All right, y'all, we just sang, you are the same God.
And there's no truer words than God is the same God now that he's ever been.
God is capable of all of it.
I think the only difference is how much you and I get in his way.
So that's what we're going to talk about this Sunday
as we conclude our series on new life,
a fresh beginning with Jesus.
I'm going to run back through the previous weeks
in case you're a guest with us this morning,
and you can get a very small summary of what we've covered in this week,
beginning with the verse you just saw in the video a moment ago,
2 Corinthians 5, 17,
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has passed away, and see, the new has come.
We began our series talking about how God is clearly doing a new thing in our church
as we see the evidences of that all around us.
And then we moved on to say we, you and I,
have to have a change of mind in that we stop trying
and start training and understanding that God is training us
to be who he wants us to be.
When we fail, it's part of the training,
not us continually trying on our own strength.
Then thirdly, we covered that we do what we do
because of what we think of who we are.
Our identity comes from who we think of ourselves,
and our identity breeds our behavior.
So we do what we do because of what we think of us.
Then we jumped into Hebrews chapter 12 and Philippians chapter 3,
and we had a three-part series that said,
first of all, lay aside the weights,
and the weights can slow us down.
We had a very visual foot race
that showed just how much the weights can slow us down.
And we said, what are we holding on to?
Is there something in our life that is slowing us down
that we need to lay down, lay aside?
Or is there something or someone that is holding on to us,
and we need to forget what lies behind
and reach forward to what lies ahead,
which brought us into the next portion of that sub-series,
which was let us run.
First, lay aside the weights, and then let us run.
We had these two statements.
First, start moving.
Reach forward to what lies ahead,
to what God has for you.
Reach forward to that.
Sometimes we just have to start moving,
and then secondly, run with endurance,
so we have to keep going.
Keep going.
Don't quit.
The only difference between a white belt in karate
and a black belt in karate
is the white belt never stopped training
until he became a black belt.
So we must keep going and run with endurance
to see the fulfillment of who God is training us to be.
Then, we got into the third part.
Lay aside the weight.
Let us run.
And finally, look at Jesus.
Look at Jesus.
We simply have to put our eyes up.
Eyes up.
When we look all around us, we get distressed.
But when we look at Christ, we are at rest.
And then secondly, we press toward the prize.
What is the prize?
It is the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Jesus is ever calling us upward.
Someday, we'll all go home upward
to be with him in heaven forever.
But until that day, he's drawing us ever upward,
closer to himself, more in the image of who he is.
The world wants to drag you down.
Jesus is calling you upward.
And so we press toward that prize.
Then, last week, we said that God is a God of continual change.
And he has called us, you and me, to be agents of change.
He is changing us from the inside out.
If you and I are in the same place with our walk with God
as we were last year or six months ago
or five years ago or ten years ago,
we're not walking closely with Jesus
because God wants to change us
ever upward, ever more into his image.
So he's a God of continual change.
And we must embrace the change that he brings to us,
not push back against it,
which brings us to where we are this morning.
Now, let me ask you this question.
How many of y'all have ever met a celebrity?
Would you raise your hand?
Anybody ever met a celebrity?
There's quite a few.
Like a bona fide, been-on-TV celebrity, right?
Not just that one time they interviewed you
on a news station or something.
I'm saying like a real celebrity, you know?
They got a Wikipedia page and everything, okay?
I met a celebrity one time.
There we go.
That was downtown Nashville.
Anybody have any idea who that is?
Yeah.
So, I mean, he's not like an A-list celebrity, all right?
But, hey, there was a time when he was on TV a lot.
His name is Marcus Limonis.
And he was a celebrity for me
because I used to really enjoy his show.
So, here's a little thing about that.
There's no way you're going to be able to read
what those words are.
But that's all right.
It said,
40,000 businesses want him to come to their rescue.
So this guy was a famous businessman.
In short, he started Camping World,
which is the nation's largest RV retailer.
And became a billionaire doing that.
And he got his own show on CNBC
about coming in and rescuing failing businesses.
And he would come in.
It was called The Profit.
There's a little tagline,
My Millions, My Rules.
See, that was the thing.
He would come in and put up a large amount of money
by half of their business.
But he would say,
I am 100% in charge.
And for the first week,
you have to do everything I say
because there's a reason you're failing.
It's all these bad business practices that you've had.
And so he would rescue business after business like this,
except for some of the times,
the owners just didn't want to give up control.
And Marcus Limonis was non-negotiable about that.
