Redemption Group - Not a Slave

Beginning to walk as a son not a slave. Over the last two weeks things have begun to shift; our current situations haven’t changed much but our paradigm though God’s grace is changing. It’s funny that one definition of repentance can be summed up: to change the way you think. I do understand that repentance is much deeper than that; but it’s cool to see God working to soften our hearts as he stirs our affections towards him.There have been times over the past few weeks that I have struggled to endure the Redemption Group process. In my life experiences I find healing hurts most times more than the original pain I started with. I found it difficult to be exposed and have my idols identified. But, I never expected to hate to see them go. See it only took the Israelites crossing the Red Sea to be completely free from their enslavement to the Egyptians, they even saw their enslavers’ be eliminated in and by the same water that was parted for them by God in their rescue. But it took the Israelites 40 years wondering in the dessert to shake the slave mentality.In prayer God showed me a few weeks back that I should see myself as a son and no longer a slave. How often we forget the day when we met Jesus. We should realize our identity was forever changed in that moment. We are no longer slaves but sons and daughters. It has taken years of God stirring, pursuing, and drawing for me to see a glimpse, a broad brush stroke of the love, grace, and patience that he has given me.Please pray as we step to see our self rightly and walk boldly in God’s love and grace.For more information on Redemption Groups go here.