{"id":5023,"date":"2019-03-04T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/?p=5023"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:39:16","slug":"letting-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/sermon-series\/03\/04\/letting-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/19-letting-go-youtube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/19-letting-go-youtube.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/19-letting-go-youtube-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/19-letting-go-youtube-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/19-letting-go-youtube-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>&#8220;So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.&#8221; (John 8:36)<\/p>\n<p>What stands between you and the fullness of all Jesus has in store for your life? Make no mistake: God has a plan for you &#8211; a vision and a dream for your future. But what obstacles exist between your life in the present and his better tomorrow?<\/p>\n<p>For the season of Lent, we will be looking to the gospel of John for answers to these questions. The goal: To identify some of those things needing to be let go &#8211; things that have no place in the life of true discipleship, a life marked by the freedom that Christ is offering.<\/p>\n<p>Are you willing to let these things go? 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