BREAKING FREE - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Thursday, August 5, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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BREAKING FREE

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There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
-Romans 8:1

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Psalms 68-69
Romans 8:1-21

The elephant is the largest land animal on earth - and one of the most powerful. Yet it takes only a strong rope to restrain one. Here's how it works. When the elephant is young, he is tied to a large tree. For weeks, he will strain and pull, but the rope holds him fast. So eventually he gives up.
Then, when the elephant reaches his full size and strength, he won't struggle to get free, for once he feels resistance, he stops. He still believes he's held captive and can't break free.
Satan can play a similar trick on us to hold us captive. The Bible assures us that there is "no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit" (Romans 8:1). We have been set "free from the law of sin and death" (v.2). But the enemy of our soul tries to make us believe we are still dominated by sin.
What shall we do then? Reflect on what Christ has done. He died for our sins and declared an end to sin's control over us (v.3). He rose from the dead and gave us the Holy Spirit. Now we are empowered to live victoriously in Him because "the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in [us]" (v.11).
In Christ, we are set free. - Poh Fang Chia
He has our salvation wrought,
He our captive souls has bought,
He has reconciled to God,
He has washed us in His blood. - Wesley

Experience true freedom - take every thought captive in obedience to Christ.

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