No Limits! — GRITANDFAVOR.COM

Surrender is a funny thing. We often view it as the act of letting go or laying something down. But the true definition of surrender is to cease resistance. What would our lives look like if we actually surrendered to God and His will?
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Would that book finally get written?
Would you make that phone call and ask for forgiveness?
Would you stop looking up divorce attorney phone numbers?
Would you finally open that business?
Would you start that small group?
Would you end that unholy relationship?
Would you make church a priority above all other tasks?
Would you stop spending money you don’t have to impress people you don’t like?
Would you go back to school and finish your degree?
Would you confide in someone about your secret addiction?
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Can you love God with your whole heart and simultaneously resist Him? I see it everyday… generally when I am looking in the mirror. I would venture to guess I am not the only one holding back. Imagine all the victories we would see if we finally declared there were no areas off limits to God.
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Nothing is off limits, God. I will lay down what I am clenching tightly. I will pick up that which scares me. I will walk away from what is good and save myself for what is best. If you aren’t in it, I don’t want it. If I need to move, then move me. If I need to stay, then root me. I won’t be tossed by my feelings. FULL SURRENDER. Ceasing to resist!
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Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If you truly want to follow me, you should at once completely reject and disown your own life. And you must be willing to share my cross and experience is as your own, as you continually surrender to my ways”. Matthew 16:24