Day Five:
Jesus to the soul: And when I must lead you on a path different from the one you see, I will prepare you; I will carry you in my arms; I will let you find yourself, like children who have fallen asleep in their mothers’ arms, on the other bank of the river. What troubles you and hurts you immensely is the misuse of your reason, your thoughts and worry, and your desire at all costs to deal with what afflicts you. You do not understand everything the way I do. You did not create the sun, moon, and stars – I did. You do not keep the entire universe in existence – I do. Whatever it is you are afraid of or worried about, or that causes you to lose your peace, let it go. You can trust 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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