Todd and I have been going through the Purpose Driven Life together. I think it is a wonderful way to grow closer to each other and God as well. But that isn't what I was going to write about today. In chapter 10 of the book Rick Warren talks about surrendering your life to God. My Pastor: Rev. Paul Mitchell, also gave a wonderful lesson in Sunday school and a great sermon yesterday on surrendering your life over to God.
We all know we need to lay everything down at Jesus' feet, but at the same time surrendering everything can be difficult for us sometimes because we still want to control everything. If we say we give it to Christ and still try to control things, then we haven't surrendered our lives over. Romans 6:13 tells us "Surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes" There are many other scriptures that talk about surrendering your mind, body, and soul to Christ.
When we surrender our lives to God we admit that we are powerless and God is all powerful. We give him control over our lives and does his will for us rather than us trying to do everything. Granted when we surrender our lives it doesn't mean that the walk will be smooth sailing; it will be rocky and hard, because when we surrender all we become a bigger threat to Satan. When we surrender it all to God, some things become easier such as praying, reading the word and most importantly living our lives for God.
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