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Let freedom ring
Let freedom ring









The focal point of this trap is ME… What’s in it for me? How will I benefit from this? How does this help ME? In Hosea 4:6 the prophet writes something of a parallel to our day, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…and since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.” Unrestrained Freedom It almost seems to be a redo of what we read in Hosea. Our culture is being lured AWAY from GOD… tempted, like Israel, by all the trappings of the false gods of our day. Today in the United States, it seems that the opposite is happening. God assures them that He is the true God and He will be with them always. He wishes to reconnect Israel with His covenant promises and move Israel away from the local false god, BAAL.

let freedom ring

In chapter 2 of the Old Testament book of Hosea God allures Israel into the desert. The focus in this mindset is that it’s MY freedom… not necessarily OURS.

#Let freedom ring free

What Does Freedom Mean?īut what does freedom really mean? One dictionary definition is, “…the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.” In America today it seems normal to believe that each individual is free to do whatever he or she chooses, and others must tolerate that freedom regardless of what the individual does or believes. Folks around the world owe much gratitude to the courage of those men and women who put it all on the line for freedom, a freedom that paved the way for the flourishment of this great nation. Had things not gone the Colonists’ way, these signers would have surely been hanged. By signing the Declaration of Independence, the signers were putting their very lives on the line. The founding fathers would probably have wanted it that way… along with the remembrance of risks and sacrifices made by those opposing British control at that time.

let freedom ring

Even the national anthem of the United States uses the word to describe that country as the land of the free.

let freedom ring

Let freedom ring… We hear the word freedom mentioned a lot.









Let freedom ring