If the Son sets you free...
The 3rd Sunday in Eastertide
God remembered us when we were down. His love never quits. ~ Psalm 136:23 (MSG)
If the Son sets you free, then you will be really free. ~ John 8:36 (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
The freedom that God's love generates is very thorough.
PRAYER:
Loving Heavenly Father, thank you for sending your Son into the world to set us free. We were in a bad way and you did not give up on us. Sometimes I give up. But you don't. Help me to plug into your love and faithfulness. I'd like to see it rub off on me so that I can be that way, too. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
