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I read somewhere once where someone said they LONGED to be totally surrendered to the Lord. I am still at a point in my life where I struggle with letting go of this and that...and consequently I am not a happy camper. It just seems "too hard", almost terrifying, to let go and trust. Yet part of me somewhere thinks the only way to be free is to be in God's will.

But I've thought it too hard to let go for so many many many long years that I'm hard and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to.
 

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whatshername said:
I read somewhere once where someone said they LONGED to be totally surrendered to the Lord. I am still at a point in my life where I struggle with letting go of this and that...and consequently I am not a happy camper. It just seems "too hard", almost terrifying, to let go and trust. Yet part of me somewhere thinks the only way to be free is to be in God's will.

But I've thought it too hard to let go for so many many many long years that I'm hard and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to.

Hello to you and God Bless You..
When we let go and let God, that's when we really start seeing things open up in our lives. We all have those"things" you might want to call it that can pull us away from Him. We are all with sin and none perfect.
Try not to harden your heart in the things of the Lord. He is the maker of it all. He is the reason we even exist. He deserves our full attention. He is worthy. I am not worthy and you are not worthy. But oh how He is. Our minds can play such a big role in how we look at God and those "idols" that we have trouble throwing in the trash. And I am here to say, if I had a penny for everytime I messed up and failed Him, I would be the richest woman on CF;) I am going to pray for you. You just trust Him with everything you have. Jesus said if you be faithful in the little things, He will make you so much greater in the Bigger things. It's gonna be ok hon, you just give Him your whole heart, not half. It's man we can't trust, but it's Him who we can trust.:bow: :prayer:
 
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Hi hername

The world just isn't worth it, it's empty and dead...
all roads eventually lead to ruin and misery, with temporary highs in-between but Jesus's love is everlasting it is the flame that never goes out, it will never be affected by consumption

trust in Jesus and nothing can stand in your way, look at the story of David
 
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whatshername said:
I read somewhere once where someone said they LONGED to be totally surrendered to the Lord. I am still at a point in my life where I struggle with letting go of this and that...and consequently I am not a happy camper. It just seems "too hard", almost terrifying, to let go and trust.
Yet part of me somewhere thinks the only way to be free is to be in God's will.
But I've thought it too hard to let go for so many many many long years that I'm hard and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to.

Thats the Holy Spirit guiding you in the right paths to take.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
ROMANS 15;13

God bless you.
Love, Paul.
 
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whatshername, I think that you need to keep in mind that as with all things in life, it's a process. Give yourself some time to learn how to get to that place. There may be lessons that you need to learn on the way. Ask the HS for his guidance and he will lead you :)

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I can somewhat relate. The Lord called me to give up a lot of things for His sake...gaming, tv, lots of books, radio, I hardly ever spend time with people outside of school...I live a lonely life in an external sense, for someone my age I guess. I would have a hard time following Him if I did not make these sacrifices but I assure all that it was done becuase of the Holy Spirit's conviction. The Holy Spirit is convicting you. It is not impossible even if certain things needing to go have been with you for many years. You cannot do what is pleasing to God on your own. I know I am young and I am struggling a bit with my carnal nature as of now, but I do know that if you spend what free time you have reading the Word and praying and taking time in solitude, away from even online discussion, and ask for grace and the enablement to surrender all before God and spend time to where you're really deep into the presence of God. Ask Him to open your spiritual eyes and ears to see and hear the Truth in the Word and the Truth of the utterances of the Spirit which will become clear when heart and mind has been renewed into the likeness of Christ's mind and heart. Ask for Him to grant you grace to obey Him fully and be cleansed of all that He wants to cleanse you of and ask for grace to let go of everything that is not of Him because it is hard enough with a busy schedule to take care of while also having energy to take care of God's business in a Spirit-lead manner.

