Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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426. Epiphany 8
1 Corinthians 4:1-21, Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, Leviticus 19:1-37
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... the Glorious Day" "O Brother Man, Fold to Thy Heart" "These Things Shall Be" "Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life" Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Theme: Our faith does not make us judge of others Call to Worship Pastor: When we surrender our lives to Christ, the assurance of salvation fills us with joy. People: It is the most wonderful experience! We wish everyone could enjoy it. Pastor: Christ gives himself in different ways to different people, and therefore cautions us not to judge the Christian ...
427. Palm Sunday
Matthew 21:1-11, Philippians 2:1-11, Isaiah 50:1-11
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... day to let your heart take control of your lips. People: We can't keep silent. Our hearts are bursting with praise for Jesus, King of our lives. Pastor: In spite of the shadow of the cross over the palm-strewn way, Jesus rules in the hearts of those who surrender to him. People: We commit ourselves wholly to Jesus, and ask him to have his way with us. Collect O Lord God, whose Son followed your will, both as Servant and as Savior; and now rules in the hearts of those who accept him as King: Open our hearts ...
428. Tuesday in Holy Week
Isaiah 49:1-7, John 12:20-36, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5
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... failing to receive the salvation which awaits us at the foot of the cross. We pray through Christ, our crucified Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession We do not identify ourselves with those who think the cross is foolishness, Father. But neither do we surrender ourselves to the full power of your salvation. We tolerate sin, and justify ourselves with pious attitudes. Forgive us for our indifference to the price our Lord has paid to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Strengthen us in committed living; that our ...
429. Good Friday
Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27, Isaiah 52:13--53:12
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... we are especially conscious of how sinful we are, Father, and how forgiving you are toward us. We are moved to repentance and confession, truly grieved by our sinful behavior. Forgive us for acting religious, when in our hearts we resist the faith we try to portray. Inspire us to surrender our wills to Christ, that his death may bring us into eternal life. In his name we pray. Amen. Hymns "Behold, the Savior of Mankind" "Beneath the Cross of Jesus" "On a Hill Far Away" "There Is a Green Hill Far Away"
430. Easter Day
Matthew 28:1-10, John 20:1-18, Acts 10:34-43, Colossians 3:1-4
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... through death into life if we follow him as Lord, and trust him as Savior. People: Our faith is in Jesus Christ who rose from the dead, who lives in our hearts, and who will bring us into his eternal presence! Praise his name! Collect Victorious Father, who surrendered your Son to death, only to raise him from the grave; that we may know the hope of eternal life which is available to all who believe: Give us faith which will inspire committed living, that in death we may be forever with our Savior, in whose ...
431. PROPER 8
Genesis 32:22-32
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... whom we pray. Amen. Hymns "I Want a Principle Within" "Lord, I Want to Be a Christian" "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" "O Come, and Dwell in Me" Gospel: Matthew 10:34-42 Theme: The cost of discipleship Call to Worship Pastor: Christian discipleship demands complete surrender to Jesus Christ. People: We confess that, too often, our piety is more in our minds than in our muscle. Pastor: Jesus is first and last in the lives of his disciples. All that we do or think is based on our commitment to him. People ...
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Richard L. Thulin
... when the people wanted to stone him, he simply disappeared in the crowd much as a mugger might lose himself in a crowded subway station. He who was with God from the beginning holds "his glory in his humbleness, his greatness in his poverty, his power in his self-surrender."1 He was and is among us as one who shares our common way. All in all, I guess the chartreuse and yellow bumper sticker and I did not do well together. There is no doubt that it warmed me. It openly claimed Jesus and implied his ability ...
433. Ready or Not
Matthew 10:1-42
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... changing world. Those who have had this kind of experience do not think that the words "sword" and "cross" are too severe. For them it is often a matter of relinquishing honor in the very place they should have it. For them it is often a matter of surrendering that form of life from which they have drawn comfort and nourishment. But they feel that they have no real choice. A situation arises in which they have to decide either for their Lord or against him. To decide for him may mean to decide against one's ...
