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Joe Gardner<\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The following is a devotion from my message series\u00a010 Steps to Freedom<\/a>. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus!<\/em><\/p>\n

STEP EIGHT: day 4<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Establish\u00a0<\/i>guardrails<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to protect your freedom<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The guardrails you need to have in your life will be customized to your areas of struggle and the freedom you\u2019re trying to establish. But to help get your mind started with ideas, here are twelve examples of guardrails that could be good to establish in your life to protect your freedom:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Join and be active in a church small group.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Get a strong internet filter in your home.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Exercise for at least three hours per week.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Go to bed earlier and get a minimum of seven hours of sleep a night.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Take a course or ask for personal coaching with your finances.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Remove all the alcohol from your home.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Make some new friends.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Buy an old-fashioned alarm clock and don\u2019t sleep with the phone next to your bed.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Don\u2019t ride in a car or eat a meal alone with a person of the opposite gender.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Get some preemptive marriage counseling before your little problems become big problems.<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Start giving 10% of your income to the church to keep your heart right.<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Join a Freedom Group to work through your issues with other believers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These guardrails aren\u2019t for everyone, but they are guardrails people have established to protect their mental, physical, emotional and spiritual freedom.<\/span><\/p>\n

    QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. How many of the above guardrails do you currently have in place? Which ones might you need to add?<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Do the guardrails mentioned above spark any ideas for some additional guardrails you can establish in your life to protect your freedom?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      You can read other devotional entries\u00a0for 10 Steps to Freedom\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The following is a devotion from my message series\u00a010 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP EIGHT: day 4\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Establish\u00a0guardrails\u00a0to protect your freedom The guardrails you need to have in your life will be customized to your areas of struggle and the freedom…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,2],"tags":[318,366,115],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10-steps-to-freedom","category-next-steps","tag-freedom","tag-guardrail","tag-guardrails"],"yoast_head":"\n12 Guardrails That Could Protect Your Freedom - Next Steps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Establishing guardrails to protect your freedom doesn't have to be mystical or mysterious. 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