“In my anguish I cried out to the Lord and he answered by setting me free” (Ps. 118:5).

You, Lord God, are the Freedom-giver—

freedom from eternal death,

from punishment,

from condemnation,

from selfishness and Satan,

as well as from fretting and fear.

You are always at work to set us free from things that bind us,ever working on a deeper level, in a higher way.

Praise be to you for your wisdom, your insight, your understanding.

You operate with full knowledge, certain of

which thing to work on next,

which enemy to defeat,

which sin to reveal,

which point to camp out on until we respond.

You don’t guess and fumble as we do in life;

you know exactly what is wrong

and you know exactly how to deal with it,

for you are the Creator, the Healer and the Freedom-bringer.

Help us, Lord, to walk in the freedom you have for us,

to trust you completely, surrender to you entirely

and to follow you wholeheartedly. Amen

Picture: the expansive freedom Christ offers us, if we will only listen and obey.