He would say,
I am 100% in charge.
Since I've bought half your company,
technically we're 50-50 partners.
But for this first week,
it's not going to look like that.
I'm going to be 100% in charge.
That was the deal from the very beginning.
But inevitably,
there would be an occasional owner
who would push back.
And I literally watched an episode of this
to get this back in my mind last night.
And I literally heard this owner say,
I don't care if he's a billionaire or not,
doesn't mean he knows how to run a popcorn stand.
I'm like, well,
he might be able to wrap his head around that concept.
I don't know.
And sure enough,
that business ended up not doing well.
But what I realized is,
none of us like to give up control.
It's easy when you're watching that television show,
and you know the background of the host,
the star there,
and you know what he's capable of
and all that they're missing out on
because you've seen how he's helped these other businesses.
You know all they're missing out on
by not listening to his way.
But it's really hard to put yourself in their shoes
when they started that business from scrap,
built it from the ground up,
have thrown their lifeblood,
their savings, their retirement,
borrowed money from family sometimes.
They are completely all in to this business,
and they're terrified that somebody else
who is not as invested as they are,
if it went under,
it wouldn't hurt them at all.
They're scared that that person is going to fail them.
So they're scared to give up control.
Right?
When the money's on the table,
and he says,
I have to be 100% in charge,
they might be willing to shake his hand
and say,
okay, we have a deal.
But when it comes to,
you've got to change this,
you've got to fire this person,
you've got to stop doing it this way,
all of a sudden,
they don't want him to be 100% in charge anymore.
That's not the problem.
The problem is,
I just don't have enough resources.
The problem's not with me.
The problem's always with somebody else.
So we never want to give up 100% control.
In this scenario,
First Baptist Church,
Henrietta, Texas,
you and me
are the business owners.
And I don't think God's ever been compared to Marcus Limonis,
but in this scenario,
God is the expert,
the all-time expert,
we'll never find anyone
who knows more about what we ought to do
than our Creator.
And He's coming in saying,
I have to be 100% in charge.
Because if I'm not,
I can't guarantee the success
that I want for you so badly.
It's more than just earthly success.
Number one,
it's forgiveness of sins.
It's an eternal destiny in heaven.
And if you're not willing to give up
100% control of that to God,
and if you're still holding on to hope,
saying,
I think I can get there.
I think I'm good enough.
Nobody's perfect,
but I think I've lived a pretty good life,
and I think I can get there
by my own strength.
You'll never get there.
You'll never win.
You'll always end up falling short.
Romans 3.23 reminds us.
So,
our topic for today
is I surrender all.
The business owner I watched last night
desperately needed to give up.
She didn't need to walk away from the business,
but she needed to hand over control.
She needed to wave the white flag
and stop fighting
against the man who was trying to help
with all of her business acumen,
all of her experience,
all of her resources,
saying,
I'm invested in this as well.
I've now invested a whole bunch of money into this.
I want this to succeed,
so I get a return on my investment,
plus my TV show can look good.
But she just wouldn't stop fighting.
You and I
might need to surrender something
today.
Today
is the day
of surrender.
Throughout our history,
surrender has never been looked at
as a good thing.
Surrender has always been failure.
But oftentimes in life,
especially the Christian life,
surrender is not failure.
Surrender is victory.
Surrender is wisdom.
Surrender is giving up
to someone greater than you
who in his goodness,
in his righteousness,
in his justice,
and his grace and mercy
says,
I want to help you win
the victory
that you can't win yourself,
but you've got to stop fighting me.
I surrender all.
I read this quote,
choosing joy
involves spiritual surrender
and sometimes
we would rather
hold on to the pain
than surrender
our own egos.
Isn't that true?
We found ourselves there
probably more times
than we'd care to admit,
but the truth is
sometimes our ego
just won't allow us
to let go
and let God.
Now let go
and let God
is not in the Bible,
but the concept
of giving up control
to God
is absolutely there.
And sometimes
we fight,
fight,
fight
to do it our own way.
We'll justify it.
We'll try to twist
a verse of Scripture
to fit what we want to do,
but in reality,
we know we're fighting
against God Himself.
And He says,
just surrender.
Spiritually surrender
to me.
And then you'll find
that joy.
You'll find that release.
You'll find that freedom.
And ironically,
you'll win the victory
that God so badly
wants for you.
One of the great heroes
of our Christian faith,
founder of the Salvation Army,
William Booth,
said,
the greatness
of a man's power
is the measure
of his surrender.
