Along with the month of July comes fun parades and picnics. The melting ice cream and jumping into swimming pools. Those delicious barbecues and beautiful fireworks. This is the month in America that we celebrate our nation and we celebrate our freedom.
We have so much to be grateful for. This freedom is a gift many have sacrificed to protect. It is a gift from God. It is a gift that was purchased at a high price on that cross.
Remember Him. Honor Him. We must choose how we will use our freedom. Wholeheartedly for Christ.
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. Galatians 5:13 NLT
To know God is to be blessed.
This scripture is in our home as a reminder of the gift of freedom we have in Him. I would love to share it with you. You can just click on the image {a free PDF printable} and you will be able to open or download the image, that you can then print to use in your own home.
Personal use only, please. (And for those of you who have asked, the print is also available in my shop.)
In our home, I put this print in an 8″ x 10″ black frame. The print is 5″ x 7″.
Using our freedom to serve one another in love… what a wonderful thing that is.
So how do you use your precious gift of freedom? We would love to hear!
By Jennifer, StudioJRU
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Jennifer,
I use my precious gift of freedom to carry and read my Bible. I use it to pray over a meal in a public restaurant. I use it to write openly about my wonderful Savior and what He has done for me in hopes of being a giant directional arrow pointing back to Him. Thanks for your words and your artwork. So glad you are free to create as you do!
Blessings,
Bev
Oh Bev, that is so beautifully said. What a precious use of your gift of freedom!
Jennifer- you know I think you create beautiful things. Thank you for using your gift! I use my freedom to speak the name of Jesus in public places, reminding people of the hope we have in Him. And as Bev said above, being able to carry our Bibles to and fro, freely, that is such a blessed freedom.
Thank you, Missy. Love how you are able to use your gift of freedom in such a wonderful way… passing on His love!
Love it Jennifer!
Thank you, Sonya!
I use my freedom (sometimes) to listen & respond to our FATHER’s whispers. HE interrupts our days in mighty & awesome ways!
He sure does! Wonderful way to use your freedom, Sonya!
I vote. For if I do not, I’m ignoring my great freedom of my voice. I frequently write my Congressman to let him know I’m still opposed to high speed train going down our valley, ripping out prime farm ground when following I-5, desolate, down our state would not destroy towns and farms. I pray. I got a heavy burden a couple weeks ago that our First Lady needed prayer right then. So I prayed. I do not allow hate emails of any kind to pass through my emails for God places whom He places,,,if we are responsible to be voting and praying. Complaining in a group leads to division. Prayer and unity, exercising our right to vote,,, makes the difference in our land. Thank you for reminding me to pray abd the free PDF.
Gwen, that is so great! Thank you for that reminder of the importance of including prayer with voting!
Jennifer,
Thanks for making this (and others) available for us to print out. Since I am very technically challenged 🙂 I could not get this one to print, but it is one of may favorite scriptures. I also own the beloved figurine- the woman holding a folded flag as well. I happen to be very patriotic ( and still cry as we sing the National Anthem). My family help support our local troops, as well as pray for them.
Thank you for this!
Blessings to you,
Susan G.
You are so very welcome, Susan. I see the link is not working, I will get help with that asap! I totally understand… not a time goes by hearing the National Anthem that I do not tear up. Gets me every time!
Okay… got that fixed! Should be working now! 🙂
I could also not get the pdf to open, but it is a beautiful print!
Working on it now, Cindi! Thanks!
Alright… it is fixed now, Cindi! 🙂
I use my God-given freedom to vote, go to church on Sundays, read the Bible and pray. I also do not allow trashy e-mails ot tv shows in my house. I watch 3 TV preachers during the week to keep my spirituality up.
Praying for everyone! HU RAH!
Beautiful, Beth. Beautiful way to use your God-given freedom!!
Tried clicking on the print, and was not directed to PDF download, disappointed it did not work, any suggestions as to what I should do? Thanks, really enjoy reading this, it blesses me very much. Continue your good work in the Lord!
Working on it right now, Sharon. Should be fixed soon! Thank you!
It is fixed now, Sharon!
I have tried several times to print the message and can’t get it to go to a pdf, this is even after you have commented that it is fixed, do I need a new e-mail to be able to print it out?
By the way, I love your prints and so appreciate how you share your talent for God. I have a shelf above my table and always print them out and put appropriate decorations next to it, I have several people in my home over the month and many of them comment about the prints. Thanks again!
So happy to hear that you always print these out to put in your home, Mary!! Are you clicking on the small image of the print above in the post? It is just one click of that image and it should be opening the PDF file for you. I just checked it and it is working for me. Maybe you tried to open it through the email of the post, I don’t know if it would open that way? I hope that helps!
Thank for helping, I did get it to print this time, guess I just didn’t do it right the first time. Thanks again for sharing your gift!
I am using my freedom by not wearing skinny t-shirts or tops and low necklines because we as women do have the freedom to wear what we want but I mean what are we tying to achieve through it?
Are we trying to impress the men or what?
I know that it is hard for men when women wear skinny clothes with low necklines! WE are the ones who make it harder for them and I think by deciding not to wear that kind of clothes we do not only honor God (since we are his holy temple) but we also honor men whether we know them or no. !:)