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It is natural…for us to trust in ourselves. It is so natural, and so
confirmed by the habits of a lifetime, that no ordinary difficulties
or perplexities avail to break us of it. It takes all God can do to
root up our self-confidence. He must reduce us to despair; He
must bring us to such an extremity that the one voice we have in
our hearts, the one voice that cries to us wherever we look round
for help, is death, death, death. It is out of this despair that the
superhuman hope is born. It is out of this abject helplessness
that the soul learns to look up with new trust to God… How do
most of us attain to any faith in Providence? Is it not by proving,
through numberless experiments, that it is not in man that
walketh to direct his steps? Is it not by coming, again and again,
to the limit of our resources, and being compelled to feel that
unless there is a wisdom and a love at work on our behalf,
immeasurably wiser and more benign than our own, life is a
moral chaos?... Only desperation opens our eyes to God’s love.
James Denney
Scripture
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that
you were cold or hot. 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and
neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of My mouth.
Because you say, ‘I'm rich; I have become wealthy and need
nothing,' and you don't know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor,
blind, and naked, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined in the
fire so that you may be rich, white clothes so that you may be
dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed, and
ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may see. 19 As
many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and
repent. Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My
voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner
with him, and he with Me. ” Revelation 3:15-20 HCSB
Song
Among the Thirsty-Completely
I’m feeling so small
Standing here weeping
As I'm coming clean
Of the secrets I'm keeping
I've caused so much pain
To the ones I love the most
And I'm falling apart
As I carry my heart to Your throne
I am completely surrendering
Finally giving You everything
You're my redeemer, I run to the cross
Because You are more than enough
Lord complete me
Cause I'm Yours completely
I'm letting go
There's nothing I own
The treasures I held
Just weighed down my soul
And there's nothing left
Inside of me
But a longing for You
And a longing to be the man that You need
I am completely surrendering
Finally giving You everything
You're my redeemer, I run to the cross
Because You are more than enough
Lord complete me
Cause I'm Yours completely
I let Your gifts take the place of you
But You pulled up my selfishness from it's roots
I am a broken and fragile me
But I'm where You want me to be
I am completely surrendering
Finally giving You everything
You're my redeemer, I run to the cross
Because You are more than enough
Lord complete me
Cause I'm Yours completely
Lord complete me
Cause I'm Yours completely
Sentence Prayer
Loving Father, I surrender to You today with all my heart and
soul. Please come into my heart in a deeper way. I say “Yes” to
You today. I open all the secret places in my heart to you and
say, “Come on in.” Jesus, You are Lord of my whole life. I
believe in You and receive You as my Lord and Savior. I hold
nothing back. Holy Spirit, bring me deeper conversion to the
person of Jesus Christ. I surrender all to you: my health, my
family, my resources, occupation, skills, relationships, time
management, successes and failures. I release it, and let it go. I
surrender my understanding of how things out to be; my choices
and my will. I surrender to You the promises I have kept and the
promises I have failed to keep. I surrender my weaknesses and
strengths to You. I surrender my emotions, my fears, my
insecurities, my everything. I surrender _____________,
______________________, _______________________,
_____________________. (Continue to surrender other areas as
the Holy Spirit reveals them to you). Lord, I surrender my entire
life to You, the past, the present and the future. In sickness and
in health, in life and in death, I belong to You.
“Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my
understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess.
You have given all of me. To you, O Lord, and I return it. All is
Yours. Dispose of it wholly according to Your will. Give me Your
Love and Your grace, for this is sufficient for me.” Amen
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