Most of us, if not all of us, (from the poorest to the richest) are looking for some kind of deliverance from the thousands of different situations we are going through. If “by accident” [or by chance?] you happen to stumble on this short message, you might identify with one or more of the following situations. Most probably you are yearning for DELIVERANCE.
You may want to be delivered from:
• A difficult, tricky and intricate job situation – your supervisor or boss is lousy, the working environment is depressing and you even have a big tiff with one of your co-workers. You are worn out from “meeting the deadline syndrome”. You’ve had enough and you want to be delivered from that job.
• Unemployment – You had a wonderful job with good pay, great benefits and you were next in line for that elusive corner office with the ‘million dollar view’. You were indeed on “a roll”! Then, you got the bad end of your company’s down-sizing venture. You got laid off! You are now unemployed and ready to accept any job – even flipping burgers at the local fast food restaurant! You must get out of this situation and fast!
• Unpleasant financial circumstances – You’ve lost ‘big time’ in the past few months and your portfolio has shrunk dreadfully. You were planning a well deserved vacation and a well-earned early retirement. You now have to delay one or the other, or even both! You’re depressed, discouraged and distressed!! You want a way out!
• Soured family relationships – Relations with your spouse, even your own children have deteriorated. You’ve tried different types of counseling and given it your best shot but nothing seems to work. The more you try, the worse it gets. You are tired and desperate!
• Mental anguish – You are stressed out physically and mentally. Wherever you look you see ‘black’ and you just can’t get out of this anxious cycle. You need help but you don’t know where to look!
• Other (You know exactly the particular situation YOU are in and you feel trapped.)
One of today’s well-known songwriter and musician has penned the following words:
…We Live In Hope Of Deliverance From The Darkness That Surrounds Us. From the song: Hope of Deliverance by Paul McCartney
All of us live with the hope that someday, some how we will experience “deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us”. We constantly yearn for deliverance from unpleasant circumstances and entrance into more pleasant ones. Yet, the most crucial and vital deliverance is not the one that takes us out of disagreeable situations (as great as that is) but when our spirits and souls are delivered and brought to the lofty heights of the forgiveness of sins and the enjoyment of peace within our hearts. THAT is the very thing that Christ, the Son of God brings to those who seek solace under his protection.
Christ has said: “I have been sent to proclaim freedom (deliverance) for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind and to release the oppressed.” (Read Luke 4:18)
We at OKChrist want you to experience freedom, deliverance and the release from your anguish. That delivery is eternal, permanent and only Christ can do that for you. He’s offering it to YOU even as you read this!
We read in Acts 16, verses 22-24 how two men had been “stripped [of their clothes], beaten… flogged… and thrown in prison with their feet fastened in stocks.” What a dark, distressful, dismal and definitely dispiriting situation. What did they do? They sang praise to God (verse 25). I say WOW! What a display of joy coming from these liberated and emancipated spirits. They were enjoying the peace of Christ in the most nerve-racking circumstances.
Two men looked out through prison bars;
One saw mud, the other stars!
Now that’s DELIVERANCE! If you want it, come and get it (like the song says)! Christ is offering it to you NOW!!
Read about the real, bona fide deliverance as found in the New Testament!
Read Christ’s Words!
Read about Christ’s Work!
Discover how He can be YOUR Deliverer!
[Jesus] gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father. (Gal. 1:4)
[We] wait for […] Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come. (1 Thes. 1:10)]
The Good Lord bless you!
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André J Lebrun