Surrender Your Guilt, Goofs and Gaffes

John 21:15-17 CSB – When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.” “Feed my lambs,” he told him. A second time he asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”  “Yes, Lord,” he said to him, “you know that I love you.” “Shepherd my sheep,” he told him. He asked him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved that he asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” “Feed my sheep,” Jesus said.

Surrender Your Weaknesses

1 Corinthians 1:18 CSB– For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved.

Galatians 6:14 CSB – But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 11:34 CSB – Whose weakness was turned to strength.

Galatians 2:20 CSB – I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Surrender Your Suffering

Luke 22:42 CSB – Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from Me, nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.

Matthew 11:28 CSB – Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Psalm 55:22 CSB – Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you.

Galatians 2.20 CSB – I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Surrender Your Dreams and Ambitions

Philippians 3:7-10 CSB – But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ and be found in Him. My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings.

Surrender Your Worries and Anxieties

Philippians 4.6-7 CSB – Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Surrender Your Authority

John 14:6 CSB – I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Matthew 28:18-20 CSB – Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.

John 14:21 CSB – The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.

Judges 21:25 CSB – In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever seemed right to him.