BREAKING BONDAGES: Discovering Freedom & Comfort | Series Overview
In a world overflowing with fear, anxiety, and uncertainty, Breaking Bondages speaks directly to the struggles so many quietly face—panic, depression, trauma, and unforgiveness. This powerful six-part sermon series by Dr Jerry Johnston is part of his and Cristie Jo’s life-legacy project, The Power and Influence of Christian Strong. It invites believers to discover how Christ’s truth and power can free us from the mental, emotional, and spiritual chains that keep us bound.
Drawing from Scripture and deeply personal experience, Jerry and Cristie Jo open their hearts with vulnerability and hope. Through candid storytelling, they reveal their own battles with anxiety, panic, and seasons of darkness—and how God’s Word and presence became their lifeline. Their message is clear: being Christian Strong doesn’t mean living without hardship; it means standing firm in Christ even when fear and despair threaten to overtake you.
Each message in Breaking Bondages explores a different aspect of the human struggle—fear, shame, depression, trauma, and unforgiveness—and points to the unchanging truth that Christ alone holds the power to heal and restore. Using biblical accounts that relate and truths to navigate us in the journey to overcome the series shows that bondage is not God’s plan for His people. Jesus calls each of us His own, offering dignity, restoration, and freedom through His Word and Spirit.
You are encouraged to identify the areas of your own life where fear and shame may have taken root. The series offers practical, faith-based steps toward freedom—naming the fear, exposing the lies of shame, forgiving those who have wounded us, acknowledging past trauma, and filling the mind with God’s promises. Jerry and Cristie Jo remind believers that breaking bondages often requires community, biblical truth, and sometimes professional help—but healing is always within reach when Christ is at the center.
A major theme woven through the series is forgiveness as a healing agent. Forgiveness releases bitterness, imitates Christ, and opens the door to peace. It doesn’t erase the past, but it frees us from being defined by it. When believers forgive, the power of the wound begins to lose its grip, and the heart experiences true release.
Ultimately, Breaking Bondages is a message of hope and spiritual strength. It declares that Christ’s truth is greater than our trauma, His forgiveness deeper than our wounds, and His power stronger than our fears. The Johnstons’ passion is to help every believer understand that living Christian Strong means trusting Christ’s strength within us—anchored in His Word, equipped by His Spirit, and shining as witnesses of His love in a broken world.
If you’re longing for freedom from fear, anxiety, or past pain, this series will guide you toward the healing only Jesus can bring—and help you live Christian Strong in the midst of life’s battles.
