Living a Life of Surrendered Worship
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"Many people will worship with their lips, but hold back their hearts. They talk a good talk, but their walk doesn't quite match up. Paul says in this verse to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, he says offer. This is something that I do. This is a choice. It's an action. In order for me to offer my body, I must offer everything that encompasses my body, my heart, my mind, my will, all of me, because true worship begins with a surrendered life. See, biblical worship requires surrendering all, laying everything down before God. Paul calls us in this passage to present our bodies as a living sacrifice. It's not a one and done. It's a constant, continual thing that we do. This is true worship." [00:15:35] (53 seconds)
"Did we give worship to the king? Absolutely, but that is not defined in its totality of what worship is. Worship is a lifestyle of surrender, and if it's a lifestyle of surrender, then how do you live that sort of a lifestyle? I'm so glad you asked, because the answer is in Romans 12, 2, do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Again, this is not just a one-time thing. It's a lifelong journey of continually renewing our minds with the truth, but be careful. It's not your truth." [00:16:40] (39 seconds)
"I want to ask you this morning, are you giving him full access or are you holding back parts of your life from God? We've got to wrestle with this question because true worship means offering or surrendering everything to him. Our will, time, resources, relationships, dreams, struggles, addictions, finances, entertainment choices. We've got to take inventory. And I've got to do it for me. You've got to do it for you. And I can't do it for you. And you can't do it for me." [00:20:42] (34 seconds)
"Worship is about letting go of our control and allowing God to lead. Lead the way he wants to lead. Not the way we want him to. See, when he entered in Jerusalem, they wanted him to lead in a certain way. We've got to let him lead the way he wants to lead. We cannot worship God fully while still holding on to selfish desires. True worship begins with a surrendered life. True worship requires denying ourselves. And true worship requires laying everything down at the cross." [00:21:37] (35 seconds)
"Are you weary? Carrying a heavy burden? Come to me. I will refresh your life for I am your oasis. Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you'll discover that I'm gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me. Jesus invites us to bring our burdens to him in exchange for his peace. Wow. Many of us try to worship while still carrying sin, worries, fears, and control. But worship is an act of trust." [00:22:12] (39 seconds)
"True surrender means laying it all at Jesus' feet. Allowing him to rearrange our lives and trusting him completely. Wow. You might ask, why would we want to surrender all to Jesus? What causes you to go all in? Give up your way for his? Well, let's go back to Romans 12 because Paul says, therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy. There it is right there. In view of God's mercy." [00:23:25] (35 seconds)
"Before I have anything to offer him, I must first receive from him. That's good. That's good. The God who breathed life into Adam now breathes the life of his son, Jesus, into us as he freely gives us all of Christ's benefits. Filled with that breath, we can't help but exhale the thanks and praise that flow from a cleansed heart. This is where true worship begins. Yes." [00:24:52] (30 seconds)
"So He sent His Son to the cross because in order to have sin be taken care of, in order for there to be a payment for sin, man sinned, so man had to die. But He said, I'm not going to put that on you. I'm not going to put that on my creation. I'm going to put it on my Son. And the Son went to the cross willingly for each and every one of you. Now, I know when He went to the cross, not a single person in this room was even born yet. But can I tell you, you were a thought on His mind and you were in His heart?" [00:27:02] (41 seconds)
"if I was the only one out of all humanity that chose him he still would have went to the cross I think we look at it in this big huge vast way that he went to the cross for the masses but I want to tell you today he went to the cross for you for you personally because he wanted a restored relationship with you personally maybe it's been a while since you've approached the cross and maybe you've never approached it see when we approach the cross the foot of the cross we come face to face with who Jesus is and what he did and in him we believe and accept his free gift of salvation but there's something more that happens when we approach the cross he calls us to not just believe but to lay down everything and follow him have you laid it all down are you following him is it on your terms" [00:28:31] (68 seconds)
"I want you to live unhindered. I want you to live the life that Jesus paid too high a price for us to not surrender all to him and live for him. So as they sing this song this morning, I want you to just get up and approach the cross on either side of the stage. And whatever it is, whatever those things are, I want you to surrender it to him at the foot of the cross. Some of you might need to linger. Some of you might need to do some business with the Lord today. And this altar is open. You can get down on your knees. You can do business with him today." [00:31:08] (39 seconds)
"Father, we thank you so much for what you have done in this place today. Lord, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are and have been stirring something within this place. And that just as we said that we've felt it this morning. In order for us to go where you want us to go, it's... is gonna require full surrender. So Father, the things that we laid down today, whether it be a struggle, whether it be a hurt, unforgiveness, trusting you in our finances, sexual sin, relationships that we know that we should let go of, but we just can't or couldn't and haven't. We've come before you today. We've come before the foot of your cross and we've surrendered it. We've laid it down." [00:40:00] (70 seconds)
