Captives Freed!

For Friday, July 3, 2026:

John 8:36 NLT: “If the Son sets you free, you are truly free.”

This is freedom week in the US. July 4^th is Independence Day, but this year, many moved the legal holiday to the 3^rd. Banks were closed, but mail was delivered. I don’t get it! Well, the actual day doesn’t matter as long as we’re celebrating the Son setting us free!

When the Bible says that Jesus set the captives free, it’s not talking about lawbreaking convicted prisoners getting loose. Christian or not, some people are willing slaves to sins, things that will eventually take us down. We all know people who are slaves to addictions, depression, pornography, suicidal thoughts, anger, fear, anxiety, and a whole lot more! (This isn’t an exhaustive list!) Jesus came to bring freedom to people held captive by spiritual demons. Satan writes out the list.

Our country is free from monarchs and principalities. We just need to get better at fighting Satan and his little demon-helpers. We can pray for freedom in the name of Jesus, because he wants believers to be free from Satanic influence. Lose all the bad stuff that can take you down, and live in the pure light that grants us freedom.

Jesus said, “I am the light of the world!” His way is the best way!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

The Father’s House

Jesus In the City Fellowship

Truth & Freedom Church

Glory of the Lord!

For Wednesday, January 29, 2025:

Exodus 9:13-14 NLT: Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me. If you don’t, I will send more plagues on you and your officials and your people. Then you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth.’”

When reading Exodus, it’s easy to focus on Pharaoh letting the Hebrew people go. But there’s another lesson in all of this. God wants to let everyone know ‘that there is no one like me in all the earth.’ No one! Father God, his Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit are King of all kings and Lord of all lords over everything in the universe! All powerful supreme beings!

Now, if we had a problem in life, such as being a captive in Egypt, how long could that possibly last? 70, 80, 90 years? Probably less if you lived 3k years ago. God wants loyalists in his Kingdom for eternity, which is such a great number of years that it cannot be compared with a lifetime – the two are so different!

As God had commanded, Moses warned everyone to get inside a shelter and put your livestock in a barn, because hail like you’ve never seen is on the way! Then God directed Moses to lift his hand to the sky, and hail would fall destroying all the people, livestock and plants that were not sheltered. It all happened just the way God said. The entire country was devastated. People should not disregard God; they should highly-regard him!

We too should highly regard our God and his word. He chose believers to be a part of his Kingdom forever. We are blessed to look forward to an eternity in the presence of our Father! Thank you Jesus for making it all possible!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship