FREEDOM
RELATED INDEX TOPICS: Family (The), Jesus & Salvation.
1. Man is most free when controlled by God.
2. Perfect conformity to the will of God is the sole sovereign & complete liberty.
3. True freedom is only to be found when one escapes from oneself & enters into the liberty of the children of God.
4. My liberty is controlled by my love for my brothers & sisters.
5. Liberty has brought us the freedom to be the slaves of righteousness.
6. To obey God is perfect liberty.--Seneca
7. A Christian is the greatest freeman in the World...yet in regard to love he is the greatest servant.
8. The person who claims he can live carelessly because he is not under law but under grace needs to be sure that he is not under wrath.
9. Freedom is a package deal--with it comes responsibilities & consequences.
10. Freedom does not mean I am able to do whatever I want to do. That's the worst kind of bondage. Freedom means I have been set free to become all that God wants me to be, to achieve all that God wants me to achieve, to enjoy all that God wants me to enjoy.
11. Freedom is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever ought to be done.
12. Freedom is the sure possession of only those who have the courage to defend it.
13. Liberty means the freedom to be all that I can be in Jesus Christ.
14. Freedom ends when it begins to deprive another of his freedom.
15. The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.
16. "Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty" (2Cor.3:17).
17. "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on Him, If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My disciples indeed; And ye shall know the Truth, & the Truth shall make you free" (Jn.8:31,32).
18. "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed" (Jn.8:36).
19. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man who falsely shouts, "Fire!" in a crowded theatre, causing panic & injury.--Oliver Wendell Holmes
20. More freedom is acquired only by the right use of the freedom we do have.
21. We are in bondage to God's Law of Love in order that we may be free.
22. We must be anchored in self-discipline if we are to venture successfully in freedom.
23. Liberty is the privilege of being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of things we do like.
24. No man in this World attains to freedom from any slavery except by entrance into some higher servitude. There is no such thing as an entirely free man conceivable.
25. God forces no one, for love cannot compel, & God's service, therefore, is a thing of perfect freedom.
26. We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.--St. Francis de Sales
27. Inspired by the movie "Lost Horizon." See No.228:
"THE SPIRIT OF SHANGRI-LA"
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You can go to Shangri-La
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You can meet its High Lama.
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You can have Utopia!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
It doesn't matter who you are!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit
That gives life to you and me
For a very happy Heaven
And a life that's wild and free!
Give me Spirit, give me Spirit!
Oh, that's the life for me!
So for your happy Heavens
Give me Spirit that is free!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
It's the Spirit wild and free!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
Oh that's the life for me!
You can have your earthly treasures
Your silver and your gold,
You can live a life of pleasure
Like a tale that's often told.
You can have flesh without measure
From your birth till you get old,
But the Spirit, it's the Spirit
That can never yet be sold!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit
Of life that's wild and free,
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
It's the Spirit that's for me!
You can travel in the Spirit
From the Moon to distant Mars,
You can travel by the Spirit,
Hitch your wagon to the stars!
You can travel in the Spirit
So much further than in cars,
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit
That keeps breaking all your jars!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
It's the Spirit that's for me!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You can live a life that's free!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You can travel without rhyme,
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
Everything can be a mime!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You can live in any clime,
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You're not bound by tide nor time!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit,
It's the Spirit that's for me!
Oh the Spirit, Oh the Spirit
For the life that's wild and free!
Oh the Spirit, Oh the Spirit
For the life that's never bound!
Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit
For that place of heavenly sound!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
I can go around and 'round!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
I can never yet be found!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit
That's the life for me!
Give me Spirit, give me Spirit
So I can be wild and free!
You can have your earthly treasure
And your silver and your gold,
You can live a life of pleasure
Like a tale that's often told,
You can build your house with measure
That will decay and will mold,
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit
That has never yet been sold!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
It's the Spirit that's for me!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
It's the life that's full and free!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
I can travel far and wide,
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
I'm not bound by time nor tide!
Thru' the Spirit, thru' the Spirit
I can see the other side,
By the Spirit, by the Spirit
I am able there to hide!
Oh the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
That's the life for me!
In the Spirit, by the Spirit
You can live a life that's free!
You can have your earthly pleasure
Your silver and your gold!
I prefer no earthly measure,
And a life that ne'er grows old!
