We must be willing to confess, repent, walk away, give it up, and lay it down. It requires that we open our hearts and lives to the Lord asking Him to take out whatever does not please Him. What does it mean to yield ourselves to God? We all have our weaknesses so God will understand.” But that’s not how the Lord operates. Yet we often rationalize saying, “This one little thing isn’t that important. To try to keep parts of our lives to ourselves only hinders our walk with Him. Full surrender is like opening the closets of our lives and inviting Him to clean out whatever He wants. Once we’ve trusted Jesus as our Savior, we must recognize that we now belong to Him. Then as He brings something to mind, we relinquish it to Him. It may require that we ask God to search our hearts and reveal any areas we’ve kept for ourselves. In a military sense surrender means defeat, but for a follower of Jesus it means victory over whatever is hindering our Christian life. This is the same kind of attitude we should have-not my will, but Yours be done. Therefore, Jesus offered Himself fully to the Father and bore the penalty for our sins. Live Teaching Living A Surrendered Life Dr. There was no other way to accomplish the salvation of mankind. His distress demonstrates that surrender is not always easy and can be excruciating, yet He never wavered from complete obedience to His Father’s will. Jesus knew that He had come to die for the sins of mankind, and being fully God, He foresaw all that awaited Him as He suffered on the cross and bore the Father’s punishment for our sins. As He withdrew from His disciples, He prayed, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from Me yet not My will, but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42). He always did the will of His Father, yet toward the end of His life, He struggled to surrender in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus Christ is the perfect example of full surrender. It may be a bad attitude or habit, or it could be something that isn’t sinful but is not presently part of God’s will for our lives. It’s a conviction or that “thing” that keeps cropping up when we pray. But we can each sense what He is asking us personally to relinquish. What one person finds easy to release to the Lord, someone else may not. However, the application of this principle looks different for each believer. Charles Stanleyįull surrender is God’s perfect will for our lives. Live Teaching Living A Surrendered Life Dr. Yet this absolute surrender is exactly what God expects because Christ died for us, and we belong to Him. It’s not like surrendering to another person because when we yield ourselves to God, it includes every area of lives-even the things hidden deep within our hearts. Yet many Christians resist full surrender to Jesus because it seems too costly, too demanding. If Jesus is our Savior, and we acknowledge Him as Lord God, then we should also realize that He is the Lord of our lives as well. It’s ironic that we surrender our souls to His authority for salvation yet try to control other areas of our lives. When we recognize that there is nothing we can do to save our souls but must wholly trust in Jesus who bore our sins and paid the penalty we deserved. Although we all love the comfort of knowing that we are saved and our names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, there should also be progress in every area of our lives through surrender to the will of God. Live Teaching Living A Surrendered Life Dr. If He is your Savior and Lord, then this should be your wholehearted response. To the best of your knowledge, are you fully surrendered to Jesus Christ? To download Sermon Notes for messages not listed below,įind the sermon you’re looking for in the Watch section and select “Sermon Notes” below the description To watch any of these messages online, simply click the sermon title. Sermon Notes are free summaries designed to help you apply the truth of Scripture to your life as you watch or listen to Dr. Charles Stanley SERMON NOTES BY DR CHARLES STANLEY Bookmark our website on your browser, and keep checking on us for most recent Church and Christian events so that you can be updated about whats happening in your church and the christian community in General. You can be sure our team works round the clock to ensure every event around the christian community is updated here. We encourage every one who comes in contact with this website to make it a point of contact to receive from God. is a Christian online media that brings live Church programs updates, Live streaming of Church events, Daily Devotionals, Sermons, Messages, Prayers points and publications reated to the christian community only. This Live broadcast has been brought to you by 247devotionals.
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