Welcome to The Intouch Podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday, August 3rd.

When we think of surrender, the word defeat usually comes to mind too.

But in God's plan, giving up isn't losing.

Instead, it's the only way to win.

When nations war against each other, the sure evidence that someone has had a victory

is that someone else surrenders unconditionally.

An unconditional surrender means that they give up, they yield possession of,

with no restrictions, no conditions, it is an unconditional surrender.

As long as a nation has restrictions, as long as they have conditions to the surrender,

there is still the possibility of a threat, of a continuous war.

When you not trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, that wasn't the end.

That wasn't even His goal.

His goal is that you and I would live unconditionally, surrender to Him every day of our life.

Usually when we think of an unconditional surrender, the first thing that we think about is,

oh my goodness, God, what am I going to have to give up now?

That is always the way Satan operates.

He turns a wonderful opportunity into some negative attitude

and cheats us out of a powerful blessing from God.

An unconditional surrender to Jesus Christ is not a negative attitude.

It is not something that you necessarily have to give up.

It may be that you open the door to receive something you've wanted all along,

to receive God's very, very best in your life.

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