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THE FREEDOM OF THE SPIRIT

October 8, 2023

Main Scripture: Romans 8:1-16

Additional Scriptures: John 21:15

POINTS:

• We aren’t free because we don’t believe we are who God says we are.

• Trauma: Anything that changes our view of the world, ourselves, others, or God for the worse.

• The enemy comes into our homes and hearts through our broken responses to trauma.

• We bury our trauma, which leads us to believe that we are helpless victims, which makes us ashamed so we isolate ourselves.

• Shame = self-hate

• Slave: a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.

• Shame begins to convince us that we are the property of our trauma.

• How do we live in the Spirit:

• Get honest with the Holy Spirit about our trauma.

• We must weep.

• We must be honest about our trauma in a Christian community.

• Like Jesus, we become identifiable by our scars, no longer hiding them in shame, but showing them off.