FULL SURRENDER

Your dad and I have a short devotion before he leaves for work Mon-Fri and then first thing on Sat and Sun.  We have been doing this since the beginning of this year.  I highly recommend that you do this when you get married.  AND I highly recommend that you initiate it. 

Today I want to share our devotion with you.  We are using a little book, HOPE FOR EACH DAY, Words of Wisdom and Faith by Billy Graham.

August 14
FULL SURRENDER

Whoever loses his life for My sake. . . will save it.  Mark 8:35

A police sergeant once asked me the secret of victorious Christian living.  I told him there is no magic formula.  But if any one word could describe it, it would be surrender.

You may ask, "How can I surrender my life?"  It is surrendered in the same way that salvation comes to the sinner.  There needs to be confession of sin and a complete yielding of every area of our lives, personalities, and wills to Jesus Christ - plus faith that Christ will accept that commitment.

It's not enough for us to be confirmed or to make a decision for Christ at an altar.  We cannot walk successfully in the glow of that experience for the rest of our lives.  We need to return and renew those vows and covenants with the Lord.  We need to take inventory and have regular spiritual checkups.

Jesus said, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me" (Luke 9:23).  Daily surrender - that's the key to daily victory.


Are you daily surrendering to Christ?  Are you spending time in prayer that's not on the fly?  Are you spending time in the Bible? 

My prayer for each of you today is a DAILY SURRENDER first thing in the morning!

I love you Tripp and Jackson!

Mom