"We worship you with our whole lives, not just with our words, but with our whole lives, not just with our lips, but with our whole hearts, not just on Sunday morning, God, but Monday through Saturday in our decision-making and how we spend our money and how we spend our time in our entertainment choices, in all of our preferences, we surrender all to you and we live a lifestyle of worship unto you. In Jesus's mighty name and all of God's people in this place said, amen, amen." [00:41:32] (39 seconds)
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"Did we give worship to the king? Absolutely, but that is not defined in its totality of what worship is. Worship is a lifestyle of surrender, and if it's a lifestyle of surrender, then how do you live that sort of a lifestyle? I'm so glad you asked, because the answer is in Romans 12, 2, do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Again, this is not just a one-time thing. It's a lifelong journey of continually renewing our minds with the truth, but be careful. It's not your truth." [00:16:40] (39 seconds)
"I want to ask you this morning, are you giving him full access or are you holding back parts of your life from God? We've got to wrestle with this question because true worship means offering or surrendering everything to him. Our will, time, resources, relationships, dreams, struggles, addictions, finances, entertainment choices. We've got to take inventory. And I've got to do it for me. You've got to do it for you. And I can't do it for you. And you can't do it for me." [00:20:42] (34 seconds)
"Worship is about letting go of our control and allowing God to lead. Lead the way he wants to lead. Not the way we want him to. See, when he entered in Jerusalem, they wanted him to lead in a certain way. We've got to let him lead the way he wants to lead. We cannot worship God fully while still holding on to selfish desires. True worship begins with a surrendered life. True worship requires denying ourselves. And true worship requires laying everything down at the cross." [00:21:37] (35 seconds)
"Are you weary? Carrying a heavy burden? Come to me. I will refresh your life for I am your oasis. Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you'll discover that I'm gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me. Jesus invites us to bring our burdens to him in exchange for his peace. Wow. Many of us try to worship while still carrying sin, worries, fears, and control. But worship is an act of trust." [00:22:12] (39 seconds)
"True surrender means laying it all at Jesus' feet. Allowing him to rearrange our lives and trusting him completely. Wow. You might ask, why would we want to surrender all to Jesus? What causes you to go all in? Give up your way for his? Well, let's go back to Romans 12 because Paul says, therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy. There it is right there. In view of God's mercy." [00:23:25] (35 seconds)
"Before I have anything to offer him, I must first receive from him. That's good. That's good. The God who breathed life into Adam now breathes the life of his son, Jesus, into us as he freely gives us all of Christ's benefits. Filled with that breath, we can't help but exhale the thanks and praise that flow from a cleansed heart. This is where true worship begins. Yes." [00:24:52] (30 seconds)
"So He sent His Son to the cross because in order to have sin be taken care of, in order for there to be a payment for sin, man sinned, so man had to die. But He said, I'm not going to put that on you. I'm not going to put that on my creation. I'm going to put it on my Son. And the Son went to the cross willingly for each and every one of you. Now, I know when He went to the cross, not a single person in this room was even born yet. But can I tell you, you were a thought on His mind and you were in His heart?" [00:27:02] (41 seconds)
"if I was the only one out of all humanity that chose him he still would have went to the cross I think we look at it in this big huge vast way that he went to the cross for the masses but I want to tell you today he went to the cross for you for you personally because he wanted a restored relationship with you personally maybe it's been a while since you've approached the cross and maybe you've never approached it see when we approach the cross the foot of the cross we come face to face with who Jesus is and what he did and in him we believe and accept his free gift of salvation but there's something more that happens when we approach the cross he calls us to not just believe but to lay down everything and follow him have you laid it all down are you following him is it on your terms" [00:28:31] (68 seconds)
"I want you to live unhindered. I want you to live the life that Jesus paid too high a price for us to not surrender all to him and live for him. So as they sing this song this morning, I want you to just get up and approach the cross on either side of the stage. And whatever it is, whatever those things are, I want you to surrender it to him at the foot of the cross. Some of you might need to linger. Some of you might need to do some business with the Lord today. And this altar is open. You can get down on your knees. You can do business with him today." [00:31:08] (39 seconds)
"Father, we thank you so much for what you have done in this place today. Lord, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are and have been stirring something within this place. And that just as we said that we've felt it this morning. In order for us to go where you want us to go, it's... is gonna require full surrender. So Father, the things that we laid down today, whether it be a struggle, whether it be a hurt, unforgiveness, trusting you in our finances, sexual sin, relationships that we know that we should let go of, but we just can't or couldn't and haven't. We've come before you today. We've come before the foot of your cross and we've surrendered it. We've laid it down." [00:40:00] (70 seconds)
"We worship you with our whole lives, not just with our words, but with our whole lives, not just with our lips, but with our whole hearts, not just on Sunday morning, God, but Monday through Saturday in our decision-making and how we spend our money and how we spend our time in our entertainment choices, in all of our preferences, we surrender all to you and we live a lifestyle of worship unto you. In Jesus's mighty name and all of God's people in this place said, amen, amen." [00:41:32] (39 seconds)
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