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Me:\u00a0 Whats going on with your friends.<\/p>\n

Prodigal:\u00a0 They got caught up in their own noose.<\/p>\n

Me:\u00a0 Well maybe we can help.<\/p>\n

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This is from the book Parenting:\u00a0 From Surviving to Thriving by Charles Swindoll<\/p>\n

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There are people who do not want us to be free.\u00a0 They do not want us to be free before God, accepted just as we are by his grace.\u00a0 They don’t want us to be free to express our faith originally and creatively in the world.\u00a0 They want to control us; they want to use us for their own purposes.\u00a0 They themselves refuse to live arduously and openly in faith, but huddle together with a few others and try to get a sense of approval by insisting that all look alike, talk alike, and act alike, thus validating one another’s worth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They try to enlarge their numbers only on the condition that new members act and talk and behave the way they do.\u00a0 These people infiltrate communities of faith “to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus” and not infrequently find ways to control, restrict and reduce the lives of free Christians.\u00a0 Without being aware of it we become anxious about what others will say about us, obsessively concerned about what others think we should do.\u00a0 We no longer live the good news but anxiously try to memorize and recite the script that someone else has assigned to us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is not the love of God but the control of man.\u00a0 Please find others who can show you the love of God.<\/p>\n

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John 8:31-32<\/p>\n

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n

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www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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