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Freedom

One of the best decisions I made this past school year was participating in the freedom class that our church offers as a way to break through strongholds in our lives. Coming into the class, I hesitated with feelings of "I don't need this" vs. "I have so many insecurities I want to be set from."


God used the class to help me with several things I am so grateful for, even months later. Through the freedom class, God..
  1. Helped me to identify distortions in my thinking
    • I never verbalized it until the class, but in my mind, I had this underlying fear and idea that I should be thrown out as a useless piece of clay. Instead of believing this wickedly distorted idea, God told me that I am his masterpiece and his workmanship, created in Christ to do good works, which he prepared in advance for me to do.
  2. Taught me how to overcome fear 
    • I never knew I should pray to HATE the sin of fear, to renounce the fear in the name of Jesus (faith > fear), and to move in the opposite spirit by facing my fears.
  3. Help me to admit that I am not okay
    • It was a given throughout the class that I was broken, and in need of Christ. I loved that I didn't have to hesitate asking for prayer or shedding tears in fear of what people would think of me.
  4. Brought me back to the gospel
    • I have never felt so much in need of the gospel of God's grace as I did during the freedom class when I was so exposed of my sinfulness
I know it's not over just because I went through the class, but I'm so thankful I had the privilege of receiving teaching and prayer through the Freedom Class this past year. Highly recommend for anyone in Ann Arbor! :)

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