Dear friends, this is it—the final prayer of our Novena. If you’re like me, sometimes you need to repeat things to truly feel their impact. I keep this resource close because it resonates deeply with my journey of change. None of us can claim to be walking on water just yet. So, if surrender seems daunting today, remember that God is here to support you. Take a deep breath, and let’s affirm together: “I surrender all. All to You, my precious Savior, I surrender all.
Day Nine:
Jesus to the soul: Pray always in readiness to surrender, and you will receive from it great peace and great rewards, even when I confer on you the grace of sacrifice, of repentance, and of love. Then what does suffering matter? It seems impossible to you? Close your eyes and say with all your soul, “Jesus, you take care of it.” Do not be afraid; I will take care of all things and you will bless my name by humbling yourself. Remember this well: A thousand prayers cannot equal one single act of surrender. There is no prayer more effective than your trusting surrender to me.
Repeat three times: “Jesus, I surrender myself to you. I trust you to take care of everything.”
Prayer:
Loving Father, I surrender to you today with all my heart and soul. Please come into my heart in a deeper way. I say yes to you today. I open all the secret places of my heart to you and say, “Come, Jesus.” Jesus, you are the Lord of my whole life. I believe in you and receive you as my Lord and Savior. I hold nothing back from you. Holy Spirit, bring me into deeper conversion to the person of Jesus Christ. I surrender all to you: my health, my family, my sexuality, my resources, my occupation, my skills, my relationships, my time management, my successes, and my failures. I release these things and let them go. I surrender my understanding of how things ought to be, my choice, and my will. I surrender to you the promises I have kept and the promises I have failed to keep. I surrender my weaknesses and my strengths to you. I surrender my emotions, my fears, and my insecurities.
Holy Spirit, inspire my mind right now with whatever else I need to surrender.
(prayerful silence)
I especially surrender this to you.
Lord, I surrender my entire life to you – the past, present, and the future. In sickness and in health, in life and death, I belong to you.
Take, Lord, and receive all my freedom, my memory, my intellect, and my will. You have given me all that I have and I return everything now to you. Dispose of me according to your will. Give me only your love and grace, for with this I am rich enough and have no more to ask. Amen
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