re·turn
/rəˈtərn/
verb
1. 1.
come or go back to a place or person.
"he returned to Canada in the fall"
Did you know return to God really means you are surrendering to Him? When you return, He will restore, repair and refresh YOU.
1. Surrender Your Reputation
But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith. Philippians 3:7–9 (CSB)
2. Surrender Your Burdens
“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 (CSB)
3. Surrender Your Aspirations
Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it. Luke 9:23-24 (CSB)
4. Surrender Your Priorities
The one who loves a father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; the one who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Matthew 10:37 (CSB)
5. Surrender Your Plans
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34 (CSB)
6. Surrender Your Body
Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price. So glorify God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (CSB)
7. Surrender Your Worldly Identity
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 (CSB)
(WRITTEN BY KELLY MCSPARRAN)
