SONG: No Longer Slaves… | Disciple Playbook

The song No Longer Slaves (HERE) shares this message:

“I’m No Longer a Slave to Fear…I Am a Child of God”

Show of hands – how many feel this way?

What a powerful statement, if only we could embody it in our lives!

It’s difficult NOT to be fearful given specifics in our individual lives and world situations – – health challenges; death of loved ones; financial challenges; justice issues; racial inequity; climate destabilization and weather-related devastation of life (hurricanes, fires, typhoons, floods, …); and/or ____________ (fill in the blank)

The point in the song’s lyric is we need not be SLAVES to this fear. Along these lines, a popular phrase that resonates for some is “Let Go and Let God.”

Adopting that phrase doesn’t necessary allow flat-out ignoring the issue. Instead, it can provide opportunity to recognize the situation, allow Spirit’s stirring, act as “directed” and then LET GO of the slavery that can endure if we’re not careful!

So on this glorious day, may we be freed from fear’s slavery and filled with the Spirit amid full recognition we’re Children of God!

**Interested in other songs to remind you that God has plans? Check out this list HERE

P.S. CP contributor Toni notes regarding Psalmtember: “it’s the reading and the meditation that count!!” That said, the picture accompanying her commentary is powerful too…

unrecognizable man with bulb against sundown sky — Photo by Clement Eastwood on Pexels.com

Lectionary Texts for Sunday, September 17, 2023:

- - Exodus 14:19-31 and Psalm 114 or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21
  - Genesis 50:15-21 and Psalm 103:(1-7), 8-13
  - Romans 14:1-12
  - Matthew 18:21-35

POTENTIAL ACTIONS – FOOD INSECURITY: This season will likely find increasing numbers of folks looking for food, presenting opportunities to

share financial and/or food offerings with a local food pantry
check with your faith community about upcoming opportunities to feed community members
volunteer to help with a local mobile food pantry or community dinner
find a Little Pantry in your area and help stock it with shelf-stable food items

NOTE: for those in the Cinci region, some food organizations are listed HERE

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Including Creation (according to Non Sequitur) … plus toonfever like this one:

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