the Truth shall make you Free

the Truth shall make you Free

I thought I'd share a piece of a great devotional I read today. It seems the enemy has been somewhat relentless lately, and it is so easy to lose sight of truth and become ignorant of the enemy's devices...

The problem of Satan's binding, hindering, restricting influence is not ended at salvation. Many saints (though headed for heaven) are still bound in areas of their thinking and behaving. They are still influenced by the enemy's lies. They cannot make the liberating confession of Paul and his missionary team: "we are not ignorant of [Satan's] devices" (2 Corinthians 2:11). Ignorance of the enemy's tactics will persist in the lives of those who do not know (or will not yield to) God's liberating truth. On the other hand, all who are willing to embrace the truths of God's word will increasingly enjoy freedom from the enemy's lies. They will grow in understanding of, and reliance upon, the victorious purposes of Jesus' coming to this earth. "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil" (1 John 3:8).

If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free…that they may know the truth…and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him. (John 8:31-32; 2 Timothy 2:25-26)

As followers of Jesus Christ, it is so important that we abide in His word. We are called to live in the word of the Lord that we might know His truth. Then, as we are embracing God's truth, we are impacted by its liberating power. "The truth shall make you free." Bondage from the enemy is one fundamental area where people need spiritual liberation.

You can read the rest of this devotional HERE if you'd like.

Anyway, here's a new picture of our little family. It was taken by Lynsi's parents when they visited over 4th of July weekend...

quick little update

quick little update

A couple of weekends ago our good friends Mark and Christina took us out on a ferry ride to Kingston to get some ice cream at sunset. It was beautiful being out on the water and expanding our knowledge of the local area a bit. Ive posted some pics of us on the ferry as well as all four of us before we rode the ferry back home.

The more time we spend here the more we realize that we really live in a beautiful and unique place. But don't worry, we don't exactly love it yet and are still secretly plotting to move back to Colorado as soon as the Lord is willing...maybe

We have been getting some sunny weather here in the last couple of weeks so we have been able to get out on the weekends and explore a little more. We went to a local strawberry farm recently and picked over 10lbs of strawberries to bring home. So far we have made one delicious cobbler and are not sure what to do with the rest. I planted some strawberries in our garden at the beginning of the season, but the dogs seem to enjoy them just as much as we do, so they get little bite marks in them as soon as they are red and ripe. We will post more pics of our recent adventures soon.