These are some scriptures I read today from Stormie Omariton’s “The power of a praying woman”:
If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
Luke 9: 23-24
If we live, we live to the Lord and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. Romans 14:8
As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 2:6-7
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3: 5-6.
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon him, for he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6-7
If you’re still struggling with depression this morning the bible says to cast your care upon him. Surrender according to Stormie Omariton in her book “The power of a praying woman”, is saying “Whatever You want Lord. I’ll do anything You ask.” It’s asking for his desires instead of yours. “Praising when you don’t feel like, praying when you feel like going to bed, going to church when you feel like staying home, fasting when you feel like eating, reading the word when you feel like watching TV.” Each of these things God asks us to do is for our own benefit and in the end will pull you from the frustrating point you may feel like you’re at in life. The first step to that feeling of being in all that God has for you as Stormie so rightly says, is surrender.
After you surrender your own way fully you will be on your way to exactly where God wants you to be fully. The peace of God will keep you and those frustrating feelings of lack and confusion will begin to fade