{"id":1535,"date":"2023-07-05T10:16:50","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2023-07-05T10:16:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:16:50","slug":"freedom-that-thing-you-keep-forgetting-to-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1535","title":{"rendered":"Freedom: That Thing You Keep Forgetting to Value"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 7\/2\/23 by Pastor Steve Shields. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It is easy to take freedom for granted. <\/strong> Americans do it.  Christians do it.  It is human nature to take for granted anything that has been granted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Freedom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Freedom.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Freedom-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Freedom-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Christ gives us freedom. <\/strong> Freedom from guilt.  Freedom from Shame.  Freedom from meaninglessness.  <strong>God can bring redemption from everything that happens and in the redemption, we can find meaning.<\/strong>  Freedom from death and hell.  Freedom from the power of sin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does it look like to live free?  <strong>Living a life of love <\/strong>(Galatians 5:14).  <strong>Walking by the Spirit<\/strong> (Galatians 5:16).  <strong>Honoring the freedom you have received <\/strong>(Galatians 5:13). <\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1510\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1535-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230702FreedomThatThingYouKeepForgettingToValue.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230702FreedomThatThingYouKeepForgettingToValue.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230702FreedomThatThingYouKeepForgettingToValue.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230702FreedomThatThingYouKeepForgettingToValue.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=1535-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230702FreedomThatThingYouKeepForgettingToValue.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20230702FreedomThatThingYouKeepForgettingToValue.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 7\/2\/23 by Pastor Steve Shields. It is easy to take freedom for granted. Americans do it. Christians do it. It is human nature to take for granted anything that has been granted. Christ gives us freedom. Freedom from guilt. Freedom from Shame. Freedom from meaninglessness. God can bring redemption from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1535\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Freedom: That Thing You Keep Forgetting to Value&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-freedom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvIY-oL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1538,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}