Now if you went
and polled the men
of Clay County,
I don't know
how many times
we would get that answer,
right?
What's the measure
of a man's power?
You'd find all sorts
of answers,
but probably not that one.
But I believe
that is absolutely true.
And it's biblical.
How much you and I,
especially talking
to you men right now,
how much we surrender
and bow before God
and humble ourselves
and admit
that we are not enough
to our God,
then He can make us
enough.
Then He can remind us
that He is enough.
That His Spirit
can lift us
where we can't go.
His Spirit
can save a relationship
that we can't seem
to save.
His Spirit
can help us
be the parents,
the fathers,
the dads
that we can't figure out
how to be.
So the greatness
of a man's power
is the measure
of his surrender
to God.
Let's look at Romans 12,
1 and 2.
We're ending our series
kind of with the verse
that we've been going back
to time and time again
throughout this.
And it's our text
for today.
Romans 12,
verses 1 and 2.
Would you join me
in standing
if you're able to?
If you need to keep
your seat,
that's fine.
But Romans 12,
1 and 2,
if you're able,
let's join together
and read this.
You follow along
as I read.
I'm reading
from the New Living Translation.
And so,
dear brothers and sisters,
I plead with you
to give your bodies
to God.
That's surrender
right there,
isn't it?
Because of all
he has done
for you.
Let them be a living
and holy sacrifice.
Don't miss that word.
The kind he will find
acceptable.
This is truly
the way to worship him.
Don't copy the behavior
and customs
of this world.
But let God
transform you
into a new person.
Talked about that
last week.
By changing
the way you think.
Then you will learn
to know
God's will for you,
which is good
and pleasing
and perfect.
Let's pray together.
God, I pray that you
would show us
how to surrender,
how to sacrifice,
what it means today
and give men
and women
and children
in this room
the boldness
to come forward
and lay something
down
in Jesus' name.
We'll give you
the glory.
And it's in your name
we pray.
Amen.
You may be seated.
Thank you for standing.
A living sacrifice.
In your bulletins,
if you're filling in
the blanks there,
that is our first blank.
A living sacrifice.
This is what it comes
down to for you
and me.
A long time ago,
we're not going to
spend a whole bunch
of time on this,
but God instituted
animal sacrifices
to cover the payment
for the sin
of his people
many years ago.
Now that did not
truly atone
for their sin.
That was simply
looking forward
to the one final
atonement,
which was the blood
of his son,
Jesus,
the spotless
lamb of God.
So they would take
a spotless lamb
without blemish
years ago
and they would
kill it
to pay for the sin
of all the people.
The priest would do this.
Well now,
since Jesus died,
no more sacrifices
have to be made.
He was the one sacrifice
for all those
who came before,
all who were alive then,
and all of us
who have come after.
He is the atonement
or the sacrifice,
the substitutionary
replacement
covering for
our sin.
So God is not asking
for a dying sacrifice
today.
God is asking
for a living sacrifice.
Just like Jesus
laid down his life
unto death,
God is simply asking
you and me
to lay down
our lives
as a sacrifice
for him
and say,
God,
my life is yours
to control.
I give you
my body and soul.
Do what you want
with my life.
That is the secret
to victory.
It is surrender
through sacrifice.
So,
there are notes
about this sacrifice
right here
in Romans 12.
Give your bodies
to God
because of all
he's done for you.
Let him be a living
and holy sacrifice,
the kind
that he will find
acceptable.
This is truly
the way
to worship him.
So,
I want to draw
these key words
from that verse
to your attention.
Acceptable
to God.
See,
back in Genesis 4,
Cain made
a sacrifice.
Y'all remember
Adam and Eve
and their sons,
Cain and Abel,
and Cain and Abel
just couldn't get along,
could they?
Why was that?
Because Cain
wanted to do
what God wanted
his own way.
Abel
decided to do
what God wanted
the way God
wanted it done.
And so,
Abel brought
a sacrifice
to God
of the animal,
exactly what
God had asked for.
Cain
made up
his own plan
to sacrifice
to God.
Now,
he certainly did.
He didn't run away
and say,
forget God,
I'm not going
to sacrifice
to him.
No,
he absolutely
brought
what appeared
to be
a sincere
offering
to God
of his fruits
and vegetables
and all
that he had
labored
and he brought
it to God.
But it wasn't
acceptable to God
because it wasn't
what God
had asked for.
Church people,
please listen to me.
