Quotes about Freedom

Where there are no visible conflicts, there is no freedom," Montesquieu said.

We have moved away from traditional Judeo-Christian values toward a worldview that lets us self-select values based on whether they serve our self-interests. Like a child loose in a candy store, we pick our values, we determine our own fate, we captain our own ship.

Contentment celebrates grace. The contended heart is satisfied with the Giver and is therefore freed from craving the next gift.

I no longer need to carry the burden of the past on my shoulders, so I am free to fully give myself to what God has called me to in the here and now.

Jesus demands everything, not just so we would submit to his control, but to free us from the control of things that were never designed to control us.

If my heart is ever going to be freed of grumbling and ruled by gratitude, I need your grace: grace to remember, grace to see, grace that produces a heart of humble joy.

God's grace frees you from having to deny your weaknesses.

It is grace to not be paralyzed by regret. The cross teaches that you are not stuck, not cursed to pay forever for your past.

Grace allows you to face your sin, to own it and not shift the blame.

when Jesus touches me with his rescuing grace, he is freeing me from my bondage to me!

The God of love sent the Son of His love to rescue us from the bondage of self-love so that we could be free to love others

It is only when I live in a celebratory and restful worship of God that I am able not to take myself too seriously and I am free to serve and celebrate another.