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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Billy D. Strayhorn
... invited them to accompany the group to Russia. So, the little boy and his father traveled to Russia as peacemakers. (1) One little boy made a difference. He planted his seed and it bore much fruit. And it doesn't take much if the soil is the soil of The Surrendered Heart. Conclusion We serve an extravagant God. The Son of God is the, the seed is not only the Word of God, but His grace and the offer of forgiveness which is given to each of us. The Sower continues to sow. The question for us is: How does your ...
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J. Howard Olds
... 's Pentecost! Pentecost is more than red paraments, strange language and smoke in the sanctuary. Pentecost is about the Spirit of God, bringing creation out of chaos, breathing into us the breath of life, restoring in us the joy of our salvation, inviting us to surrender our lives to his will. Come, Holy Spirit, come. Send your Spirit to this place. I. WHEN THE SPIRIT COMES, WE ARE CREATED. “Oh Lord, how manifold are your works. In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures" (Psalm ...
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Derl G. Keefer
... for the re­sponse of one’s heart in meaningful service to others. As someone said, ‘Wherever the Spirit of the Lord controls the heart, there is a passion to serve.’ "2 God authored surrender and service at a specific time and place ... Bethlehem, Christmas night. Christ would grow into adulthood and model surrender and service to a motley group of disciples. He took off his robe, picked up a pitcher of water used for ceremonial cleansing, wrapped a towel around his waist, and proceeded to wash the ...
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King Duncan
... throat as his heart searched for another way to declare the overwhelming devotion that was welling up within him. (4) Jesus knew that words alone could never convey the depth of God's love and so he humbled himself as a silent witness to that love. He surrendered himself completely to God's will. II. And then He shed His blood. In mainline churches we rarely talk about the blood of Christ. We sing about that blood in some of our older hymns but we are a bit squeamish about dealing with the blood of Christ ...
30. Night Moves
Genesis 32:22-32
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Mark Trotter
... is not the end of your life. Jacob discovered that. It was the beginning of his new life. God did not destroy Jacob. God checked him, then checkmated him, and then held-on to Jacob until he could admit who he really was, and surrender. Surrender is not the end of life. Surrender to God is the way to begin your life. Nikos Kazantzakis, a contemporary Greek writer, tells a story. A young man visited a monk on one of those islands on the Aegean Sea, those islands that come out of the ocean like a big rock ...
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James Merritt
... bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." (ESV) If you know anything about a sacrifice you know that a sacrifice represents a complete surrender. Once you put a sacrifice on the altar you lose total control of it and you never get it back. The heart of worship is surrender. When you surrender your time by coming to church on Sunday morning, or ministering to a friend that is hurting, or visiting someone who is sick in the hospital, that is worship. When you ...
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James Merritt
... saves us as Lord, and therefore we are to serve Him as Lord. Now I want to remind you, you cannot be saved until you've surrendered your life to Christ as Lord of all. Rom. 10:9 says, "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your ... of your life. So the question is not: "Is He Lord?" That has been settled. The question is: "Is He your Lord?" Have you surrendered everything to Him? Someone wisely wrote these words: Make me a captive, Lord And then I shall be free; Force me to render up ...
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James Merritt
... to live for Him. He expects us to die with Him. That is why he said back up in verse 26 you've got to love him "more than your own life." If you are not willing to die to self, to ambition, to desire, to what you want and surrender your life totally to Jesus Christ you cannot be His disciple. If you want to win a popularity contest in this world, don't bother following Jesus. The world mocked Him and it will mock you. The world scorned Him and it will scorn you. The world rejected Him and ...
34. Smooth Out Your Day
Matthew 11:25-30
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James Merritt
... of Jesus. Incidentally, the earlier you get under this yoke the better, the happier, the more joyful and peaceful you will be. Listen to this verse: "It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. (Lamentations 3:27, NIV) The earlier in life that you surrender your life to Jesus Christ the better off you will be. III. Learn From The Conduct of Jesus "Learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:29 ...
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J. Howard Olds
... forgiveness. Freely we have received, freely give. How can we do that? Let me suggest a few ways. I teach a whole workshop on it, but let me give you some pointers. We who have received forgiveness are called to express forgiveness and here is how to start. We surrender our right to revenge. “I don’t want him killed, I just want him maimed,” said a hurt wife one day to me. I suspect we have all been there, haven’t we, at one time or another? The rest of the story goes something like this. Here is ...
36. Conversion or Credentialing?
Acts 9:1-5, 10-12, 17-19
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J. Howard Olds
... in a religion of reason, but we also believe in a religion of experience. Let your faith make sense but never forget that your heart needs to be warmed. Experience without reason is emotionalism, but reason without experience is intellectualism and boredom. I. CONVERSION IS AN ACT OF SURRENDER. In Acts 9, Verse 6 we read, “Jesus said to Paul, ‘Get up and go into the city and you will be told what to do.'" I've read that verse about twenty times this week trying to catch the power and the image of it. Do ...
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Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... magnificent defeat - so thought the persons responsible for executing him! Christ died a horrifying death on a cross of shame. But with a further cross examination we discover that he turned that cross into a crown, that defeat into a victory, because he had surrendered his life to God. After the crucifixion comes the resurrection. When asked how she got over, sister Sadie Jones said that she claimed her power through the blood of the lamb: a blood that redeems, a blood that cleanses; a blood that renews, a ...
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Eric Ritz
... could not alter the mysterious will of God at work at the cross. She was silent. She simply did what she had always done--she surrendered all things to the Lord. The hymnwriter puts it this way: "All to Jesus I surrender, All to him I freely give. I will ever love and trust him, In his presence--daily live. I surrender all--I surrender all, All to thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all." (2) While I know that our salvation and access to God is not dependent on Mary--she is still a fantastic role model for ...
