This week many of us will celebrate Independence Day in America with picnics, trips to the lake, time with friends and family, and maybe even some fireworks. But I want to challenge you to not only think about our civil freedoms, but our spiritual ones. Have you thought about your freedom in Christ? 

Check out some of these Bible verses that explain how we are free in Christ: 

• Psalm 118:5
• Psalm 119:45
• Isaiah 61:1
• John 8:36
• Acts 13:38-39
• Romans 6:22
• Romans 8:1-4
• Romans 8:20-21
• 2 Corinthians 3:17
• Galatians 5:1
• Galatians 5:13-14
• Ephesians 3:12
• Colossians 1:21-23
• 1 Peter 2:16