December 3, 2023… Surrendering ALL To Follow …

December 3, 2023… Surrendering ALL To Follow  …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Carrie Underwool singing  … I Surrender All …  Poignantly singing of how Christians must surrender our all to follow Christ.  

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Highlight Passage: … Jeremiah 38:20 [6NLT] … 

20 Jeremiah replied, “You won’t be handed over to them if you choose to obey the Lord. Your life will be spared, and all will go well for you.. 

… Jeremiah’s warning - from God - to King Zedekiah.      

Highlight Passage (in context) … Jeremiah 38:17-23  … USE THIS LINK …  

… God warns Judah’s last king, Zedekiah. thru the Prophet Jeremiah, to surrender to the Babylonians or face the total destruction of Jerusalem.               

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, calls believers to trust in God completely - with all their (our) heart - and to surrender all to follow Him.  

Reference Passage: … Matthew 16:24-25 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches His disciples (and us) about being willing to give our all - in surrender - to follow Him.    

Reference Passage: … John 15:7-8 (NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus demands that HIs disciples (and all Christians) to obey His word and surrender our lives to abide in Him to be fruitful for Him.       

Reference Passage: … Romans 3:22-23 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians that surrendering to believe in Jesus is the only way we sinners can be might right with God’s glorious standard of righteousness.    

Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:19-20 (NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…The Apostle Paul testifies to the only way he was made right with God and that is to surrender to die to self and be made alive by complete faith in Jesus’ complete work on the cross.     

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Monica La Rose  AT THIS LINK - tells of Joseph Stalin, the Dictator of the Soviet Union in 1951, was told by his physician to moderate his schedule to protect Stalin’s health.  But Stalin had the physician arrested; and not being willing to surrender to the physician’s advice. died soon thereafter.   

God’s word, thru God’s Spirit (see Scriptures above), calls all Christians to be willing to surrender IN FAITH (see acronym for “FAITH” in photo) to die to self and to live for Christ.  And I was challenged by today’s ODB entry to give up - by FAITH - to follow my Lord in surrounding to follow HIs word.  That’s why you will find me here tomorrow morning, delving into God’s word to let God’s truth lead my path.  How about you?  Have you completely surrendered to follow our Lord?                                                                                                    

   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for leading me, Lord, as I do my best to surrender my all to follow You. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, …to surrender our ALL to follow You, Lord. … Amen  

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