{"id":768,"date":"2014-07-04T09:04:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T14:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/?p=768"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:36:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T03:36:28","slug":"celebrate-freedom-where-you-find-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Freedom Where You Find It!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Alma<\/a>

Alma HS ROTC Presents the Colors at Oaks Manor Celebration of Freedom<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.<\/span>\u201d (Galatians 5:1<\/span>)<\/p>\n

There are forces at play in our world, our country, and our lives that seek our harm. They seek to enslave us and take away the\u00a0God-given gift which is to live free; free from tyranny, free from fear, free from self. That freedom is found spiritually and historically in Christ, and the Cross.<\/p>\n

\"SONY<\/a>Christ and the Cross is the well-docmented foundation of these United States of America, and Christ living in our fore fathers that made our nation great and the envy of the modern world, bringing God’s blessings which in turn have been extended to the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlessed is the nation whose God is the <\/span>Lord<\/span>,<\/span>The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.<\/span>\u201d (Psalm 33:12<\/span>)<\/p>\n

\"SONY<\/a>But of these blessings, wealth and possessions are not the greatest. Consider “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness!” Especially today consider “liberty.”<\/p>\n

Consider with me also personal liberty. Freedom from self and freedom from sin (an ancient archery term which means “missing the mark”). That’s the real issue since the beginning of time. That’s why Christ came, to make a way through forgiveness, and by giving us the power to live a life from above while journeying here.<\/p>\n

\"LTC<\/a>

LTC Tom Smith brings some challenging and heart stirring words.<\/p><\/div>\n

So the major price for our liberty has been paid for us, and given as a costly gift from above and from our forefathers. But still, as in all times and all places we have our part to play.\u00a0As Thomas Jefferson said,\u00a0“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Oaks Manor Conference and Retreat Center <\/a>has been assisting Christ followers in that quest for 10 years now, and has a bright future for doing so for many years to come. Last Sunday evening they invited the public to a gathering to celebrate the freedom of and in our country.<\/p>\n

\"Happy<\/a>

Happy 4th of July!<\/p><\/div>\n

They exist to provide a peaceful, beautiful place for Christians to come aside and rest for awhile, to get out of the rush of our culture to read, study, mediate, relax, rest — refresh themselves spiritually and physically. It’s a great service and greatly needed. I encourage you to give them a look and take advantages of their services as often as you can and “come aside.” We all need this kind of retreat. Even our Lord did. And His disciples.<\/p>\n

\"SONY<\/a>Blessings in Christ! Celebrate!!<\/p>\n

Photos of the Oaks Manor Celebration!<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.<\/span>\u201d (Galatians 5:1<\/span>)<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd He said to them, \u201cCome away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while.\u201d (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)<\/span>\u201d (Mark 6:31<\/span>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.\u201d (Galatians 5:1) There are forces at play in our world, our country, and our lives that seek our harm. They seek to enslave us and take away the\u00a0God-given gift which is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread-for-the-spirit","category-kingdom-events","category-understanding-our-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3372,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions\/3372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}