Abandoned | My Story, My Song Part 1

David Reneau
Written By Encounter Church

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Speaker: David Reneau

Summary:
We often think of following God as a set of rules or a specific way of life. But what if it is something much deeper? What if true worship is not just about what we say, but about complete and total surrender to God?

In this first part of our new series, My Story, My Song, Pastor David Reneau breaks down the song "Abandoned" by Benjamin William Hastings and Brandon Lake. By looking at the life of Jesus, we see that surrender is not about losing ourselves. It is about finding our true purpose by choosing to mirror His will instead of our own.

In this message, we discuss:

  • How Jesus gave His life so that we could have a relationship with Him.

  • How we can find meaning in our relationship with God, even when we have to deal with the hard, gross, and illogical surrender of daily life.

  • Why taking up your cross daily is the only path to following God.

  • What it looks like to give the failures you hide and the victories you celebrate back to the Lord.

 Scripture References:

  • Luke 19:40

  • Romans 6:23

  • Hosea 6:6

  • John 3:16-17

  • Luke 9:23-24

  • Ephesians 4:22-24

  • Luke 6:31

  • Matthew 26:39, 42

  • Luke 22:42

  • Romans 12:1-2

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