True Surrender

[Ann Doupont]

What is true surrender?

Loving God more than self.
Loving God more than others.
Loving God more than anything.

Allowing God to take out of your heart all of your own desires, and replacing them with His. Laying down all of your goals, plans, aspirations, dreams, visions and desires. Giving them all up to Him, and allowing Him to remold and reshape you.

This is true surrender to the Almighty. Saying, and meaning with your whole heart, “Not my will, but Yours, be done.”

 

[jdw4jesus]

Wonderful thread!

 

[angelwind]

What is true surrender?

Loving God more than self.
Loving God more than others.
Loving God more than anything.

Allowing God to take out of your heart all of your own desires, and replacing them with His. Laying down all of your goals, plans, aspirations, dreams, visions and desires. Giving them all up to Him, and allowing Him to remold and reshape you.

This is true surrender to the Almighty. Saying, and meaning with your whole heart, “Not my will, but Yours, be done.”

I believe this is true...but does anyone find this surrendering to be a painfull experience...guess Jesus sure did in the end. But, what a resurrection!

 

[Ann Doupont]

I believe this is true...but does anyone find this surrendering to be a painfull experience...guess Jesus sure did in the end. But, what a resurrection!

The flesh hates it. But, the spirit within loves it. Whichever one we feed (whether the flesh or the spirit) will grow and the other one will starve out.

The Bible says that even Jesus learned obedience through the things He suffered.

Good point about "what a resurrection!" We are called to fellowship in His sufferings but ALSO to experience the power of His resurrection. I believe that this is here on this earth -- not only in Heaven!

Ann

 

[angelwind]

The flesh hates it. But, the spirit within loves it. Whichever one we feed (whether the flesh or the spirit) will grow and the other one will starve out.

The Bible says that even Jesus learned obedience through the things He suffered.

Good point about "what a resurrection!" We are called to fellowship in His sufferings but ALSO to experience the power of His resurrection. I believe that this is here on this earth -- not only in Heaven!

Ann

I believe this is true too. The more we let Him pare away the flesh and we let it die...the more we experience His resurrection life...even here, in this life.

The outward man perishes, but the inward man thrives.