Church people,
non-church people,
whoever's in here
right now,
so many times
we find ourselves
doing things
for God
that God,
got to be careful,
doing things
for God
that God
never wanted.
We try
to please
God
our way.
God
is very,
very plain
on how
to please
him.
He's very,
very plain
on what
the church
should be.
And often
times,
the church
is not
making the
difference
in the world,
it's not
being a light
in the darkness
because we're
doing all the
things that
we think
a church
should do,
not what
the scripture
tells us
God wants
the church
to do.
And God
founded the
church
to do.
I thank
God
that we're
seeing
fruits
of the
labors
of this
church
through parents
raising their
kids
to love
and follow
Jesus.
Through
children's workers,
Sunday school
class teachers,
our children's
minister,
all throughout
this church,
people are
working together
to help
instruct our
younger generations
of God's
goodness,
His salvation,
His grace
that's available
for them.
And as they
come to this
understanding,
God opens
their eyes,
and we've been
seeing them
making the
decision to
follow Jesus
for themselves,
and then they
come up here
and they testify
it through
baptism.
That is what
the church
is called
to do.
The church
is called
to fulfill
two commands.
The great
commission,
which is go
out everywhere
and teach
the gospel
of Jesus
to everyone
who will
listen,
and then
secondly,
the great
commandment,
which is to
love one
another as
God loved
us.
Those are
the missions
for the
church.
Those are
the two
things that
God wants
us to do.
Sometimes,
often,
our church
is no
exception,
those are
the two
things that
churches find
themselves doing
the least.
We'll do
all kinds
of other
things.
We'll have
all sorts
of committees.
I'm not
bashing
committees.
They can
be valuable.
We'll have
all sorts
of structure.
We'll have
all sorts
of pageants
and decorations,
and we'll
do all the
things that
we equate
with church.
In a reality,
those things
were always
meant to
enhance the
mission,
and not
distract
from it.
So,
is our
sacrifice
for God
acceptable
to Him?
Or are we
going to be
like those
who stand
before God
someday and
say,
God,
I did all
this in
your name.
I did all
these things.
Look at
this.
I kept
a list.
Look at
all these
things I
did for
you.
And heaven
forbid,
God look at
us and say,
I never
knew you.
Or at
the very
least,
do you
look at
us and
say,
it's not
what I
told you
to do.
It's not
what I
gave you
to complete.
That was
never the
task.
The task
was love
your neighbor.
The task
was tell
others about
the only
way of
salvation.
That is
how we
truly
worship
Him.
We can
come and
sing the
songs.
We can
set our
radios in
our car
to Christian
radio.
We can
worship Him
on the
surface as
much as we
possibly can,
as often as
we possibly
can.
However,
John 4
will not
go away.
John 4
is still in
the Bible and
it says,
true worshipers
will worship
the Father in
spirit and
in truth.
The Father
is looking
for those
who will
worship Him
that way.
You know
why He's
looking?
Because
they're hard
to find.
True
worshipers
are hard
to find.
Y'all look
around this
church.
So many
of us
struggle
with true
worship.
What is
true worship?
God is
spirit.
So those
that worship
Him must
worship Him
in spirit
and in
truth.
Spirit
and in
truth.
What are
we talking
about when
we say
spirit and
in truth?
Worshiping
God in
spirit and
in truth
involves
giving the
heart over
to God's
spirit and
then letting
the light of
His truth
shine in the
dark places
of our life.
That is
worshiping in
spirit and
in truth.
Spirit deals
with the
heart.
And then
light deals
with truth.
The truth of
God's word will
expose what's
wrong with us.
What we're
doing wrong.
That might mean
you need to quit
going out and
getting drunk.
that might mean
you need to quit
running around
on your wife.
That might mean
you need to get
off social media.
Or it might mean
you need to stop
being so grouchy.
It might mean
you need to stop
giving in to fear
so much and
rest in God's
power and His
goodness.
Whatever it is,
the light of
God's truth will
reveal the dark
places in us
that He wants
to change.
And when we
turn that over
to Him,
when we shine
the light,
that is worship.
That is an act
of worship.
Saying,
God, I know
that I am not
there yet.
I know that
you're training
me.
So shine the
light in and
show me what
I need to
change.
What needs to
change in me.
So,
acceptable to
God,
that's our
true worship.
Number two,
a new person.
a living
sacrifice and
a new person.
Verse two
of Romans
12.