You can live a life of leisure
And have virtues that are sold--
But it's the Spirit, just the Spirit
That will never rot nor mold!
It's the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
Yes that's the life for me!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
I'm so wildly, wildly free!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
It is better than the flesh,
For the Spirit, by the Spirit
You can carnal means enmesh.
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You can go to Bangladesh,
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You can go to Marrakech!
Oh the Spirit, it's the Spirit!
Yes that's the life for me!
In the Spirit, by the Spirit
You can live a life that's free!
Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit!
That's the Life for me!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
Is the only life that's free!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
All my life is like a song,
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
I am happy all day long!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
There is much more right than wrong,
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
You can really kick the gong!
Give me Spirit, give me Spirit
Give me Spirit wild and free!
Give me Spirit, give me Spirit
Oh that's the life for me!
You can live a life of Spirit
In a world that's always free,
You can live a life of Spirit
That's not bound by land or sea.
You can live a life in Spirit
That no man can ever see,
You can live a life of Spirit
And be what you want to be!
Yes the Spirit, yes the Spirit!
Oh the Spirit is for me!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
I can live a life that's free!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
I can enter without fee,
By the Spirit, by the Spirit
I can windward o'er the lea,
In the Spirit, through the Spirit
I can be you or her or me,
With the Spirit, yes the Spirit
We can all be them or we!
Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit-
That's the life for me!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
I'm whatever I may be!
Oh the Spirit, that's the Spirit!
That's the life for me!
In the Spirit, just the Spirit,
Are you really, really free!
Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit!
Yes that's the life for me!
For the Spirit, by the Spirit
In the Spirit you are free!
Oh the Spirit, blessed Spirit,
How I thank Thee, for by Thee
I am always in the Spirit
And I live a life that's free!
Oh I thank Thee for Thy Spirit
Thou hast given unto me,
For it's only by Thy Spirit
I have truly been set free!
Oh in Spirit, yes in Spirit
Won't you come along with me?
For by Jesus' precious Spirit
We can both be wild and free!
(Crazy thoughts of David,
So happy, wild and free!
You must never dare attribute
That these words were made by me!
You must lay aside your tablet
And must bottle up thy pen,
For the wondrous words of David
Are not all for mortal ken,
Neither are the words of David
Always understood by men,
But the Spirit will interpret
If you ever have a yen!--
If you hear the harp of David
In his spiritual den!)
Oh the Spirit, oh the Spirit!
It's the only life that's free!
Oh the precious Holy Spirit!
That's the life for me!
Neither whisky, wine nor spirits
Can beholden what I see,
But God's precious Holy Spirit
Is the only One for me!
Oh the Spirit, yes the Spirit!
That's the only life for me!
For it's only in His Spirit
I can really be so free!
In the Spirit, in the Spirit
Yes that's the life for me!
For it's only by His Spirit
I can ever be set free!
O God's precious Holy Spirit
Is like a lovely tree!
So come on my dears and darlings,
Won't you climb it up with me?
Oh the Spirit, I love the Spirit,
In the Spirit I am free!
Oh God's precious Holy Spirit
That's the only gift for me!
In God's precious Holy Spirit
We can sing and dance so free!
O my dears and O my darlings
Won't you come along with me?
So in spirit, in your spirit
You can go to Shangri-La!
In your spirit, in your spirit
You can meet its High Lama!
In your spirit, in your spirit
Your heart can have Utopia!
For in spirit, in your spirit
You can have it where you are!
For the Son of God was given
To give life to you and me:
So for wild and happy living
Give me hearts that are set free!
You can have your little baubles
And your Merry Christmas tree!
But all I want for Christmas
Is the Spirit wild and free!
For the Son of God was given
And was hung upon a tree,
And the only Gift for Christmas
Is His Gift for you and me!
Give me Spirit, give me Spirit
For the life that's wild and free!
I only want the Spirit
For my Merry Christmas Tree!
It's the Spirit of that Christmas
That gives life to you and me
For a very Happy New Year
And a life that's wild and free!
Give me Spirit, give me Spirit
Oh that's the life for me!
So for a Happy New Year
Give me Spirit that is free!
For the Son of God was given
And was hung upon a tree,
And the only Gift for Christmas
Is His Gift for you and me!
You can have your little baubles
And your Merry Christmas tree!
But all I want for Christmas
Is the Spirit wild and free!