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In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free.
Psalm 118:5
I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.
Psalm 119:32
I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
Psalm 119:45
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
Luke 4:18-19
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
John 8:36
Into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Romans 8:21
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Galatians 5:1
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
Galatians 5:13
Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
1 Corinthians 8:9
In him [Christ] and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Ephesians 3:12
But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.
James 1:25
Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
James 2:12
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
1 Peter 2:16
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
2 Peter 2:19
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
Abraham Lincoln
"I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more, if they had known they were slaves."
Harriet Tubman
"No one is free when others are oppressed."
Author Unknown
"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
"A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none, a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one."
Martin Luther
Freedom of a Christian
"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."
Pericles
"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free."
Goethe
"So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men."
Voltaire
"The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage."
Thucydides
"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
George Orwell
"O, Lord, I want to be free, want to be free, Rainbow round my shoulder, wings on my feet."
Traditional spiritual
Free from the law, O happy condition,
Jesus has bled and there is remission,
Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall, Grace hath redeemed us once for all.
Once for all, O sinner, receive it,
Once for all, O brother, believe it;
Cling to the cross, the burden will fall, Christ hath redeemed us once for all.
Now we are free, there’s no condemnation,
Jesus provides a perfect salvation.
“Come unto Me,” O hear His sweet call,
Come, and He saves us once for all.
“Children of God,” O glorious calling, Surely His grace will keep us from falling;
Passing from death to life at His call;
Blessèd salvation once for all.
My soul is filled with joy and gladness
Since Jesus came to me.
His love has banished all my sadness, From sin I am set free.
He set me free, He set me free,
I was blind, but hallelujah, now I see!
I shall ne’er forget the day When He washed my sins away,
And He set, He set me free.
The Comforter divine is dwelling
Within my soul today;
His love to others I am telling
Since Jesus came to stay.
The grace of Jesus hath abounded
For all my sins I see,
Salvation walls have me surrounded, From sin I am set free.
Once I was bound by sin’s galling fetters;
Chained like a slave, I struggled in vain. But I received a glorious freedom,
When Jesus broke my fetters in twain.
Glorious freedom! Wonderful freedom!
No more in chains of sin I repine!
Jesus the glorious Emancipator—
Now and forever He shall be mine.
Freedom from all the carnal affections;
Freedom from envy, hatred and strife;
Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions;
Freedom from all that saddened my life!
Freedom from pride and all sinful follies;
Freedom from love and glitter of gold;
Freedom from evil temper and anger;
Glorious freedom, rapture untold!
Freedom from fear with all of its torments;
Freedom from care with all of its pain;
Freedom in Christ, my blessèd Redeemer—
He Who has rent my fetters in twain.
Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.
“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
“…Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk has distanced himself from his spokeswoman’s statements that homeschoolers would be forbidden to teach controversial aspects of their religious beliefs as part of their curriculum…”
“The recent case where the father of a pre-kindergarten student was arrested, strip searched and told he was being charged with illegal possession of a firearm because his daughter had drawn a picture of a gun, was perfectly acceptable because educators are “co-parents,” a school official in Waterloo told an interviewer from Sun News.”
I’ve seen these around on Pinterest and Facebook and at the risk of being risqué, I thought I’d share a few that made me laugh out loud. Wikipedia says that this actor was homeschooled for a year, and he says that homeschooling gave him “a sense of autonomy that I’ve never really lost”.
“‘You are familiar, of course, with home schooling…’ she began, before Santorum interrupted with a smile, ‘My wife is more familiar with home schooling.’”
“‘And we give her a shout-out for that!’ the woman responded, sparking applause from the audience. Then she got to her question: ‘I was wondering if it’s possible at all to influence at least the idea, I know the teachers’ union is not crazy about it, but to try to get some home schooling… and be able to somehow work that into education without being a special interest?’”
“‘Well obviously leading by example is a good thing,’ Santorum responded. ‘And having a homeschooling family in the White House would certainly be a shock to the establishment.’”
The crowd laughed, and then roared with applause. He went on to explain that parents, not any government body, should be in charge of determining what success means for their children’s educational experience.”
“‘It’s going to be different for different parents,”‘ Santorum said. ‘And you know what? That’s OK! I trust parents to instill values, and instill citizenship and all those things much more than I do the education system in America today. It’s sad to say.’”
“Children of secular, highly educated professionals who always figured they’d send their kids to school—until they came to think, Hey, maybe we could do better… The parents that I meet aren’t afraid to talk about it. They’re doing this proudly… Once we had a child and I realized how fun it was to see her discover stuff about the world, I thought, why would I want to let a teacher have all that fun?”
Holiday on the calendar means school in this house… Do people even know what our war heroes fought against? Do they recognize the things that we used to be against, but now we accept or even embrace?
“When asked about Warren’s comments on public education and whether public schooling is socialism, Rep. Paul said ‘In a way. When the state runs things, that is you know, a socialist idea, that it should be collective. I preach homeschooling and private schooling and competition in school.’”
It crossed my mind this morning that the children could all be away at school and only C1 would be home all day – with no buddies. I mentioned the scenario to L7, and he did a seven-year-old roll on the floor and was not impressed with the thought. Something so strange and shocking to us is the norm to most other families. If you think about it honestly, which is really more NORMAL?! It has been hard enough on the kids to have the oldest brother go to university, but this sibling separation was supposed to start at age five? I think NOT.
Wikipedia says that this actor was homeschooled for a year, and he says that homeschooling gave him “a sense of autonomy that I’ve never really lost”.
