Category: Devotional

I find that living a surrendered life is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works. All other approaches lead to frustration, disappointment and self-destruction! In the military, surrender means defeat but as followers of Jesus, it means victory over whatever is hindering our Christian life. We lose… Continue reading I Surrender: Day 5

Obedience Demonstrates Surrender - Luke 5:1-11 In Luke 5:1-11 Jesus was teaching by the Lake of Gennesaret. When the people started to flock Him, he went and stood on a boat belonging to Simon that was by the water edge. Jesus asked him to go out a little farther from the shore so he could… Continue reading I Surrender: Day 4

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. – Matthew 16:24 To take up our cross and to follow Jesus requires a daily surrendering of one’s self. Humans are prone to stray. No matter how much we claim to love… Continue reading I Surrender: Day 3

Surrender Your Isaac - Isaiah 43:6-7 In 2015, the Lord showed me a vision of what my life would like in a few years. Every year after, my heart grew frustrated and impatient because I wanted what He showed me to happen so badly. Every time I tried to get ahead of Him He would… Continue reading I Surrender: Day 2

Today's verse: Luke 22:42 What exactly does it mean to be surrendered? When I think of  what it means to truly surrender, the prayer that Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane comes to mind – “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” Here we… Continue reading I Surrender – Day 1