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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer, a podcast

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Speaker 2: dedicated to helping you find the words you need to

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Speaker 2: connect with your Father in Heaven.

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Speaker 1: No matter what is going on in your life today,

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Speaker 1: you can trust that God wants to hear from you.

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Speaker 2: Right after this short word from our sponsor, Peo, will

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Speaker 2: pray through today's prayer to surrender myself to God. Together

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Speaker 2: A Prayer to Surrender Myself to God, written by Kenisiha

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Speaker 2: Saunders Lettie read by carrying out, I beseech you, therefore, brethren,

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Speaker 2: by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies

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Speaker 2: a living sacrifice wholly acceptable unto God. Which is your

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Speaker 2: reasonable service? Romans twelve, verse one. What is the best

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Speaker 2: gift we can give to Jesus? When the rich young

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Speaker 2: ruler came to Jesus hoping to follow him, he walked

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Speaker 2: away disappointed because he was unwilling to give up his riches.

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Speaker 2: Yet Jesus wasn't asking only for his possessions. He was

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Speaker 2: asking for him. God still desires the same thing from

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Speaker 2: us today. He doesn't just want our finances, our talents,

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Speaker 2: or our voices.

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Speaker 1: He wants us I love.

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Speaker 2: How Romans twelve, verse one, describes surrender as reasonable service

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Speaker 2: to me. That means giving ourselves to God is the

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Speaker 2: most basic and natural expression of faith. It's not extraordinary,

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Speaker 2: it's expected. Many people trust Jesus but never fully make

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Speaker 2: themselves available to be used by him. Yet here on

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Speaker 2: earth we are the vessels God uses to accomplish his will.

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Speaker 2: When Jesus came into the world as a baby, he

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Speaker 2: used Mary, a woman who willingly obeyed God. In the

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Speaker 2: same way, we are called to be God's hands and feet.

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Speaker 2: All he asks is that we surrender ourselves completely to him.

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Speaker 2: This truth is beautifully expressed in the him. I surrender all.

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Speaker 2: I surrender all. I surrender all all to THEE, my

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Speaker 2: blessed Savior. I surrender all. When we present our bodies

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Speaker 2: as living sacrifices, God has access to every part of

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Speaker 2: our lives, our finances, our homes, our families, and our hearts.

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Speaker 2: God wants our best, and the best we can offer

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Speaker 2: is ourselves in wholehearted service to Jesus Christ. Jesus gave

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Speaker 2: himself fully when he died on the cross for the.

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Speaker 1: Sins of the world.

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Speaker 2: When we surrender our lives to God, the way we

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Speaker 2: live should reflect that same spirit. Of surrender and sacrifice.

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Speaker 2: Just as nothing is too hard for the Lord, what

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Speaker 2: he asks of us will ultimately align with his strength,

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Speaker 2: even when it doesn't make sense to others. What truly

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Speaker 2: matters at the end of this life is the treasure

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Speaker 2: we store up in heaven, where moths cannot destroy and

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Speaker 2: thieves cannot steal.

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Speaker 1: Only what we do.

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Speaker 2: For Christ will stand the test of time and endure

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Speaker 2: into eternity. So let us surrender ourselves fully to God

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Speaker 2: and withhold nothing from our creator. He made us and

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Speaker 2: knows exactly what we are capable of. When Moses doubted

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Speaker 2: his ability to speak before Pharaoh, God simply ask who

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Speaker 2: made your mouth? The same God who created us equips

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Speaker 2: us for his purpose. Today we must redeem the time,

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Speaker 2: because the days are evil.

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Speaker 1: As the world.

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Speaker 2: Changes and Christian influence diminishes, it is more important than

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Speaker 2: ever to become true disciples of Christ. When we surrender wholeheartedly.

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Speaker 2: God shapes and molds us and to who He has

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Speaker 2: ordained us to be. His plans may not always match

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Speaker 2: our own, but trusting him is how we demonstrate that

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Speaker 2: He is good. Even when the task is difficult, God's

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Speaker 2: plans are always good.

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Speaker 1: Surrendering to God is a lifelong process.

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Speaker 2: We must die to ourselves daily and trust that His

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Speaker 2: way is better, no matter the cost. Let's pray, most

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Speaker 2: gracious Father, What an awesome God you are worthy of

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Speaker 2: all praise.

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Speaker 1: Help me to honor you in all I do.

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Speaker 2: Each day you grant me on this earth, I surrender

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Speaker 2: myself to you as a living sacrifice and desire to

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Speaker 2: be a true disciple available for the Master's use. You

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Speaker 2: have been faithful to me day by day, not only

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Speaker 2: saving me but keeping me from falling away. Thank you

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Speaker 2: for your promise that you will never leave nor forsake me.

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Speaker 1: And that you'll be with me and to the end

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Speaker 1: of the age.

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Speaker 2: Because of all you have done, I willingly present my

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Speaker 2: body as a living sacrifice so that you may use me, Lord,

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Speaker 2: wherever you are moving within my church, my community, or

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Speaker 2: my family. Help me to be an empty vessel fit

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Speaker 2: for your use. I yield my life in obedience to

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Speaker 2: your will, knowing I must renew this surrendered daily because

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Speaker 2: of my human limitations. I am grateful that in You

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Speaker 2: I am made whole and reconciled to.

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Speaker 1: God the Father in Jesus name.

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