding your willpower too weak to resist? These types of things are crippling and often cause people to live in shame and defeat. Believe it or not, one of the most gracious things God can do for us is to let our own willpower completely defeat us! It is only then that we can let go of ourselves to rest in the finished work of the cross and therefore access the power of God!

In Mark chapter 9, a boy was being tormented by an evil spirit; look at what happens.

Mark 9:14-29 When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them.

15 As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet him.

16 “What are you arguing with them about?” he asked.

17 A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech.

18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.”

19 “O unbelieving generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.”

20 So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered.

22 “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.”

23” ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for him who believes.”

24 Immediately, the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”

25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the evil spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” he said, “I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

26 The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.”

27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.

28 After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

29 He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”

Jesus wanted them to know that faith alone releases the power necessary to cast out devils! The power to conquer demonic strongholds is available for anyone and is accessed by the faith that comes from the word of God in prayer. Jesus said, “everything is possible for him who believes.”  When David was facing the giant Goliath, he said, “This day the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel  and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD’S and He will give you into our hands.”  1 Samuel 17:46-47

King David knew he did not have the power to conquer the giant that he knew God did, and all of his trust wasn’t him. Oh yes! Everything is possible for him who believes! God longs for you to live in complete freedom, and the only way to truly step into that freedom is to believe! Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32

The truth has the power to give you complete freedom! Conversely, living in your own strength is a sure path to defeat! No matter what you’re facing, faith alone is the access to the power to live as who you really are – more than a conqueror!

Remember, the word of God is where faith comes from. Rom 10:17 So, let today be a day where your mind is wholly surrendered to what God says is true about you! May the enemies of your soul crumbled before you as you live minute by minute inside of God’s love for you! Today is your day for freedom – today is your day for…

LIVING HEAVEN’S LIFE RIGHT HERE!