A day must come in our lives, as definite as the day of our conversion, when we give up all right to ourselves and submit to the absolute Lordship of Christ, surrendering ourselves, our loved ones, our possessions, our present, and our future. It’s the day we surrender control of our lives to Him and we begin to enjoy the freedom that is ours in Christ.
From the forthcoming book by Charles Lake and myself, Holy Is a Four-Letter Word (Wipf and Stock, 2016).