Surrender
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 24 February 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Fullness of life and surrender are inextricably linked. As we begin to wrap up our week on diving into the fullness of life, today we’ll explore the concept of surrendering to Jesus. May you be encouraged instead of burdened and take whatever next steps necessary to give Jesus your all.
Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 10:39, and today's worship is Find Me by Jonathan & Melissa Helser.
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| 0:00.0 | Fullness of life and surrender are inextricably linked. |
| 0:08.0 | As we begin to wrap up our week on diving into the fullness of life, |
| 0:12.0 | today we'll explore the concept of surrendering to Jesus. |
| 0:16.0 | May you be encouraged instead of burdened, |
| 0:19.0 | and take whatever steps necessary to give Jesus your all. |
| 0:23.4 | Welcome to the first of teen podcast. |
| 0:42.3 | Our verse for today comes from Matthew 1039. Scripture says, |
| 0:44.3 | Whoever finds his life will lose it. |
| 0:47.3 | And whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. |
| 0:52.3 | Jesus makes an important and paradoxical statement in Matthew 1039 |
| 0:59.0 | with the idea of losing our life to the world and finding our life in him. What does it look like |
| 1:06.0 | to lose your life for his sake? How is it possible to find life as the result of losing it? You and I are only |
| 1:15.1 | truly living to the degree that we've surrendered our lives to Jesus. True life is eternal, kingdom-based, |
| 1:24.0 | and fueled by the love of God. |
| 1:28.3 | Life apart from God is fleeting and meaningless. |
| 1:31.3 | It's for this reason Solomon and Ecclesiastes 114 says, |
| 1:36.3 | I have seen everything that is done under the sun, |
| 1:40.3 | and behold, all is vanity and is striving after wind. |
| 1:47.0 | We have opportunity every day to lay our lives down at the feet of Jesus in response to His great love, |
| 1:54.0 | that we might experience the abundant life only He can give. |
| 1:58.0 | Surrender positions our hearts to receive the incredible reward of being fully |
| 2:04.6 | God's. God won't force his blessings on us. He won't force his presence or his love. He patiently |
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