Surrender is series of choices, not a one off event. We often hear that we’re going to a worship service. This may or not be true. We worship our God every time we choose to listen to and follow Jesus. With each choice we make, we reflect or glorify Jesus in our lives, which includes our attitudes, words and actions.
We can worship Jesus at a church service if we choose to give Him thanks and praise, which are asked of those who love Him. This can also be done at work, the beach, the ballpark or anywhere for that matter. Each choice to express our love for Jesus is worship, no matter where it takes place.
Surrender is not a one-time decision. It’s a daily choice to let go of self to follow Jesus, whom we say we love. Our culture and world would look much different, if only more Jesus believers would get this into their very thick skulls.
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I dreamed last night that my wife and I were playing darts, which of course I won! :).
In this game, the bullseye was only one point with each succeeding outer circle holding greater values. We’ve been trained to zero in on and hit the bullseye; and yet in this game, this was exactly the opposite thing to do.
After waking up, the Lord spoke to me. Why was I aiming for the lower numbers, which only led to defeat? I needed to raise my sights to hit the higher number targets.
It’s the same with our walk in Christ. Why compromise for less than God’s best? Why do I tend focus on what I’m not (the lower numbered targets) rather than on who I already am in Christ (the higher numbered targets)?
I’m a secure child of God at this very moment because of Jesus. I’m already holy, a saint, in Christ. I have every spiritual blessing this very second in Christ. I may not be experiencing those realities for the time being, but that is where my focus should be.
We become what we focus on and what we focus on only gets bigger. Raise your sights to who you are in Christ…right now! As you do, you’ll have many more victories than defeats in the days ahead.
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Give up or fight on is the choice we have when it comes to our struggle with our drugs of choice. This side of heaven, we live under tremendous pressure to quit the fight and just go with the flow.
DON’T!!! Quitting may be easier, but it never gives you what you seek – Jesus and all that He has for you. Be encouraged. Jesus will finish what He starts, so don’t quit on Him or yourself.
Jesus placed tremendous value on you when He humbled Himself to come live on this planet and then was humiliated to the point of death at the hands of His creation. He did this because He loved you then and still loves you now.
So let me exhort you as Paul did Timothy. Continue to “fight the good fight of the faith.” What Jesus has for you is worth it.
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Today we honor those who died to protect the freedoms we enjoy in America. How are you using that freedom?
Today I also honor the One, Jesus Christ, who died and rose again to give and maintain a freedom that no human nor government can give or ever take away. Brothers and sisters, how are you using that freedom? “It is for freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1)
Honor those and the One who died to give you freedom by choosing today and every day to use the freedom you’ve been given.
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Mutilation or murder. Both seem to be the only options when pain comes our way. What? When we do something dumb or someone does something to us, we tend to turn that pain inward on ourselves, which only leads to more pain (mutilation). Or, we turn that pain outward toward others, which causes them pain (murder).
Door #3 is another option: Move toward Jesus. Give your pain to Jesus using the FREEdom process. We live in a world full of pain, which can be directed toward you. And yes, sometimes it’s totally unfair and/or undeserved.
We don’t get to choose where that pain came from. We do, however, have a choice where to direct that pain. We have and love a God who can turn our pain into progress toward becoming more like Jesus (Romans 8:28-29, “those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son”).
When we choose to stop further hurting ourselves and/or others and then choose to filter our pain through the truths of God’s Word, we will see our lives changed. This not only brings us joy in the midst of painful situations today, but also for tomorrow and with each step into eternity as well.
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