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Week of July 19, 2026
I was reading Apostle Paul’s letter to the church tat Rome when this verse jumped out at me. Romans 6:14 says” For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” (NKJV). That does NOT give the license to sin! But a lot of times Christians can find themselves in bondage to things that they know are neither good for them nor pleasing to God, but they can’t seem to be free from them. The bondage can be in different ways.
If you are reading this and are being held in some type of bondage, I have good news for you: Jesus has already delivered you and set you free! The Bible says He “gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father” (Galatians 1:4 NKJV). If you have made Jesus Christ your Lord, you are no long under the law but you are under grace. Grace is the process God uses to change you from the inside out and gives you the power and ability to walk according to His Word. Your part in the process is to believe what His Word says about you. If you believe you are in bondage to a temptation, you will be in bondage to it. And if you believe a temptation has power over you, you will be controlled by it. If you are always fearful that you will continue to give in to the same temptation, you will receive what you believe. Remember this: no one and no thing can make you do anything. Any temptation you struggle with has no real power over you. The only power it has is the power you give it. But, if you can change your perception about it and get into agreement with the Word of God that says that the sin has no dominion over you, then sin will no longer have dominion.
When you make up your mind that the grace of God is working through you to make it possible for you to walk away from that temptation, you will be able to do so. Paul went on to say “For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:10 NKJV) Speaking your salvation doesn’t end with making the confession that Jesus is your Lord. The Bible says the person who “does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says” (Mark 11:23). Based on Colossians 1:13, you can confess, “I have been delivered from the power of darkness and have been translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. I am free from the power of the devil and free from the power of sin.” Begin today to confess out loud your healing, wholeness, deliverance, and victory in Jesus, and enjoy walking in the fullness of the salvation He has already provided for you. It all starts with having the right relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
Pastor Dave
