Living a Surrounder life

Rom 12:2 “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

Rom 12:2-Tpt

1Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.

2Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.

Matt 16:24 “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

Great faith doesn't come out of great effort, but out of great surrender.

Gifts are free, but maturity is expensive.

Surrendering to God is showing complete faith in Him and belief in His promises. Just like a child, we can walk in freedom from worries. We simply must choose to trust God for everything. If we can trust God for our salvation through Jesus Christ, we can trust Him for our daily needs and desires.

Opening : A surrendered life is what God is pursuing in us. He wants us to come to Him with a heart that is fully committed to Him, without any reservations. When we live our lives this way, we find true happiness and fulfillment.

It's not always easy to let go of our own agendas and surrender completely to God, but it is definitely worth it.

When we do, we can experience His love and grace in a deeper way than ever before.A surrendered life is what God is pursuing in us.

He wants us to come to Him with a heart that is fully committed to Him, without any reservations.

When we live our lives this way, we find true happiness and fulfillment.

It's not always easy to let go of our own agendas and surrender completely to God, but it is definitely worth it. When we do, we can experience His love and grace in a deeper way than ever before.

God wants to work in and through us so that we can accomplish great things for Him. We may not always understand what He is doing, but if we trust Him and stay surrendered to Him, we will be amazed at what He can do.

What does it mean to surrender?

Surrender means to stop resisting and submit to authority.

To be willing to surrender, we must realize God is the Creator and Sustainer of the entire universe. He is the one who is in control of all things and has true authority over our lives. Once we understand this, and what He has done for us, our hearts are filled with a desire to gladly submit every area of our lives.

A surrendered life is what God is pursuing in us -Clyde

When we surrender hundred percent to the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit is able to make history in the nations of the earth

How to Surrender

Surrendering control is a daily, moment-by-moment choice. Like every discipline in life, we must learn to surrender and give it to God. The enemy seeks every new day to cloud our mind with worries, doubts, and fears. The devil wants there to be no room left for God in our lives. Surrendering to God becomes a lifestyle of daily giving it all to Him.

Whenever negative thoughts seek to invade our space, we must cut them off and give them to God immediately. God’s mercies are new every morning, so what happened yesterday, last year or a decade ago is completely gone. Carrying the past around will only take up space for God’s goodness, grace, and favor. Renewing our mind in Christ means letting go of all the burdens He died to take from us.

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lam 3:22-23 “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

1. Letting Go – Control

Control is the hardest thing to give up because without it we feel vulnerable. But we do not need to worry. God is already in control. We need to recognize His authority and move over to let Him lead. He is the Creator of the Universe, so we can trust Him with each day. Letting go is scary at first, but the freedom in our mind and hearts will be worth it.

A. God is life, and love, and blessing, and power, and infinite beauty, and God delights to communicate Himself to every child who is prepared to receive Him; but ah! this one lack of absolute surrender is just the thing that hinders God.

B. The Temple of Solomon was absolutely surrendered to God when it was dedicated to Him. And every one of us is a temple of God, in which God will dwell and work with power on one condition--absolute surrender to Him.

C. When we dedicate ourselves to God and allow Him into our lives in this way, He will dwell within us until the day that comes when all things are made new.

D. fear will keep you from surrendering to the God of hope what fear does will make you feel like you're losing but in all actuality you are gaining when you surrender your life to the father on all levels.

E .When you yield to the Lord of Hope, your fear will dissolve and all that remains is a feeling of hope. You're not losing anything by giving yourself up; rather, it's actually gaining an everything if we trust in our heavenly Father!

2. God told me I can do more with a surrendered life than I can do with unsurrendered life

Letting Go – Worry

You cannot hold God hostage (to your questions). He doesn’t owe you an answer. If you want the peace that passes understanding, you’re going to have to give up your right to understanding. It’s called trust.

Worry adds not a single day to our lives. In fact, worry oppresses us every second. Worry can literally affect not only our minds and hearts but our bodies too. Worry does absolutely nothing positive. Surrender worry to God and watch your life float in His favor.

Phil 4:6 “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

Philippians 4:6 (TPT): Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. Tell him every detail of your life,

a. God has shown me that a surrendered life is better than an un yielded one because it means I have given up my rights to myself.

matt 16:24 “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

B. Submerge yourself in prayer and ask God to work His good pleasure into you. We read about this when Jesus said "It is not ye that drives out the demon; but it is My Father Who works Miracles through Me."

(Mark 9:37 ““Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.””

Let Him transform your desires so they align with what He wants for us all -- even those things which at first seemed like a mistake or failure can turn out wonderful if we give them enough time!

C . God Himself will work it in you - with His power.

If there is anything holding you back, or any sacrifice you are afraid of making, come to God now, and prove how gracious your God is. His power is your power. Don't be afraid that He will ask you to do anything He won't empower Himself in you to carry out. Trust Him, fully. Then watch Him work wonders in and through you.

Letting Go – Money

We tend to hold tightly to our money. However, God wants to take the reins of our money.  Money can become an idol if we place it ahead of God. God wants to bless us, so we need to put our finances in the proper place: In God’s Hands. God will take care of us. We simply need to surrender our money and obey His leading.

Heb 13:5 “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.””

5 Don’t be obsessed with money but live content with what you have, for you always have God’s presence. For hasn’t he promised you, “I will never leave you alone, never! And I will not loosen my grip on your life!”

Brian Simmons, trans., The Passion Translation: New Testament (BroadStreet Publishing, 2017), Heb 13:5.

3. God’s calling on my life requires me to surrender

God has called us into a place of tenderness, when nobody is looking, when there are no great decisions to make, when it’s just him and me in a hotel room, with no one to pray for, no one to preach to. When it is just two people in a room, that’s where you learn. That’s where you learn his heartbeat. That’s where you learn the presence. That’s where you learn the voice. It’s in the moments when nobody is watching, nobody is evaluating how good you’re doing. When it is just you and him.

A .God has called me to be a vessel for his spreading love. I must yield and allow myself to become shaped by His will, so that he may someday use this life in which i live as an instrument through which He can display excellence throughout all things undistortedly

I am surrounded everyday with reminders of how much more powerful than any other person or thing on earth could ever hope t output tone is .

Our assignment has never been about what we can do for God, but what can God do through us.

B.God's calling on my life requires me to deny myself, lay down all protection and let Him take over. He will provide everything that I need for His perfect plan in your lives so please trust Him with this decision - it could change forever!

C. we are called by God from our mother’s womb a call is never ever significant until there is surrender. Every call that is on a person’s life, in order for that call to be fulfilled there has to be surrender

Jimmy Evans, “The Power of Surrender,” in Jimmy Evans Sermon Archive (Dallas, TX: MarriageToday, 2008).

4.Obedience Is The Only Thing God Will Ever Require Of You.

The best way to prepare yourself for your own miracle is to rejoice in somebody else's.

A. When you submit to God and follow His instructions, life gets better.

James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

B. When you submit to God and follow His instructions, life gets better.

John 10:27 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”

C. Your Assignment Will Contain A Collection Of Instructions.

Obedience is not measured by our ability to obey laws and principles, obedience is measured by our response to God’s voice.

Ps 119:89 “Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.”

D. The season of your life will change every time you decide to use your faith which equals obedience

Faith is the title deed for what we hope for

Closing :Whenever God restores something, He restores it to a place greater than it was before.