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Focussing on What’s Importantby Martin Luff
SURRENDER
Who Do You Say I Am?
Luke 9: 20“Then he (Jesus) said to
them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Who Do You Say I Am?
Amazing confession of
Peter!
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
Luke 9: 23
RECOGNISE
SURRENDER+
Surrender is not a popular
concept
FailureDefeatLosing in a gameBeing beatenGiving in
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship”
Romans 12: 1
"If you don't plan to live the Christian life totally committed to knowing your God and walking in obedience to Him, then don't begin; for this is what Christianity is all about. It is a change of citizenship, a change of government, a change of allegiance. If you have no intention of letting Christ rule your life, then forget Christianity; It's not for you."
Kay Arthur
What limits my surrender?
Pride
SelfishnessPhoto by ‘nuklr.dave’
Comfort
Photo by Pete Markham
Fear
Photo by Gustavo Veríssimo
IgnorancePhoto by comedy_nose
“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us.”
AW Tozer
“The more we let God take over us, the more truly ourselves we become – because He made us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be….It is when I turn to Christ, when I give up myself to His personality, that I first begin to have a real personality of my own.”
C S Lewis
What does surrender
mean for me?
Trust
Photo by Ibrahim Iujaz
Obedience
Photo by SuperFantastic
Patience
Photo by Gordana Adamovic-Mladenovic
Acceptance
Photo by ‘quest for the heartstone’
Contentment
Photo by ‘quest for the heartstone’
“The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender.”
William Booth
How surrendered
are you?
Who Do You Say I Am?
