Returning to God through Surrender

Tony Evans' Podcast

Tony Evans

Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Dr. Tony Evans says that many people worship a designer deitya god who conforms to their standards more than they do to his. In this message, he’ll explain why we need to come to the Lord on His terms, not ours, and talk about the benefits and difficulties of absolute surrender. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/222/29

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0:00.0	The reason why we're not having emerging change on the
0:02.7	outside is we're not being transformed on the inside.
0:05.3	And Dr. Tony Evans says being transformed on the inside
0:08.6	requires yielding to God rather than the culture.
0:11.6	Once surrendering takes place, you say no to the value
0:14.7	systems of the world that God takes over and begins
0:17.7	the transformation process.
0:19.7	This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author,
0:23.4	speaker, senior pastor of Oaklev Bible Fellowship in
0:27.0	Dallas, Texas, and president of the Urban Alternative.
0:32.2	Dr. Evans says many people worship a designer deity,
0:35.8	a guy who conforms to their standards more than they do to his.
0:39.9	Today, he looks at why we need to come to the Lord on his
0:42.5	terms, not ours, as he talks about the benefits and
0:45.5	difficulties of absolute surrender.
0:48.3	One of the big questions that we all have with our lives is
0:52.4	what God wants us to do. How does God want us to do it?
0:55.5	What? How do we move forward in this thing called life
1:00.0	given all the chaotic realities that we face?
1:03.4	How do we navigate our existence?
1:08.9	Paul the Apostle in one of the famous passages in scripture
1:13.9	talks about this in Romans 12, 1 and 2.
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