Be released!

Come break the chains,
The chains that hinder love.
All that remains of yester year.
Come break the chains,
The chains that pull me down.
Come break the chains and draw me near.

Let Your fire burn consuming me,
Let Your jealous flame
Come take away everything!
Let Your fire burn consuming me,
Let Your jealous flame
Come write Your name upon my heart,
Until all that remains
Is the Light of Your countenance
And I will be satisfied when I awaken
As a lover of You!

-Come Break the Chains, by Misty Edwards


I so desperately want more of God- I want an infilling of His Spirit, I want to be flooded with His love. I want Him to overwhelm me and burn away everything that is not of Him; I want to be holy like He is holy. I so desperately want to be changed into His image, to be one with God. I want there to be nothing but God in my life, to have nothing hindering me- for God to be all I desire. I feel a passion inside me, arising, growing stronger day by day. You know how lions roar and the people tremble and cower in fear? I'm gonna be like that- I gonna be like the lion, that when I open my mouth to speak the darkness trembles, and the minions of Satan flee because they feel and hear Jesus coming from me so undeniably, that they can't do anything but melt in His presence.

I thought I lost, but actually I won
For by His blood we all have overcome
There is no failure, our God can never loose
And that same power, it now belongs to you

Now it’s time to celebrate all banners raised
(I’ve got the VICTORY, the VICTORY)
Because the devil is defeated and God be praised
(I’ve got the VICTORY, the VICTORY)
Every situation I face, I win
(I’ve got the VICTORY, the VICTORY)
And everything works for my good in the end
(I’ve got the VICTORY, the VICTORY)

I am so tired of seeing people- me, my friends, christians(!) living in defeat. ARGH!
We have the power in Jesus- through His name and His blood, yet we still live as if we don't! We stay sitting in the hands of satan just watching the world go by- hating our lives and what they have become. Yet we don't do anything about it! GRRR! We have to get off our butts and walk- step by step, as slow as it might be, into the victory Jesus has won for us. What a waste of life if we live in fear the rest of our lives. We gotta arise and step into our destinys, gotta shake the world of our shoulders and stand STRONG. IN JESUS! Arise and SHINE- God has anointed us to preach GOOD news to the poor, to HEAL the brokenhearted, to proclaim FREEDOM to the captives, and the OPENING of prison to those who are bound. But how can we do that when WE are *STILL* bound and living in captivity and brokeness ourselves?

In Jesus Name be released.

May you begin to realize the blessings God has given you and start to discover them in a whole new way.

love in Jesus,
maddi