We all have sinned. I sin and war with sin everyday. When I sin, I feel bad and I would naturally rather avoid owning up to God, but that makes things worse. I don't know, but I do know that you're no different from anyone else in that we can do nothing apart from Christ. Spend time being renewed in His presence because that will give you divine strength to follow Christ and obey Him. I do not know His will for you, but when all of the worldly cares and distractions are cut off for the time being, God will speak to your inner self and make His will known as to what you need to do and what decisions to make. But don't believe the lies which comes from your flesh and from the world and Satan which says you are unable to surrender whatever because you can do all things through Christ living in and through you.
 
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I don't know if my wisdom on the subject would apply to you or not, but I'll just offer it for whatever it's worth.

I think it's important to take trust & surrender one hour or even one moment at a time.......what does God want me to do this hour? Try not to get overwhelmed by the big picture, but just strive to be in His will in each present moment.

And if you tend to beat up on yourself for not trusting, God doesn't beat up on you....he knows that we all have been wounded by many lies from the father of lies, and that it is hard to learn to trust again.

It takes time to learn to trust God, but He celebrates every attempt & every success with great joy! :)
 
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When I was a kid, I loved playing with tops and marbles, but I eventually gave that up.....not because I really tried giving it up, but I just outgrew it eventually as I got older.

The pinoak tree is a one of the few trees that keeps its leaves throughout the winter, then as the spring comes, the life-flowing sap from within flows out and pushes the dead leaves to make room for the new. So it is with the Christian life. Some christians try to pick at the dead leaves of their old nature too soon by trying to "give up" things, instead of "getting" Christ. Ask for the Holy Spirit to fill you with the continual life-flowing sap of Christ from within and it will eventually push out those dead leaves in time.

Justification is immediate and is ours at the moment that we are saved, but sanctification however, is a lifelong process, wherein we are made more perfect with each passing day.

"..the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day" (Prov 4:18)

give it time...
 
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dan888 said:
When I was a kid, I loved playing with tops and marbles, but I eventually gave that up.....not because I really tried giving it up, but I just outgrew it eventually as I got older.

The pinoak tree is a one of the few trees that keeps its leaves throughout the winter, then as the spring comes, the life-flowing sap from within flows out and pushes the dead leaves to make room for the new. So it is with the Christian life. Some christians try to pick at the dead leaves of their old nature too soon by trying to "give up" things, instead of "getting" Christ. Ask for the Holy Spirit to fill you with the continual life-flowing sap of Christ from within and it will eventually push out those dead leaves in time.

Justification is immediate and is ours at the moment that we are saved, but sanctification however, is a lifelong process, wherein we are made more perfect with each passing day.

"..the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day" (Prov 4:18)

give it time...

I'm "hip" to this! Beautiful Dan!
 
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Maybe we all can find a grain of truth, and wisdom in my walk with the Lord. My parents were Catholic and sent me to Catholic schools. I was taught right from wrong, at least what my parents and the nuns thought was right. Spent the first twenty-five years of my life trying to live a good and decent life, and made some mistakes. At the age of twenty-five started to go to Mass and Communion almost every day. Got very involved with the priests, helping in their classrooms as a co instructor. At the age of thirty-eight got married to a young girl, and started to have children. After my first child Jesus started asking me to be a minister, not understanding what or how I could be a minister, I would say yes, but instead of asking what he wanted me to do I told him what I would do. This went on for two years. We had two more daughters one with Downs Syndrome, and the third was born blind. When our blind child came down with an eye infection and we couldn’t get in to see our doctor until after the week end, my wife got down on her knees and begged Jesus to heal our blind child. We then put her down for a nap and when she got up her eye infection was gone. I don’t remember if we checked her eyesight then or if it was in the morning, but when we did check he sight, she could see. My daughter is now twenty-eight years old and her eyesight is twenty/fifteen where the rest of us need glasses.

Well, about the same time Jesus let me know that I need to give him an answer about being in the ministry. I told him I would, but I wanted to know if it was really Jesus who was calling me to the ministry. I ask to be given the gift of tongues that night if it was Jesus calling me. I spoke in tongues for the first time that night. The next morning I asked Jesus what seminary I should attend, he told me “No! Don’t read about me, I’ll teach you about me.” Right after this Jesus asked me to give him my life, not really understanding what this meant I took a few days thinking about it. When I was going to say yes I would give him my life, the Holy Spirit let me know, that if I did give Jesus my life I would lose everything I owned. I was given the grace to say yes. I lost everything. When I was about to lose my car I complained to Jesus and he spoke to me and said “Bob! They hung me”

After I gave Jesus my life that is when I started drawing closer, and closer to Jesus. I no longer lived my life as I thought was best, but Jesus was in control of my life.