Don't copy the
behavior and
customs of this
world, but let
God transform you
into a new
person by changing
the way you
think.
Y'all, do you
think that maybe
it's time for a
new you?
Maybe we should
ask your spouse
that question.
Ask your kids
that question.
Ask your friends
or coworkers
or boss
or employees
that question.
Maybe it's time
for a new you.
Maybe a less
selfish, maybe
less self-absorbed,
self-centered you.
Maybe God wants
you, he wants to
train you
to fit his plan
instead of you
trying to fit him
into yours.
God can change
you.
He's changed
way harder
cases than
you.
Case in point,
me.
God's changed
me and if he
can change me,
he can change
you too.
What does this
look like?
God's will
versus the
world's way.
That's described
right here in
Romans 12.
Don't copy the
behavior and
customs of this
world.
Now we do
that and maybe
that's going out
and just living
for yourself
and living all
wild and crazy
and you're the
talk of the
town because
you're such a
mess.
But more likely
it's not that
extreme.
More likely
it's internal
as opposed to
external.
What are we
talking about?
Sometimes
worldliness is
more inside,
hidden,
but the fruit
of it comes
out.
You might look
like you're all
cleaned up,
buttoned up,
you got it all
together and
you're a Jesus
person, you
know?
You're one of
them church
people.
You might look
like that, but
the reality is
you and I are
rotten to the
core.
The encouraging
message you came
to church to hear
today.
You're rotten to
the core and so
am I.
In our flesh there
is no good
thing.
The only good
that is in us
comes from our
Father.
So the closer
we fly to the
sun, the more
of his light we
reflect.
The closer we
walk with Jesus,
the more closely
to his will we
find ourselves.
So, Proverbs
chapter 3.
My dad drilled
this verse into
me growing up.
My dad was a
pastor and this
was a verse that
he would just not
stop with over
and over again.
Trust in the
Lord with all
your heart.
Do not lean on
your own
understanding.
In all your
ways acknowledge
him and he will
direct or make
straight your
paths.
Jeremiah chapter
29 and verse
11.
I know the
plans I have
for you declares
the Lord.
Plans to prosper
you, not to
harm you.
Plans to give
you hope and a
future.
So, if you
trusted the Lord
with all your
heart, if you
acknowledge him
and you don't
lean on your
own understanding
of things, then
he will make
your paths
straight.
He will prosper
you, not harm
you.
He will give
you a hope and
a future.
That is God's
will versus the
world's way.
The world's way
never ends in a
straight path.
The world's way
never ends in
hope and a
future.
The world's way
always ends in
destruction.
It always ends
in grief.
It always ends
in heartbreak,
dissatisfaction,
bitterness.
God's will
always ends in
prosperity, hope,
and a future.
That doesn't
mean your bank
account's going
to look as
prosperous as you
want it to
look.
It means your
heart will be
filled with the
joy of God.
That's the
prosperity we're
talking about.
That's the
fulfillment that
nothing will be
able to rattle
you.
Nothing will be
able to come
between you and
God.
You might
experience sadness.
You might
experience grief.
You might
experience tears.
But Jesus
wipes those tears
away.
Joy comes in the
morning.
joy comes in the
world.
So, that's the
joy.
Let's turn over to
Luke chapter 9 and
we'll be done.
For sake of time, I'm
going to go ahead and
read.
Luke 9 and verse 23.
Jesus is speaking to
the crowd.
He says, if any of
you wants to be my
follower, just imagine
him up here speaking to
this crowd today.
It's Father's Day.
we've got a good
crowd here.
Jesus is standing up
here in place of me.
How great would that
be?
And he says, if any
of you, First Baptist
Henrietta, whoever
else is in the room
today, if any of you
wants to be my
follower, you must turn
from your selfish
ways.
And you're looking at
my selfish ways?
You don't know me
very well.
Oh, I dare say he
does.
You must turn from
your selfish ways,
Sam Bunnell.
Take up your cross
daily.
It wasn't just enough
for me to take up my
cross and say, okay,
God, you want me to be
a pastor?
I'll be a pastor.
There, I took up my
cross.
I've got to take up my
cross every day.
So do you.
Take up our cross
daily and follow him.
What does it mean to
take up your cross?
It means be willing to
endure whatever comes
your way just like
Jesus did on that
cross.
It means understanding
it's not always going
to be easy.
There is going to be
hardship.
But he said, take up
that cross daily and
you'll be able to make
it through whatever I
have for you and trust
me, it's going to be
worth it all.
