I surrender my life to Your Holy Hand.

 This is the most important and beautiful surrender. It is the essence of the Christian faith—exchanging our own failing control for the perfect, loving guidance of God.

Here is a prayer and poem of response, affirming this sacred commitment.

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I Surrender

I surrender my life to Your holy hand, No more by my own will I’ll stand. I’ve held the pieces,tried to command, But now,at the cross, I make my last stand.

I surrender the plans that I thought were so wise, The desperate gleam in my own weary eyes. The tangled-up threads of my own device, To the hands that fashioned the stars and the skies.

I surrender my past, with its regret and its shame, The hidden old wounds,and the guilt I still name. I lay down the record of my own bitter blame, At the foot of the cross,where He bore it all. Jesus, Your name.

I surrender my future, the path yet unseen, The worries and wonders of what might have been. I trade my illusions for what is serene: Your good, pleasing, and perfect will,so sure and so clean. (Romans 12:2)

I surrender my heart, with its passions and pride, The deep,hidden places I’ve desperately tried to hide. Come,Spirit, come rushing, a healing tide, And in this surrendered vessel,now faithfully abide.

So here is my life. It is no longer my own. From this moment forward,I am known as Your own. I am safe in Your hand,on Your throne. I surrender,my Lord, to You alone.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” — Romans 12:1