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... If we could just keep this one commandment, and keep it well, the other nine would be gloriously simple. How good it is of God to let us be saved from schizophrenia by letting us cherish him, belong to him, have affection for him, worship him only, trust him, surrender to him, belong to him - and to him alone! Luther made it wonderfully simple when he said, about this One Word, "We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things." Our God is first. God is the one most precious to us. God is the person ...
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... in an inner controversy. If they took Jesus’ words to heart and found in them the truth that was surely there, they had to ask of themselves some troubling questions. "Have I rendered to God my life, which life bears His image and likekess?" "Have I surrendered to Caesar what rightfully belongs to God?" Have I lost, God forbid, the ability to feel the tension between my fidelity to God and all my other obligations?" I suspect that those concerns were on at least a few minds. Tennyson has a relevant verse ...
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... Covenant at Sinai, and for Christians in the death and resurrection of Christ. Obedience does not earn the grace of God, but it must issue forth in acts of love and mercy, as well as devotion, if we claim to be children of God. So Paul Tournier writes, We surrender our whole being to the authority of Jesus Christ. This means that we must let God direct us in the use of our body and goods, our work and our money ... This means that devotion to Jesus Christ turns over to him not only our inner life but also ...
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Harold Warlick
... to earn a living. It is also a time to learn how to live. Life was meant to be lived in love and service. Life was meant to be lived with God. That's the easy way. There is a flow to life, a pattern of existence. When we surrender to that, instead of fighting it, it's amazing how peaceful and easy life becomes. In spite of lifelong struggles against disease, monetary setbacks, physical and family failures - there is still a way life was meant to be lived. It is amazing how many commonly accepted values in ...
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... lose interest in earthly concerns, considering all that we are and all that we possess as tools for your service. Leader: "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" Congregation: Can we price our eternal life or that of another? May we surrender time, money and talents to God’s will, not withholding the smallest mite.
439. Good Friday
Matthew 27:45-56
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... much from his heavenly Father. His death was the darkest moment in his life, not because he was dying, but because he could not sense the presence of God as death was about to claim him. 3. Jesus' last cry, at the time of his death, was a cry of surrender, when he turned over his life to the God who didn't seem to be there. The total despair that Jesus experienced had to be momentary, otherwise, he would have fought to live as long as he could. He died in the assurance that, as he had told the disciples ...
440. Easter 4
Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 23:1-6, Acts 6:1-7, Acts 7:54--8:1a, 1 Peter 2:13-25, John 10:1-21
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... death and resurrection, and to impress upon them the cost of discipleship. Some of the stones and rocks ought to have "blood" - bright red paint - on them. 1. Salvation is God's free gift in Jesus, but discipleship is costly; it demands total surrender of one's time, possessions, and life. 2. Contemporary Christians, it is claimed, prefer "cheap grace;" the human thing is to claim the faith at bargain basement prices, so that being a Christian costs as little as possible. Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "cheap grace ...
441. Proper 12 & Pentecost 10
1 Kings 3:1-15, Exodus 3:1-22, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:28-39, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52
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... highest level of prayer. In this story - a dream sequence, if you wiff, Solomon offers a prayer that has a touch of desperation in it, an expression of proper piety and devotion, and a prayer that attains the highest level that a prayer might reach as he surrenders his future to God in love. 1. Programmed prayer - When do you pray? Do you pray at all? In what situations do you pray? What are your prayers like? Are they all on one level? What do you pray for? Are your prayers programmed primarily by what ...
442. Proper 17 & Pentecost 15
Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:1-8, Exodus 19:1-25, Jeremiah 14:1--15:21, Jeremiah 20:7-18, Psalm 114:1-8, Psalm 63:1-11
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... Living with death. That's the fate of each disciple, who, Jesus said, is "to take up his (her) cross and follow me." The cross makes its mark upon the manner in which we live in the world as we attempt to follow Jesus; it calls for total surrender of one's life to Christ and ready sacrifice - even literally - of one's life for the Lord. The sacrifice of one's ambitions, dreams, and intentions, along with one's time, talents, and possessions, on behalf of the Lord - a living sacrifice - may be more difficult ...
