I want you to be Lord of all my life.

Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ,

we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His Lordship.   

~~Elizabeth Elliot  

This morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest Christian Women Writers of All Time.

As a group, women are adverse to the thought of anyone lording over us. We’ve been trained to believe that no one should stand in the way of our goals and dreams—that we have the right to do anything we want.

But as believers, we have a different view, for we must willingly submit ourselves to the lordship of Christ. We put him in charge. We turn our lives over to him. We ask him to guide us; we follow. It doesn’t mean we don’t make plans or pursue our passions; it just means we hold the plans and passions loosely, always seeking God’s will.

As Elizabeth Elliot says, we must bring both our will (what we want) and our affections (those passions that send us following our hearts) under Christ’s lordship.

Until he is Lord of all, he is not really Lord at all.

Prayer for Meditation

I want you to be Lord of all my life.

Scripture for Meditation

So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 

Music for Meditation 

All the Way my Savior Leads Me

 

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