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The Jesus No One Talks About Series Pt. 3: The Courage To Surrender Wednesday Devotion · Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation

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  Today's scripture is coming from the book of Matthew, chapter 26, verse 39.
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  Yet not as I will, but as you will.
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  This is the turning point of salvation history.
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  Jesus does not surrender because the path is easy.
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  He surrendered because the Father's will is good.
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  Obedience is not the absence of struggle, it is the victory of trust over fear.
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  Jesus shows us that surrender is not passive.
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  It is the deepest act of love.
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  Begin to see Jesus lifting his face toward heaven, tears still on his cheeks, but resolve rising in his eyes.
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  Feel the shift from anguish to surrender, from fear to trust.
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  Now imagine that same light of surrender touching your own heart.
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  Let's take three minutes to reflect on the following question.
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  Where is God inviting me to say, not my will, but yours?
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  Surrender is my pathway to peace.
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  Again, surrender is my pathway to peace.
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  Our closing prayer.
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  Lord, give me the courage to trust your will, even when it stretches me.
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  Shape my heart to surrender like Jesus, honestly, lovingly, and fully.
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  For Christ's sake, Amen.