Stunning Truths From Woman Thou Art Loosed

Desperation

There are many messages in the film. “The enemy does more to fight you through your circumstances,” shares the film’s producer, T.D. Jakes, “than anything else to convince you of the lie that your temporary conditions are a reflection of your eternal position in God.”

Another truth within the film: “The light of God surrounds us,” says Jakes. “The love of God enfolds us, The power of God protects us, The presence of God watches over us, Wherever we are, God is, And where God is, all is well.”

And here’s yet another: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 18:10).

Free at last!

Hollywood Jesus also was reminded of these thoughts:

“Creation, which seems like pure freedom, involves limitation. . . . Rebellion, which also seems like freedom, involves limitation as well.” --PHILIP YANCEY (1949– )

“Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, I’m free at last.” —Inscription on the gravestone of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968)

“Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. A world of automata—of creatures that worked like machines—would hardly be worth creating. The happiness which God designs for his higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to him and to each other in an ecstasy of love and delight compared with which the most rapturous love between a man and a woman on this earth is mere milk and water. And for that they must be free.” --C. S. LEWIS (1898–1963)

Freedom!

“God doesn’t necessarily save people out of spit-shined, polished lifestyles,” writes Utley. “He saves them out of real pain and abuse. Bishop Jakes is to be commended for telling the truth in this story. It’s jarring and shocking . . . but necessary. Many people still hold pain and memories of abuse similar to what’s shown in this film because of the gospel of this ‘Get Over It Generation.’ We are taught to bury our pain, suck it up, and keep on pressing. But there are some pains and hurts that cannot be easily buried . . . especially those caused by abuse on this level. Take the bold and courageous step of walking away from this cycle of pain and bondage. Freedom never comes by burying our trauma. It can come only by confronting it. Hopefully, through this film, women across America and the world will be loosed from the bondage of abuse as well.”