No more chains...

[AWorkInProgress]

On my way home and I received this inspiration. I pray it's encouraging to all who read and watch this.

"No More Chains" by Nicole Nordeman

Nicole Nordeman NO MORE CHAINS - YouTube

Lyrics
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"No More Chains"
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]How did I get locked up inside?
What's this that renders me paralyzed?
I lost myself in small pieces
It happened over time[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I traded love for a heavy chain
Another link every other day
I pulled it up and down a mountain
It made me want to say?[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]No more chains
No more chains
Big and small, watch them fall away
No more chains
Big and small, watch them fall away[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I wonder now if the choice was mine
The door was open, I walked inside
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Nobody had my arm twisted
Nobody made me stay[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The face of freedom can show up small
A tiny crack in a prison wall
A song that rises up from silence
A voice that wants to say?[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I should let you give me wings
I should let you set me free[/FONT]

Acts 12:4-11

4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

James was just killed and Simon Peter was arrested for standing up for Jesus, for the truth. Peter is placed in a secure prison, chained down, and surrounded by guards. The next day he was to be publicly executed. Peter was facing death, and was held down.

Doesn't that sound lot like depression, locked down in chains waiting to be executed(commit suicide). Like everything tells you that your life is over and just a matter of time. The suffering is so much that you almost welcome death. Yet... God has other plans for you. Being chained up and sentenced to death was not part of it.

In verse 7 "Suddenly..." and the Lord showed up. God met Peter in the middle of his crisis, he put the guards to sleep, the chains fell off, and the angel lead Peter out of the prison.

I don't know what your going through, but God has a "Suddenly..." for you. He can meet you in the depths of your suffering, and help break the chains off you. To overcome the guards that are placed over you, and to break you free from your prison.

Peter goes on to do great things and gave his life for the truth. The same truth that set him free from the chains of bondage. God has so much more for your life than the misery you known. Don't allow yourself to become executed by your enemies... hold on to Jesus and let him set you free.

Isaiah 61:1-3
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,

3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness

 

[OnlyBelieve]

This happened a few times in the Bible, here's another example of Paul and Silas,
They were Worshipping, It is a key, Worship and Praise God and Pray and he will deliver you.

Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose.

God is Good, Thanks for the post,
You are spot on, God Bless You

 

[SplendidTree]

Wow, this is a beautiful song. Thanks for sharing. She is so very talented and has a heart for the Lord. What a great message.

 

[power2theweak]

Thanks so much for this!!!

On my way home and I received this inspiration. I pray it's encouraging to all who read and watch this.

"No More Chains" by Nicole Nordeman

Nicole Nordeman NO MORE CHAINS - YouTube


James was just killed and Simon Peter was arrested for standing up for Jesus, for the truth. Peter is placed in a secure prison, chained down, and surrounded by guards. The next day he was to be publicly executed. Peter was facing death, and was held down.

Doesn't that sound lot like depression, locked down in chains waiting to be executed(commit suicide). Like everything tells you that your life is over and just a matter of time. The suffering is so much that you almost welcome death. Yet... God has other plans for you. Being chained up and sentenced to death was not part of it.

In verse 7 "Suddenly..." and the Lord showed up. God met Peter in the middle of his crisis, he put the guards to sleep, the chains fell off, and the angel lead Peter out of the prison.

I don't know what your going through, but God has a "Suddenly..." for you. He can meet you in the depths of your suffering, and help break the chains off you. To overcome the guards that are placed over you, and to break you free from your prison.

Peter goes on to do great things and gave his life for the truth. The same truth that set him free from the chains of bondage. God has so much more for your life than the misery you known. Don't allow yourself to become executed by your enemies... hold on to Jesus and let him set you free.

 

[power2theweak]

This happened a few times in the Bible, here's another example of Paul and Silas,
They were Worshipping, It is a key, Worship and Praise God and Pray and he will deliver you.

Acts 16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them26Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose.

God is Good, Thanks for the post,
You are spot on, God Bless You