Is it possible to find freedom in surrender? Usually we think of surrender as a kind of defeat. Surrender seems like giving in, or giving up. That’s the opposite of freedom!
But that’s just what Jesus taught – freedom, real freedom, comes through surrender to God. To be a follower of Jesus we have to surrender everything to him: will, possessions, reputation, relationships, even our lives.
On the other side of surrender, Jesus offers us freedom – freedom from sin, but also freedom to live fully, with joy, in Christ. This isn’t a contradiction. It’s only through surrender to Christ that we can find freedom in Christ.
This 14-day series guides you through Jesus’s teaching on surrender, and how you can experience freedom in him.
Read: Luke 9:23-26 Let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. (v. 23) How do you react when you hear the word surrender? Surrender comes with
Read: Luke 14:25-33 Any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. (v. 33) “He’s a Christian, but not too Christian.” It’s said as
Read: Romans 12:1-2 Present your bodies as a living sacrifice. (v. 1) The congregation was enthusiastically singing I Surrender All. Then our pastor observed that if we were being honest, most
Read: Philippians 4:4-9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. (v. 9)
Read: Luke 12:22-34 Which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? (v. 25) Many of us would have to confess that we aren’t
Read: Mark 10:17-31 He went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. (v. 22) The rich young ruler was a man who wanted to follow Christ but wasn’t willing to surrender
Read: John 6:35-40 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. (v. 38) As every parent soon
Read: John 12:37-50 They loved the glory that comes from man more. (v. 43) Admit it: you care about what others think of you. Nobody wants to be laughed at or
Read: Philippians 3:1-21 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all
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