brownsugarflyygirl
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Sooo...I started typing...and this is what came out...so I thought
that I would share...maybe it will be a blessing....its unedited so excuse any typos...
erplexed Just what was on my heart...its kinda long
“When I think of the goodness of JESUS and AAALLLL He’s done for me, my soouul cries out Hallelujah!! I thank God for saving me!†Praise the Lord Saints! Giving honor to God who is head of my life…….
I can still hear the jubilant voices of the church mothers beginning their praise report during Thursday night testimony service….waving arms, dipping low, shedding tears, bucking in the Spirit…all while sharing the impact God had on their life in their distinct southern drawl. Looking up from my tic-tac-toe game, I would see the authentic joy and happiness they felt about a situation that God had brought them through, a need that God had provided for, a sickness that had been healed, or a loved one that had been saved.
As the testimony came to its pinnacle, the drummer would catch a beat. The piano player would bang out some notes and before you know the church was enraptured in the strong rhythm of the “shouting†music. From the worn padding of the wooden pew in that Apostolic church, I would jump out of my seat, wiggle my body around, and excitedly clap my hands to the music. I would watch in wonder as one brother ran from one side of the church and before I could blink had made it to the other side. I saw sisters fanning sisters as women jerked back and forth moved by the Spirit. Men and women alike filled the aisles doing their holy two-step with an occasional variation with a leg swung through the air. It was a site to behold: the tear stained, sweat dripping, awe-inspriring faces of the saints praising God. Although I was only six years old at the time, I knew that what they had was real. I knew that the joy was real and above all else I knew that God was real.
“Look what the Lord has done, Look what the Lord has done, He healed my body, He touched my mind, He saved me, just in time…ooh Im gonna praise His name…His name is just the same…Jump up and praise Him...Look what the Lord has done.â€
Well, sixteen years later, that feeling has never left me. There have been some trials, situations and circumstances. There has been intimacy with God and silence and distance. Yet, the same God that inspired those church mothers to belt out their praises to the top of their voices and make their bodies bend to and fro, dwells within me and fills me with the same joy that they felt. I have come to understand that there is nothing in this world like serving God. There is nothing that compares to coming to a place of total and complete surrender to the will, call, and purpose of God. There is nothing more liberating than laying it all down at the foot of the altar and saying “I surrender.â€
“I surrender all, I surrender all, all to thee my blessed Savior…I surrender all.â€
People used to say that a hard head makes a soft behind…well that’s true. It also makes a heavy heart. Whenever you aren’t obedient and submissive to God’s will for your life you find sorrow. You find frustration, heartache, disappointment, depression, and a myriad of other negative emotions. Yet, when you lay down your life for Christ and say Lord, I give it to you, my wants, my desires, my dreams, my goals, my aspirations, my relationships, my everything. When you say it and mean it with every fiber of your being, you will experience a liberty that is unparalleled. You will experience a joy and a sense of fulfillment that no person, circumstance, or situation can touch. You will feel whole and complete….and though you may be standing still….in your heart you will be doing your own little two step, blazing your own trail through church aisles, and moving your body to the compelling sounds of the wonderful healing tunes of God’s music.
Will you surrender? Will you give God your life? I am not speaking of just salvation.
I am speaking to those of you who know and walk with God but still wont lay down your problems at his feet. I am speaking to those every Sunday church attendees who are still trying to do things their way. I am talking to you, yes you, who has that struggle in that area and have chosen to believe Satan’s lie that there is nothing you can do to overcome it. Will you surrender? Will you lay down your career goal, the love of your life, your friendships, your education? Will you let go of your goals? What about the money in your account, your house, your car? Will you lay that at the altar and offer it up as a sacrifice for God to use as He sees fit? What about your past? Your pain, your hurt, your disappointment, those secret places in your heart where you are ashamed. Will you give that to God? What about your fears, your failures, your shortcomings? Will you allow God to heal those areas of your life? What will you surrender. True freedom comes at the place of surrender. You will never walk into all that God has for you, until you learn to surrender. The altar is the place of slaughter…will you die to yourself….and accept life through Christ. Will you surrender?
Well, I did, sixteen years, hundreds of church services, thousands of prayers, and a lifetime of pain later, I surrendered. I layed it all down…I asked God to search my heart and anything that wasn’t submitted to Him to show me so that I could give it to Him…and when He showed me…I surrendered. Joy…unspeakaple… Peace…uncomprehendable…. Love…overflowing… Life….everlasting….flooded my soul….and I wont look back.
