Word for the day " Surrender your life to the Lord"

Ezekiel 44:9 (NLT) “So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigners, including those who live among the people of Israel, will enter my sanctuary if they have not been circumcised and have not surrendered themselves to the Lord.

It’s time to surrender our lives fully to the Lord.

Some people go through life excusing their shortcomings because of some disadvantages they’ve had stacked against them.

Others have grown up in great families and circumstances of great advantage and privilege.

Many of these folks have had less in their lives to overcome and less occasion to stumble.

Today’s message places emphasis on whatever you have gone through in life to be here, it’s time to surrender to the Lord.

If you are one who hasn’t had these benefits and you’ve had a disadvantage or two to overcome, you may feel angry, resentful, and even ashamed as a result.

If so, I have two important things to say to you: first, your feelings are certainly understandable.

Second, despite the fact that your resentful feelings may be justified, you simply must let go of them-those feelings or they will slowly eat you alive.

The challenge of letting go and letting God is difficult but worth it.

Letting go is so simple and at the same time so hard to do. Daily as people, we face the same challenge, a challenge to surrender.

Surrender your will, your power, your bitter, and angry feelings of resentment of people and even of God for many of us.

To surrender in spirituality and religion means that a believer completely gives up his/her own will and subjects his thoughts, ideas, and deeds to the will and teachings of a higher power.

It may also be contrasted with submitting your life under the governance of God.

Surrender to God, it's a term you may have heard, but what does it mean, in the grand scheme of today’s message.

Surrender is not a word often associated with positive actions. In fact, surrender in the name of the law typically means trouble for someone.

And we know that when one side surrenders to another in battle, it's a sign they've given up any hope for victory.

Victory through Christ is possible for our lives if we choose to surrender to God whatever has a stronghold on us.

With God, even if you don't really want to, you will discover the genuine, eternal satisfaction that can only come from surrendering to God.

Surrender yourself so the Lord’s promised Holy Spirit can come and fill the void in your life today!

Quote-  “I believe, no one who surrenders to the Lord will be sorry”James Baker, Jr.Prayer - Heavenly Father, I completely surrender all my life to You! I adore You, for You are mighty and all-powerful, worthy of all my praise.

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