Praying
To Father
Confidence within Him
Trusting in His control
Daily
Seeking
Tomorrow’s light
Heart embraces prayer
With eagerness to ask
Truth
Waking
With Jesus
Morning’s prayer-filled mindset
Leaving worries at cross
Peace
The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.
From Psalm 37:5: “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act.”
Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was a British-born Christian missionary. He spent 54 years in China.
The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.
From Matthew 11:28: “Come to Me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”
William Booth (1829-1912) was an English preacher; who along with his wife, Catherine, founded the Salvation Army.
Autumn’s fading peace
Winter’s renewing lease
One lonely snowflake
More coming at daybreak
Sky fills with more snow
Sunshine, morning’s no-show
Snow’s depth keeps growing
Wind wakes up, now blowing
Light powder sifting
Definitely drifting
Traffic hurries home
Under low-pressure dome
Drivers surrender
With each fender bender
Life’s pace slowing down
Snowstorm parks, all around
Forecast calls for more
Snowplows called out to war
Surfing waves of white
Under wintry twilight
Empty classrooms sleep
Children shall never weep
Nighttime dreams complete
Will tomorrow repeat?
Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ.
From 1 John 2:3: “Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we obey His commandments.”
From Psalm 34:6: “This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord and was saved from every trouble.”
Desiring smoother path
Journey faces pitfalls
Stressful days wait ahead
Darkness erecting walls
Showing what’s possible
Spirit lights Father’s way
Humbly see and follow
Walls crumble, new causeway
Turning toward Father
Life surrendered to Him
Troubled times diminished
Days no longer as grim
Tasting acts of goodness
Challenges overcome
Father’s peace now descends
Doubts reduced to breadcrumbs
Walking in Father’s love
Mercy remains steadfast
Every promise trusted
Faith transformed, hope recast
From Psalm 34:19: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all.”
If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!
From Psalm 34:19: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all.“
Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) was a Christian author and speaker. She and her husband, Jim, spent time as missionaries in Ecuador.
Maturity and freedom come when believers completely surrender to God and rely on His strength.
From Hebrews 5:12-14: “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is unskilled in the word of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.”
Surrender your mind to the Lord at the beginning of each day.
From Isaiah 50:4: “The Lord God has given me a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning He wakens, wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.”
When God asks us to surrender our will to His, it’s our job to trust He will show us the way.
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
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