For the first time in my life, I think that I am at a place of total surrender…and there is no happier place than I have ever been. Will you join me?
that I would share...maybe it will be a blessing....its unedited so excuse any typos...
erplexed Just what was on my heart...its kinda long“When I think of the goodness of JESUS and AAALLLL He’s done for me, my soouul cries out Hallelujah!! I thank God for saving me!†Praise the Lord Saints! Giving honor to God who is head of my life…….
I can still hear the jubilant voices of the church mothers beginning their praise report during Thursday night testimony service….waving arms, dipping low, shedding tears, bucking in the Spirit…all while sharing the impact God had on their life in their distinct southern drawl. Looking up from my tic-tac-toe game, I would see the authentic joy and happiness they felt about a situation that God had brought them through, a need that God had provided for, a sickness that had been healed, or a loved one that had been saved.
As the testimony came to its pinnacle, the drummer would catch a beat. The piano player would bang out some notes and before you know the church was enraptured in the strong rhythm of the “shouting†music. From the worn padding of the wooden pew in that Apostolic church, I would jump out of my seat, wiggle my body around, and excitedly clap my hands to the music. I would watch in wonder as one brother ran from one side of the church and before I could blink had made it to the other side. I saw sisters fanning sisters as women jerked back and forth moved by the Spirit. Men and women alike filled the aisles doing their holy two-step with an occasional variation with a leg swung through the air. It was a site to behold: the tear stained, sweat dripping, awe-inspriring faces of the saints praising God. Although I was only six years old at the time, I knew that what they had was real. I knew that the joy was real and above all else I knew that God was real.
“Look what the Lord has done, Look what the Lord has done, He healed my body, He touched my mind, He saved me, just in time…ooh Im gonna praise His name…His name is just the same…Jump up and praise Him...Look what the Lord has done.â€
Well, sixteen years later, that feeling has never left me. There have been some trials, situations and circumstances. There has been intimacy with God and silence and distance. Yet, the same God that inspired those church mothers to belt out their praises to the top of their voices and make their bodies bend to and fro, dwells within me and fills me with the same joy that they felt. I have come to understand that there is nothing in this world like serving God. There is nothing that compares to coming to a place of total and complete surrender to the will, call, and purpose of God. There is nothing more liberating than laying it all down at the foot of the altar and saying “I surrender.â€
“I surrender all, I surrender all, all to thee my blessed Savior…I surrender all.â€
People used to say that a hard head makes a soft behind…well that’s true. It also makes a heavy heart. Whenever you aren’t obedient and submissive to God’s will for your life you find sorrow. You find frustration, heartache, disappointment, depression, and a myriad of other negative emotions. Yet, when you lay down your life for Christ and say Lord, I give it to you, my wants, my desires, my dreams, my goals, my aspirations, my relationships, my everything. When you say it and mean it with every fiber of your being, you will experience a liberty that is unparalleled. You will experience a joy and a sense of fulfillment that no person, circumstance, or situation can touch. You will feel whole and complete….and though you may be standing still….in your heart you will be doing your own little two step, blazing your own trail through church aisles, and moving your body to the compelling sounds of the wonderful healing tunes of God’s music.
Will you surrender? Will you give God your life? I am not speaking of just salvation.
I am speaking to those of you who know and walk with God but still wont lay down your problems at his feet. I am speaking to those every Sunday church attendees who are still trying to do things their way. I am talking to you, yes you, who has that struggle in that area and have chosen to believe Satan’s lie that there is nothing you can do to overcome it. Will you surrender? Will you lay down your career goal, the love of your life, your friendships, your education? Will you let go of your goals? What about the money in your account, your house, your car? Will you lay that at the altar and offer it up as a sacrifice for God to use as He sees fit? What about your past? Your pain, your hurt, your disappointment, those secret places in your heart where you are ashamed. Will you give that to God? What about your fears, your failures, your shortcomings? Will you allow God to heal those areas of your life? What will you surrender. True freedom comes at the place of surrender. You will never walk into all that God has for you, until you learn to surrender. The altar is the place of slaughter…will you die to yourself….and accept life through Christ. Will you surrender?
Well, I did, sixteen years, hundreds of church services, thousands of prayers, and a lifetime of pain later, I surrendered. I layed it all down…I asked God to search my heart and anything that wasn’t submitted to Him to show me so that I could give it to Him…and when He showed me…I surrendered. Joy…unspeakaple… Peace…uncomprehendable…. Love…overflowing… Life….everlasting….flooded my soul….and I wont look back.
For the first time in my life, I think that I am at a place of total surrender…and there is no happier place than I have ever been. Will you join me?
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. Sometimes i can't distinguish God's leading from my own thoughts. Is it just me? 
Thanks for sharing it with us. When God's Spirit moves, it's truly a joy. Thank you for listening... This message moved me. 
! Your response has shed some (MUCH) light on surrendering for me
