The heart of worship is surrender .. A natural response to God's amazing love .. Not from fear or duty, but from love ... It is true worship ....giving yourself completely to God ... Offering yourself to God is what worship is all about
The act of surrender has many names ..... Consecration, making Jesus Lord, taking up your cross, dying to self, yielding to the spirit ... Needs to be all
3 barriers ... Fear, pride and confusion
Can I trust God? ... Love casts out all fear .. The more you realise how much God loves you the easier surrender becomes
... Jesus on the cross ... I'd rather die than live without you ... Free will surrender(offering) is what he wants
Admitting our limitations ... Pride ..the desire to have control is cause of so much stress in our lives! ... We accept our humanity intellectually, but not emotionally
Surrendering ... Not passive resignation, fatalism, accepting of status quo ...not giving up rational thinking .. Not repressing your personality
CS Lewis: the more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become
Surrendering is obeying even if it does not make sense ... Fully surrendered life is trust
You are surrendered when you don't react to criticism or rush to defend yourself, it shows in your relationships .. You don't edge others out, don't demand your rights, you are not self serving
In the garden ... If it fulfills your purpose, that's what I want too
Blessings of surrender .. Peace, freedom, power of God in your life
William Booth .. The greatness of a man's power is in the measure of his surrender
The best way to live ... We all surrender to something ... Money, resentment, pride, lusts, ego ... We are designed to worship God .. Not idols .. Wisest moments are when you say yes to God ..you can't fulfill God's purposes while focusing on your own plans ... Nothing under Gpd's control can be out of control
There is a moment of surrender, but also daily practice of surrender... Problem of a living sacrifice is that it can crawl off the alter!
Surrender will often mean doing the opposite of what you feel like doing!
Thoughts:
More challenge ... Need God's spirit to guide and support with this surrendering
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