What It Will Cost You to Break Your Chains
By Shawn Michael Greener, MTh., D.I.S., DPTh.
© 2025 Shawn M. Greener. All Rights Reserved.
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What if the very chains you are desperate to break cannot be shattered without pain? What if freedom in Yeshua is not free, but costly, paid for in blood, tears, and sometimes suffering you did not choose?
Today, we are going to talk about the real cost of breaking free… because the truth will set you free, but it might hurt first.
John 8:32 (ESV): “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
The Cost of Freedom in Messiah
Too often we imagine freedom as painless, quick, and easy. We sing songs of victory without counting the cost of battle. But the Scriptures remind us that following Yeshua and breaking free from sin’s chains will cost us dearly.
1. True Freedom Is Blood-Bought
Yeshua Himself said:
John 8:36 (ESV): “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
Freedom is not cheap. It was purchased with blood (Acts 20:28). The same cross that purchased salvation also demands your full surrender.
2. Discipleship Demands Everything
Luke 14:27–28 (ESV): “Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?”
Grace is free, but discipleship is not. You may lose friends, comfort, even your own life, but gain eternal life in Messiah (Philippians 3:7–8).
3. Pain Can Be the Place of Victory
Some battles must be fought through tears. Sometimes healing does not come immediately (2 Corinthians 12:7–10). Sometimes you cry until your soul aches (Psalm 42:3). Yet it is in the crushing that oil flows, and in the darkness that we discover His light (Psalm 30:5).
Chains Do Not Break by Accident
Freedom requires surrender, obedience, and the courage to face pain for the sake of truth. Yeshua warns that the enemy is a liar (John 8:44), promising false freedom while keeping us bound. True freedom requires that old habits die (Colossians 3:5), sin be crucified (Romans 6:6), and lies be replaced with truth.
Challenge and a Choice
Which chains are you still holding onto? What false freedoms have you allowed to stay in your life?
Today you must choose: Will you keep dragging your chains, or will you throw yourself at the feet of Yeshua and pay the price to walk free?
He offers you more than survival. He offers a new life, a new name, and an eternal future (Revelation 2:17).
Prayer of Salvation
“Avinu Malkeinu, Our Father, our King, I come to You right now, fully aware that I am broken and I need You. I have tried to break my own chains and failed. I have tried to live my own way and fallen. Today, I lay it all down. My sin. My shame. My chains. I believe that Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Messiah, is the Son of the Living God. I believe He died for my sins, that He was buried, and that He rose again on the third day. I believe His blood has the power to wash me clean and set me free. So I surrender my life to You now. I ask You to forgive me, to heal me, to make me new. Fill me with Ruach HaKodesh, Your Holy Spirit, and lead me in Your truth from this day forward. Write Your Word on my heart and teach me to walk in Your ways. Thank You, Abba, for loving me, for saving me, and for calling me Yours. I choose You, and I believe that today, my chains are broken in Yeshua’s mighty Name. Amen.”
If you prayed this prayer and meant it, welcome to the family of God. You are free. You are forgiven. You are His.
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Shalom b’Shem Yeshua.
Shawn
Bibliography
•The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (Crossway, 2016)
•Dr. Michael S. Heiser, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible (Lexham Press, 2015)
•Dr. Skip Moen, Spiritual Restoration: Reclaiming the Foundations of Godly Living (At God’s Table Publishing, 2012)
•David Guzik, Enduring Word Bible Commentary, www.enduringword.com
•Complete Jewish Study Bible (Hendrickson Publishers, 2016)
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Shawn M. Greener, MTh., D.I.S., DPTh.
I am just a beggar who found Bread, helping other hungry beggars to find Him too. My life has certainly been complex and I my halo has many dents. Heschel said; "Something Sacred hangs in the balance of every moment." I live like it. I teach like it.
As a person who survived a fatal 92 mph vs 51 mph head on crash, after dying and re-animating, and surviving several other brushes with death, my perspective is, let's say, unique. I haven't always been a theologian and I'm living REAL life, just like you... I have my hurts, habits and hangups too.
I've learned a few very important things along the way that I'm confident you'll find useful... butter for the Gluten free Bread so to speak.. Oh, you may chuckle or full on snort along the way, but you might also shed a few tears... Faith for LIFE... That's how it happens.
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