Freedom Friday is all about celebrating how Jesus has set us free and is setting us free.  First Perry shares how Jesus is healing him from shame.  Shame tells him, “What you have done and what has been done to you is who you are and who you’ll always be.”  Perry is learning to invite Jesus into those painful, shameful memories and hear him say:  “I’m not ashamed of you, I bled out for you.  You’re my brother!”  Then Shawna shares how Jesus is calling her to new risks of faith.  She loves to shelter in her nest but Jesus is nudging her out of her nest to use the wings she’s been given. 

She knows it’s the only way to soar into the future he has planned for her.  But it’s scary!  Finally, if you’re tired of living life in the courtroom, trying to get the ultimate verdict that you’re a good person, there is a way out.  It comes when we realize that Jesus went on trial for us.  It’s a conversation about the massive difference between what you may think Christianity is and the true good news of Jesus.  We’re giving up on religion to find real life in Jesus!