Trust and Surrender

Choosing dependence, surrender, and obedience. This module invites a posture of relinquishment—trading control for trust in God’s wisdom and timing. It addresses common barriers to surrender and provides practices for obedience that flow from love rather than duty. Participants are encouraged to test trust in concrete ways and to reflect on how surrender transforms decision-making.

Objectives

Practice waiting on God’s timing.

Learn to trust God in weakness.

Identify areas of control and practice surrender.

Reflections

What will I surrender this week and how will I remember to do it?

How has surrender changed me before?

Where am I trying to control outcomes that belong to God?

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Accountability/Tracking

Pair with a partner to report weekly on one surrendered action and its outcome.

Community Action

Practice asking for help: each person requests one small, practical favor from the group this week.

Creative Project

Draft a visible “Surrender Pledge” card to place where you’ll see it daily.

Leader Prompt

Share a brief, vulnerable story of a surrendered decision and the fruit it produced.

Personal Practice

Identify one control area and write a short prayer of surrender to repeat each morning.

Devotionals

It Depends

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Self-Help Lie

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Forge Ahead Blindly Seeing

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Our Two Edged Lord

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Do you ever find yourself treating God kind of like a Bellhop? Too often, we only communicate with Him when we need Him and/or there is...

If the Lord Doesn't Want To

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Ever thought about that? The things the He doesn't want to do in your life, or even in the world in general. So often we're hoping He...

Surrender to Victory

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I know, surrendering is typically considered defeat. Victory and winning are two different things, too. Too often in our lives, we win...