Quotes about Release

Sometimes God will take you to a prison to set you free.

There are some of you here today who feel like dead people. It is as if you are already six feet under, staring up at the top of your own locked coffin. This morning Jesus wants to set you free. You simply have to let go of the key and pass it through the little hole, where you see a tiny shaft of light.

I want to be free Michael, just for once in my whole life I want to be free" "You are free. You just don't know it yet

There are certain weights in life you simply cannot carry. Your Lord is asking you to set them down and trust Him. What do you say we take God up on His offer?

Anyone who loves needs to know both how to lose himself and how to find himself.

I release the past with ease and trust in the process of life.

I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day.

When we hold our thoughts up against God's standards of what is true and what is real, we can recognize and, with His help, learn to release many of our negative emotions, damaging thoughts, and destructive attitudes.

Seeking to be free of something and freed to something.

Dying to something old, a pattern that is comfortable in its dysfunction, so that one can move to a different system, a new freedom.

Before the trip I read that pilgrims often bring a small rock or stone from their home. It represents a burden they've been carrying or a loved one they are grieving or a sin for which they're doing penance. At some point on the Camino, they lay down that stone. The most popular place is at the Cruz de Ferro in Spain, the highest point on the Camino Frances.

Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.