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Bill Bouknight
... , discussing it with Patty who was already a Christian. With his brilliant, legal mind, he struggled all week with God and the claims of the Bible. He battled through to God. By the end of the week he had prevailed, or rather he had surrendered. He really had prevailed by surrendering. He prayed, “Lord Jesus, I believe you. I accept you. Please come into my life. I commit it to you.” (1) Now, let me take you back to an earlier version of Colson named Jacob. In Genesis, chapter 32, we find Jacob in deep ...
40. Finishing Strong
Nehemiah 9:38--10:39
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James Merritt
... God's word says, "You shall not steal." You will never mean business with God and God will never mean business with you until you surrender all that you are, all that you have, all that you will believe and all that you will do, to the word of God. A ... business to get into the doldrums and just drift. There is a way we can keep that from happening and we can finish strong by surrendering to the word of God, submitting to the will of God and supporting the work of God. If you will do these things, you will ...
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King Duncan
... that the day will draw nearer when everyone on earth will know himself or herself to be a child of God. If each of us could surrender ourselves to God’s Holy Spirit, it will hasten the day when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to ... to see that happen? It can. God is here today just as he was there long ago. All God needs is for each of us to surrender to His leading. Are you ready for a mighty adventure today? We don’t have to hear the sound of a mighty wind. God also ...
42. Lift High the Cross
1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5
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Timothy J. Smith
... of God’s love as other Christians.” To compensate for her perceived inadequacies she wrote, “I’ve tried to earn love by being nice — someone who’s caring, and kind, sweet, who tries not to rock the boat or upset anyone.” However, Jane realized that she needed to surrender this lie. “I cringe to think of the years I’ve allowed this faulty belief to influence me. “We’re all equals at the Cross.”[2] It’s easy to lose our focus and allow other thoughts to invade our faith. In order to ...
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James Merritt
... this deed, sign your name, and have it witnessed by a family member or friend. Then place it somewhere as a reminder to you that in our lives “everything must go” because God is the owner and He holds the title. You will find when you are totally surrendered to God, not just who you are, but all that you have and you are satisfied with what you have and understand that God gave it to you, and giving instead of getting and sharing instead of keeping is more enjoyable and fulfilling, you will have struck ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... in the lower hills near the coastal plain to the southeast of Jerusalem. It is thus nearer than Jerusalem is to the route down the coast that an army would take. From there he sent one of his senior staff to Jerusalem to attempt to procure Jerusalem’s surrender. He did not want to have to lay siege to the city, which would cost him time and resources and would cost Hezekiah, too. The minister took an impressive military force to underline the point. Water is a key factor in the siege of a Middle Eastern ...
45. A Call to Servanthood and Suffering
Mark 10:46-52, Mark 10:35-45, Mark 10:32-34
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Grant R. Osborne
... lives of poverty (though for many it may mean that). Mary, Mark’s mother, never sold her home; rather, she used it as one of the first “house churches” in Jerusalem (Acts 12:12). Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1–10) and Sergius Paulus (Acts 13:4–12) did not surrender their wealth or position in society but instead used them for the glory of God. We are called to place self last and to make Jesus first (Phil. 2:3). 3.The healing of Bartimaeus is “the gospel in a microcosm.”10 As the final event of Jesus ...
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Charley Reeb
... I want to honor you and love others. I want to be a person after your heart.” Then and only then, will we be clear about our Lord’s will for our lives. I knew a lady in another church I served who learned the power of a surrendered spirit. She was caught stealing and sentenced to prison. After serving time in prison, she sold everything she had, except for a few necessities, and gave it all away to the poor. Then she moved to the mountains and, as time passed, she became an excellent painter. When she ...
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Barbara Brokhoff
... of himself for far too long. That will get you to feeling despondent every time. Elijah had told God, "I have been doing your will, I, I am the only one left." Forget yourself and lose yourself in God! We never know real Christian hope and joy until we surrender unconditionally to our Lord. God's forgiveness and friendship is the only fun that really lasts. Life lived for God is step by step, day by day, moment by moment. Hope is not for the major crises of your life. It is what gets you there a day at ...
48. Proper 5
Genesis 12:1-8, Hosea 5:1-15, Hosea 6:1-6, Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:18-26, Romans 4:1-25
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Russell F. Anderson
... that call? Paul Tournier addresses an essential component of this thing we call faith in his book: The Adventure Of Living. It is called surrender. It's what Abraham did and Matthew did when they accepted God's call. Faith is not possible without surrender. In the chapter titled "Surrender," Tournier tells of his best friend who came to faith in Christ. His friend described his surrender as an ah hah experience. "Now I understand," he exclaimed. "What I must do is put my signature at the bottom of a blank ...
49. A Daughter of Jacob
Matthew 15:21-28
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Richard Hoefler
... Lord until he was blessed. And what happened to him? He was changed by this encounter. He was transformed. And his name was changed from "Jacob" to "Israel." To this woman Jesus was an angel from the Lord, and she wrestled with him, struggled with him, surrendered and submitted herself to him until she was finally blessed by him. This was her baptism by fire, and because of it she stood before God as a true "Israelite." Baptism by Fire In the light of the New Testament understanding of dying and rising with ...
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Gregory J. Johanson
... of relating to the world, our way of being in the world, our very selves. The risks we are called upon in moments of life are in a sense immediate versions of the ultimate risk which is death. Then I am reminded of Him who faced the terror of self-surrender with the cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me...?" and who was willing to assume the risk that life had no future yet with faith in the outcome asserted, "Into thy hands I commend my soul." And each day of life He beckons us into the future ...
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