12 Simple Ways to Worship God Everday (Tip 8)

12 Simple Ways to Worship God Everday

8, Intentionally surrender your day to God.

A dear friend taught me this morning prayer…

Lord, I have surrendered this day to You. I will follow where You guide and do Your will as You reveal it to me. Please help me to fulfill this promise that my life might glorify You alone. Amen.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galatians 2:20

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Surrender:

VERB

1. cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority:

    

   "over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities"

   synonyms:

   capitulate · give in · give (oneself) up · yield · concede · submit · 

   [more]

The above meaning of course, comes from a dictionary. But what does it mean spiritually for us?

Consider this:

Surrendering to God is a relinquishing of rights and will. It’s yielding your life – thoughts, actions, and spirit to God. It is opening up a tight-closed fist of control and placing trust in God instead of ourselves. The surrender to God meaning is giving up and letting go of the kingdom of this world – which includes the kingdom of self.

I like this definition better. Don't you?

Sometimes it's not easy to do. And it may mean a daily choice to give ourselves to God instead of self.

Galatians 2:20 is a good one to tell God at the start of each day and maybe many times in a day, that indeed we have been crucified with Christ because by faith he lives in us, all because he died for us. 

And because he lives, we can face anything that comes up against us.

Thanks for stopping by Friends. Have a blessed day!