Verse 24, because if you
try to hang on to your
life, if you're not
willing to surrender,
you're not willing to
sacrifice, you're going
to lose it.
But if you give up, if
you give up your life
for my sake, you'll save
it.
Jesus said if you give
up your life for his
sake, you'll find new
life.
You'll find better life.
You'll find that salvation.
salvation.
First, that means salvation
from your sins.
But then after that day,
it means finding that new
salvation in God that
saves you from who you
will be without God.
Every day, we've got a
choice.
Am I going to take up my
cross?
Am I going to surrender
and sacrifice?
And then where's God
going to lead me?
Down that path today.
Or am I going to run on
the much wider, much
more populated path with
everybody else out trying
to live for themselves?
Too often, you and I as
followers of Jesus find
ourselves on the wrong
path and Jesus is always
calling us back.
He's saying, no, no, no.
You left your cross over
here.
Go pick up your cross and
get back on that narrow
way because God has
something great for you,
for this church.
So, it's better to lose
your life than to waste
it.
John Piper, one of the
great pastors that our
country has right now,
says it's better to lose
your life than to waste
it.
He even wrote this book
called Don't Waste
Your Life.
It's so much better to
lose your life for Jesus
sake than to waste it on
the pursuits of this world.
Let's read it one final
time.
Can we read it together?
Father, don't copy the
behavior and customs of
this world, but let God
transform you into a new
person by changing the way
you think.
Then you will learn to know
God's will for you, which is
good and pleasing and
perfect.
Now, this time, I'm going to
have us read this verse
second.
Dear brothers and sisters, I
plead with you to give, let's
pause, up.
I put that in parentheses
there because up is not in
the text.
So I looked up the Greek
word for, you know, the
Bible, the New Testament was
originally written in
Greek, so I look back at
that Greek word.
What's it talking about when
it says give, or your
Bible might say present?
It's talking about giving
an offering, making an
offering, offering something
up to someone who deserves
it.
So I just took the liberty of
putting that in, saying
that's me, that's not the
Bible, but I think it's
consistent with what the
message is trying to tell
us.
I plead with you to give up
your bodies.
Give up yourselves.
Give up your bank account
to God and quit being so
stingy.
Let God pass that money on
to bless somebody else.
Quit being so stingy with
your time, your energy, and
let God use the breath that
he gives you to bless
somebody else and further his
kingdom on this earth.
Give up, fill in the blank.
Surrender, sacrifice it to
God because of all he's done
for you.
Let these things be a living
and holy sacrifice, the kind
he will find acceptable.
This is the way to worship God.
So here's our takeaway for
today.
God, teach me the joy of
surrender and sacrifice.
God, teach me the joy of
surrender and sacrifice.
Y'all, would you bow your
heads with me?
I'm going to challenge you to
do something today.
I'm not always going to push
this hard, but today I
believe it's appropriate.
If we have the front of this
room filled with families who
are praying for God to show
them how to surrender and
sacrifice.
Men, I'm going to challenge you
on Father's Day to lead your
sons, daughters, even your
wives down to the front and
kneel down here before God
and just say, God, I
surrender and then you fill in
the blank.
God, I sacrifice, then you
fill in the blank.
A long time ago, God asked
Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.
Of course, he didn't take
Isaac's life, but he wanted to
show Abraham, are you willing to
give up everything in your
trust of me?
I believe that I will take
better care of what you have,
what I've given you, than you
can.
How's your faith this morning?
Are you willing to give up?
Are you willing to surrender?
Are you willing to sacrifice?
I've got to ask myself that
every day because you and I
always hold something back.
So God, in this moment right
now, when you've taught us from
your word, God, this isn't the
opinion of Sam Bunnell, this is
the words of God, and I pray
that you would instill those
deep in us.
I'm going to ask just the organ
to play right now, very
softly.
Y'all don't need to sing.
We might join in in a little
bit, but I'm going to sing the
words to this song over you.
All to Jesus I surrender, I
surrender all.
All to him I freely give.
I will ever love and trust him.
In his presence I will daily
live.
Would you take this moment to
pray?
And I pray that there's somebody
who would be the first to stand
up and come down here.
There's nothing special or
magical or holy about kneeling
down here in the front, but I
think getting up and leading
your family down is an act of
worship before God and instills in
our younger generation what it
means to humble yourself and bow
down before God as a family and
pray.
So I challenge you families
across this room, make use of
this open area at the front of
the room as I begin to sing.
Thank you.