443. Proper 21 & Pentecost 19
Ezekiel 18:1-32, Psalm 25:1-22, Psalm 99:1-9, Exodus 32:1-33:6, Philippians 2:1-11, Philippians 2:12-18, Matthew 21:28-32
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... a constant reminder of God's invitation to claim the kingdom of heaven in and through Jesus Christ. It makes a silent statement, telling us that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand, and calling on us to repent of our sin and spiritual stubbornness, and to surrender to the will of God in true faith and obedience. 4. There's a mirror in front of the empty cross; it is the reflective surface of the water in the font. Look in the mirror every day - and live. What do we see, rebellious and disobedient people ...
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... lamentable is when we don’t allow the left side of our noggin to open the summertime of creativity calling us to praise the Lord with music and song and joy. Hear how a jaded seminary professor rediscovered the joy of true worship: God ... I want ... to surrender to the rhythm of music and sea to the seasons of ebb and flow, to the tidal surge of love I am tired of being hard, tight, controlled, tensed against the invasion of novelty, armed against tenderness, afraid of softness I am tired of directing my ...
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... even many Christians, just drift along with the noise and frenzy. They figure it’s all a part of living in the "good old U.S. of A," in the culture of the Almighty Dollar. But other Christians are not satisfied with that. They don’t surrender to the noise or capitulate to the commercialism. They reach for a second level, a higher level, where the meaning of Christmas is more spiritual and centered on Christ. These Christians make spiritual space in their homes and hearts for the birth of our Lord. They ...
446. Advent 2
Matthew 3:1-12
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... , we do experience forgiveness. To us is the promise of a Savior who is Christ the Lord. And to us is a promise born in him. We need no longer yearn for God as an absentee landlord. Our healing no longer means a search but a surrender to him who is always and everywhere present in Spirit. Let us pray together that prayer which is most appropriately the prayer of the community of faith. Ministers: (Lord's Prayer, contemporary translation) Message with the Children of All Ages Try this: Ask the children if ...
447. From Beast to Believer
Daniel 4:28-37, Daniel 4:19-27, Daniel 4:1-18
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Bill Bouknight
... walk in pride he is able to humble." Old Neb was changed and fundamentally saved. When we get to heaven, we will meet Neb personally. We can even get his autograph. Let me mention four life-lessons that Neb’s awesome story teaches us. First, the Human Ego Must Surrender before Christ Can Rule. Neb had to live like an animal for seven years before his ego would finally run up a white flag. The essence of sin is wanting to be managing director of your own life rather than letting God be in charge. The most ...
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Bill Bouknight
... Manson, songs about cop-killing, suicide, and every kind of perverted sex. You can see that lion on TV in a pagan program like "Temptation Island" whose central theme is whether or not having sex with someone other than your spouse would be so "hot" that you would surrender a marriage for it. But if the devil is a fearsome lion, we have a greater lion on our side. The dominant lion is described in Revelation 5:5—" See, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed." If you are in a ...
449. Which Way?
Matthew 16:21-28
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... for a mile or two alongside of the hurting youngster, being for and with him when he needed someone to be there? But that’s a weakling’s way to raise a family, isn’t it? A lunatic might coddle his teenagers, giving up authority, surrendering parental power. But a godly Christian parent wouldn’t cave in to such cowardice. Would he or she? Sometimes cruciform existence looks a little lunatic, especially when it hurts. They say the prisons of America are fuller than the jails in any other Western ...
450. It Isn’t Fair!
Matthew 20:1-16
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... to the level of the others in the same community. In the midst of everything, we all know without doubt that there is one great leveler who treats all sorts of people equally: Death claims everyone, although some seem to get more time before surrendering to him. It isn’t accidental that one entire branch of our nation’s federal government is devoted to justice. Few of us would argue about the wisdom of spending large sums for police protection, a provision designed to give criminals "their just desserts ...
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