Free Those Who All Their Lives Were Held in Slavery By Their Fear of Death

Romans 8:14-15  "For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
Hebrews 2:14-15  "Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil-- and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death."

Oh, Lord,  Thank You for relieving me from my fear of death.  As a child I heard a horrible song about what happens to the body after death and was terrified for most of my formative years.
The day I trusted You as Savior and Lored, You took that away.  You made me realize that My soul will never die and will leave this body behind and will be, "absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." 2Co 5:8

AS a bleiever, I need not fear death as it is my transport from this foriegn land of death , sin, and destruction into my heavenly home to be face to face with You.  However; I would be lying if I said I was not somewhat afraid of the dying process.  Most of us want to die suddenly in our sleep.  However; reading the stories of the martyrs past and present, and with the unrest in our world, and now in our own country with ISIS beheading anf torture of Christians, dibilitating illnesses on the rise, and Ebola Virus, just to name a couple of things, the prospect of a long slow painful death is not at all appealing and can be terrifying if I let the devil get the foothold.

I praise You, Lord, that in that time, I KNOW You will give grace in abundance, and I pray with all that is within me that You will be glorified in it all.  If need be, I want to be like Stephen before he was stoned.  I KNOW I can cry out to You, my "Daddy" to remind me that they can do what they want to this body, but they cannot touch the soul within that belongs to You.  You know suffereing more than I do as You went through ultimate suffereing to pay the wages for my sin.
May this be my song:
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