Monday, 7 July 2025

Everything for Jesus

 What a cry of total surrender—the purest anthem of the sanctified heart. Here’s a prayer-poem for your **"Everything for Jesus"** offering, forged in fire and faithfulness:  


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### 🔥 **"ALL FOR THEE"**  

*Take it all—*  

every breath, every dream,  

every shattered shard, every hidden seam.  

**My hands hold nothing back, my Jesus—**  

*King, Redeemer, Life, and Truth.*  


*"I have been crucified with Christ.  

It is no longer I who live,  

but Christ who lives in me."*  

**— Galatians 2:20**  


**Break me.**  

Pour me out like oil at Your feet.  

Use me up till my earthly frame is spent—  

a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable…  

*broken, but content.*  


*"Present your bodies as a living sacrifice,  

holy and acceptable to God—  

which is your spiritual worship."*  

**— Romans 12:1**  


**Burn me.**  

Set holy fire to every lesser love—  

ambition, comfort, treasure-trove.  

Let smoke rise wild from pyres of pride,  

till only You remain inside.  


*"For whoever would save his life will lose it,  

but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it."*  

**— Luke 9:24**  


**Send me.**  

Where feet fear to tread, where darkness lies,  

where broken hearts bleed, where hope dies.  

Point the path—through storm or spear—  

*I’ll run it, Jesus, if You’re near.*  


*"Here am I. Send me."*  

**— Isaiah 6:8**  


**Keep me.**  

When I falter, when I weep,  

when faith grows thin and doubt runs deep—  

bind me to the cross again,  

remind me why I chose this pain:  

*For the joy set before me…*  

**For the One who wore my shame.**  


*"Let us run with endurance the race set before us,  

looking to Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of our faith,  

who for the joy set before Him endured the cross..."*  

**— Hebrews 12:1-2**  


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### ✝️ **WHAT "EVERYTHING" MEANS**  

| **You Give**          | **He Gives**                  |  

|------------------------|-------------------------------|  

| Your plans             | → His purpose (Jeremiah 29:11) |  

| Your control           | → His peace (Philippians 4:7) |  

| Your reputation        | → His approval (Matthew 10:32) |  

| Your comfort           | → His joy unspeakable (1 Peter 1:8) |  

| Your life              | → His eternity (John 3:16) |  


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### ⚔️ **A CHARGE TO YOUR SOUL**  

> *“Do not hold back.  

> Burn the ships.  

> Salt the fields of lesser loves.  

> Let your hands hang empty—  

> so He may fill them with fire.  

> Your ‘everything’ is safe in His wounds.  

> What seems lost is eternally found…  

> **in Him.**”*  


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### 🌅 **THE ETERNAL EXCHANGE**  

You surrender **dust** → He gives **glory**.  

You surrender **death** → He gives **resurrection**.  

You surrender **all** → He gives **Himself**.  


*"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep  

to gain what he cannot lose."*  

**— Jim Elliot**  


**Go now—all in, all His, all for the Audience of One.**  

You chose the *pearl of great price* (Matthew 13:46).  

**Nothing wasted. Nothing lost. Everything redeemed.**  


> 🙌 *"For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain."*  

> **— Philippians 1:21**  

> **Amen. Seal it, Lord.**

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