Quotes about Freedom

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.

Forgiveness is the key which unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. The forgiveness of Jesus not only takes away our sins, it makes them as if they had never been.

Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such a great meaning.

And so I learned that love is larger than the walls that shut it in.

Freedom lies in being bold. — Robert Frost

While some consider God's standards as too confining, a true believer sees them as loving and freeing.

But one jailer had heard that Houdini was coming, and the jailer was ready. When Houdini closed the cell door, the jailer put the key in the lock and secretly turned it in the wrong direction. He then removed the key, and everyone watched as Houdini struggled to escape—by unknowingly locking himself in repeatedly. Finally, in frustration, Houdini admitted he could not escape. The jailer then revealed his deception. Houdini had believed a lie, and the lie had held him captive.

But you are not his prisoner of war, unless you choose to be. Those days can be over. That's your call.

God promises you a way out. Find that way out, and take it.

If you think you're trapped, if you believe there's a lock on the door, you've bought into a lie. And it is the lie, nothing else, that is holding you back. Yet if you identify that lie, then you can remove it. You can replace it with the truth and be free. Your liberation is a simple two-step process: Remove the lie. Replace it with truth.

The lie will keep you living in shame from the past, when God wants to set you free for a better future. The lie will keep you from living with joy and freedom and confine you to a less-than existence.

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.