Get Real Series13 Real Liberation 1 Real Liberation

Get Real Series-13 Real Liberation 1

Real Liberation Get Real Series HIS WALK TO FREEDOM, TO LIBERATION ü 27 years in prison ü Released in 1990 ü Internal anger kept him prisoner 2

Real Liberation Get Real Series HIS WALK TO FREEDOM, TO LIBERATION ü ü 27 years in prison Released in 1990 Internal anger kept him prisoner Key to his prison was in his own pocket 3

Real Liberation Get Real Series HIS WALK TO FREEDOM, TO LIBERATION It became clear to him that freedom from prison could only happen in his own mind. 4

Real Liberation Get Real Series HIS WALK TO FREEDOM, TO LIBERATION What if he had not made a decision to look his past in the face in order to have inner liberation? 5

Real Liberation Get Real Series HIS WALK TO FREEDOM, TO LIBERATION Anger not dealt with becomes destructive! Those same feelings would do the same to you and I if we become stuck in the same place that he was. 6

Real Liberation Get Real Series ANGER § Stress pumps the body full of damaging stress hormones § They act as poisons within the body. 7

Real Liberation Get Real Series ANGER § Blood is pumped away from the digestive system causing one to suffer from digestive problems and knots in your stomach 8

Real Liberation Get Real Series ANGER If you are angry, don’t sin by nursing your grudge… Don’t let the sun go down while you are angry… 9

Real Liberation Get Real Series ANGER § Anger is a normal emotion § Even God becomes angry § The way you handle your anger will make a difference 10

Real Liberation Get Real Series ANGER § Staying angry causes acid to be pumped into your blood stream. § This acid burns holes inside of your body. It hurts it 11

Real Liberation Get Real Series ANGER When you make the decision to deal with un-forgiveness, anger, bitterness, resentment and grudges then you stop playing the victim on your own life stage. 12

Real Liberation Get Real Series ANGER § You stop giving the people who are causing these emotions control over how you feel. § You see, they are not being hurt by your ongoing feelings. § Only you are. 13

Real Liberation Get Real Series EMOTIONS § Your emotions can cause chronic anxiety, emotional pain and even cancer. § It can ruin your life § It can stop you from ever learning to know who you really are 14

Real Liberation Get Real Series EMOTIONS Do you remember the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with Desmond Tutu as one of its leaders? 15

Real Liberation Get Real Series EMOTIONS People came there to seek forgiveness and to learn to forgive. 16

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS Stop and think about your relationship with God. Do you need him to forgive you? 17

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS Do you need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission of your own? 18

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS “If someone does something to hurt you, you should go and talk with him, no matter how painful that may be. If the two of you can come to an understanding, you’re brothers again”. Matthew 18: 15 19

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS “If someone does something to hurt you, you should go and talk with him, no matter how painful that may be. If the two of you can come to an understanding, you’re brothers again”. Matthew 18: 15 20

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS “If someone does something to hurt you, you should go and talk with him, no matter how painful that may be. If the two of you can come to an understanding, you’re brothers again”. Matthew 18: 15 21

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS “If someone does something to hurt you, you should go and talk with him, no matter how painful that may be. If the two of you can come to an understanding, you’re brothers again”. 22

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS “If someone does something to hurt you, you should go and talk with him, no matter how painful that may be. If the two of you can come to an understanding, you’re brothers again”. 23

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS “But if he won’t listen to you, then ask two others to go with you so that whatever the two of you talk about can be verified. ” Matthew 18: 16 24

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS “If he refuses to listen to all of you, take the matter to the church. If he doesn’t listen to the church, then treat him as one who needs to be brought back to the Lord. ” Matthew 18: 17 25

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS “If he refuses to listen to all of you, take the matter to the church. If he doesn’t listen to the church, then treat him as one who needs to be brought back to the Lord. ” Matthew 18: 17 26

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVENESS “If he refuses to listen to all of you, take the matter to the church. If he doesn’t listen to the church, then treat him as one who needs to be brought back to the Lord. ” Matthew 18: 17 27

Real Liberation Get Real Series GUILT Guilt comes to all of us just as it WILL bother the person who has wronged you 28

Real Liberation Get Real Series GUILT • He might hide it from his mind but it will get to his body. • Guilt causes chemicals that poison and damage the body. 29

Real Liberation Get Real Series GUILT • Its effects will be there even if you try and bury it. • For our own sakes we need to let go. 30

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVING AND FORGIVENESS • When you ask and experience forgiveness from God then it becomes easier to forgive others. • You are then no longer the prisoner of those who have hurt you. 31

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVING AND FORGIVENESS • Your chances of getting arthritis, heart attacks, cancers, depression and anxiety disorders experiences, drops. • Don’t let these emotions and feelings shorten your life. 32

Real Liberation Get Real Series FORGIVING AND FORGIVENESS • Forgiving and letting go will allow you to experience the REAL LIBERATION that God wishes you to have in Him. • Do it! Make REAL LIBERATION yours. 33

Get Real Series Tomorrow night = Real Trust 34