Hello, and welcome to the July edition of SGN Scoops Magazine. In the United States, July is the month that we celebrate our freedom, so I felt it was a great topic for this month’s Publishers Point – not just our country’s freedom, but our personal freedom. We gain freedom, freedom from sin and the chains that hold us captive, through our salvation by knowing Christ as our personal savior. I’m sure all of us have heard the scripture below many times. But how many of us have really read it? Galatians 5:1 says, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Let me ask you a question: if someone told you to stand fast, what would you picture in your mind? For me, if someone told me to stand fast, I would almost think of myself like someone in the military guarding a compound. I would picture that guard never relenting, never giving up no matter what. Webster defines it as “a firm fixed position.” In your mind you should now see that guard at the compound, ready for anything that is to come. I know you’re saying, “Rob, how does any of this relate to freedom?”
If you go back and read it, if we are steadfast in our position in Christ, we will find freedom. I know the world we currently live in pitches us to and fro each day because there is something new that creates an uneasy feeling in all of us. But let me tell you something, dig into your scriptures. Become steadfast. Take time each day to pray. I believe the scripture above is the key to living in freedom – freedom from the chaos the world creates. Freedom from fear. Freedom from all of the unknowns. The greatest part is the conclusion that if we’re steadfast and we believe that Christ is our savior, he promises to break all of our bondage. How awesome is that! As I close this month, not only do we celebrate freedom in the United States, but we also celebrate someone very special to me -- my mom. July is her birthday month, so if you see her, please wish her a happy birthday. If not, some of you will get to meet her at Creekside 2021. She’s excited and looking forward to her first Creekside. This is also a plug for you to come to Creekside October 24-28 at the Smoky Mountain Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. For more information, please feel free to email me at events@sgnscoops.com or text 425-754-1147. Until next time this is the Publishers Point.
