15 Bible Verses about The Surrendered life
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Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father."
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
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The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dead to sin
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations--
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dying with Christ
We know that our old selfwas crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations--
As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Examples of personal
and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, a volunteer for the service of the LORD, with 200,000 mighty men of valor.
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
"That the leaders took the lead in Israel, that the people offered themselves willingly, bless the LORD!
Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Of persons to special religious work
and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him.
and he laid his hands on him and commissioned him as the LORD directed through Moses.
These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » A call to personal
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
And Moses said, "Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day."
and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself today to the LORD?"
Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good." For he thought, "Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?"
But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
But if he says, 'I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Paul the apostle
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Tends to spiritual knowledge
And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, "Let the will of the Lord be done."
If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Judah under king asa
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest all around.
The insolent smear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Whole-hearted required
not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Josiah and his subjects
And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.
Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Prayer essential to
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Christ the perfect example of
"I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done."
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Christ
And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
So Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?"
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Establishes a divine relationship
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Eli
So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him."
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Caleb and joshua
none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.'
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Elisha
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Noah
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The result of inward law
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Paul's friends
And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, "Let the will of the Lord be done."
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Isaiah
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » David
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Christ
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Job
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORDgave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."