I am now almost seventy-two years old, and Jesus is still teaching, and guiding me.
 
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dan888 said:
So it is with the Christian life. Some christians try to pick at the dead leaves of their old nature too soon by trying to "give up" things, instead of "getting" Christ. Ask for the Holy Spirit to fill you with the continual life-flowing sap of Christ from within and it will eventually push out those dead leaves in time.

What he said :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

That was excellent.
 
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Dear Giver,
I am so inspired by you chosing to share your testimony here! May all who read it be encouraged by the strength of the call upon you.

Giver said:
Maybe we all can find a grain of truth, and wisdom in my walk with the Lord. My parents were Catholic and sent me to Catholic schools. I was taught right from wrong, at least what my parents and the nuns thought was right. Spent the first twenty-five years of my life trying to live a good and decent life, and made some mistakes. At the age of twenty-five started to go to Mass and Communion almost every day. Got very involved with the priests, helping in their classrooms as a co instructor. At the age of thirty-eight got married to a young girl, and started to have children. After my first child Jesus started asking me to be a minister, not understanding what or how I could be a minister, I would say yes, but instead of asking what he wanted me to do I told him what I would do. This went on for two years. We had two more daughters one with Downs Syndrome, and the third was born blind. When our blind child came down with an eye infection and we couldn’t get in to see our doctor until after the week end, my wife got down on her knees and begged Jesus to heal our blind child. We then put her down for a nap and when she got up her eye infection was gone. I don’t remember if we checked her eyesight then or if it was in the morning, but when we did check he sight, she could see. My daughter is now twenty-eight years old and her eyesight is twenty/fifteen where the rest of us need glasses.

Well, about the same time Jesus let me know that I need to give him an answer about being in the ministry. I told him I would, but I wanted to know if it was really Jesus who was calling me to the ministry. I ask to be given the gift of tongues that night if it was Jesus calling me. I spoke in tongues for the first time that night. The next morning I asked Jesus what seminary I should attend, he told me “No! Don’t read about me, I’ll teach you about me.” Right after this Jesus asked me to give him my life, not really understanding what this meant I took a few days thinking about it. When I was going to say yes I would give him my life, the Holy Spirit let me know, that if I did give Jesus my life I would lose everything I owned. I was given the grace to say yes. I lost everything. When I was about to lose my car I complained to Jesus and he spoke to me and said “Bob! They hung me”

After I gave Jesus my life that is when I started drawing closer, and closer to Jesus. I no longer lived my life as I thought was best, but Jesus was in control of my life.

I am now almost seventy-two years old, and Jesus is still teaching, and guiding me.
 
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The indescribable joy and overwhelming love and glory that comes from total surrender makes our previous hesitatation silly. But as has been said here, it is a process, commencing with conviction, and enabled by the Holy Spirit.

God has made a way for you to do this, His Word tells us that way, which is Jesus Christ, who died to give you the power and the strength to do all that our Father requires. Memorizing some scriptures about who we are in Christ can be a strong faith builder for times of growing.

I'm praying that you count for joy all the worldly things you set aside as you surrender it all to God. And I know you will be richly rewarded (now and hereafter) for every step you take.

God loves you so much that He will continue to perfect that which He has commenced in you!
 
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I SURRENDER ALL

All to Jesus, I surrender;
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.

Refrain
I surrender all, I surrender all,
All to Thee, my blessèd Savior,
I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender;
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
Take me, Jesus, take me now.

Refrain

All to Jesus, I surrender;
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.

Refrain

All to Jesus, I surrender;
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power;
Let Thy blessing fall on me.

Refrain

All to Jesus I surrender;
Now I feel the sacred flame.
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to His Name!

Refrain
 
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