Set Free

Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?” When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that he was doing. Luke 

13:10-17 

Set Free - A Chanted Prayer for Freedom

O God we feel so bound

You have set us all free.

The world is on the edge

you have set us all free.

We tremble in fear today

you have set us all free.

The year has been so painful

you have set us all free.

Too many have died

you have set us all free.

Lord we feel this pain so deep

you have set us all free.

We need strength in these days

you have set us all free.

We ache for peace in our time

you have set us all free.

Our waiting is so painful

you have set us all free.

Let us love and laugh this day

you have set us all free.  Amen