{ Hillsong Conf 2012: Surrendering - Joyce Meyer }

• Romans 6:16
• We must learn to surrender which simply means letting go - Stop fighting with yourself, circumstances  people, places you do not want to be
• "I surrender all..." 
• Surrendering your will and mind at home is a whole other story, but we are going to get there and on the way, ready to give birth
• Luke 5:1-5
• You need to get out into the deep water that is over your head, where if Jesus does not help you, you are in deep trouble
• You are done if He does not show up every single day
• Never the less, if He said to do it, I surrender and here I go, into the deep
• Learn to live a little deeper - Obey God whether you feel like doing it, don't want to do it, and don't think it is a good idea
• Jesus is in the deepest part of us, and if we have Him comfy in our spirit, calling Him for an emergency, and in our soul, we got all the tasteless (what I think, I want, I feel)
• But what Jesus wants is He wants to be integrated in every single bit of us, so when we are poured out we have something to give to people which have got some flavor
• We need to shake it up a little bit, get real, deep, and making sure we are married to Jesus and not just dating Him
• Philippians 2 - "Become obedient until death..."
• We are not being asked to be so obedient that we die physically, but dying to our own will, living on our emotions and on the top of our head 
• We should not just act the way we want to, or tell everyone what we think, or do what we want, but we have to go deeper and see what is going in there 
• Do we have peace, clear conscious, God approved? Then we begin to surrender our life to God.
• When you are married, everything of theirs becomes yours, and everything that you have becomes theirs
• "And made a commitment... which neither none of you have walked out"
• When you surrender to something you do not really want in your soul, it hurts
• We are not here to be entertained but changed and molded in His image because we destined ot show His glory in the earth
• Put a eternal yes on a contract with God, and not having any idea on what God has for you to do
• Got to contribute to people who refuse to give up and quit
• We want to be one of those people who are married and not just dating - Rare
• Whatever it is, believe with all your heart that it will work out good for you - And that is when you are truly free
• We can be calm because if God is done, there is not one thing that we can do about it
• It would be hard to give it up or adjust, but when you go deep enough with God, you will make it 
• He will be there with you, even the darkest and hardest and most difficult times, and we are not going to run because we are married
• Luke 15:11
• It is amazing when we think we want something, and we do not get it, we do not realize what a big favor He is doing for us
• You do not have to be afraid to ask God anything, just be bold but do not pout
• He always have a bigger plan, and we are smart enough to ask for it and we are just to trust and surrender
• Sometimes we have what satisfies but nothing satisfies or have any joy, peace or content - That is when we thought we have what we wanted
• Thank God we can come to ourselves - Having a meeting with yourself
• Forget getting what you want, let Him make you who He wants you to be - His will be done and not ours
• We can try to make it work but it gets so frustrating and confusing 
• If it is wrong timing, He will not give it to you
• Wake up and ask Him what can you do for Him today - To be a blessing to somebody
• A good marriage does not work out if you always want the other person to do things for you but the other way round
• There is too many Christians spending time on what they want and not what He wants
• 1 Peter 2:23 
• When people do not treat you right, used, abused, mistreated, looked over, nobody notices, hurt, betrayed, talked about, judged, criticized - Forgive people that you will even pray for them and go the extra mile when there is an opportunity
• No matter what people do to you, or not do, God wants us to remain the same - Stablity of that kind will win the world because nobody can understand that
• When somebody throws spears at us, we have to stop throwing spears back
• Spear - Everything wrong that is going on, it seems to be someone else's fault
• It is a great victory if we can be just quiet and not throw a spear back
• God wants us to learn for us to remain the same
• Judas did not change Jesus, he betrayed Him
• If it changed you, God wants something better
• If you throw a spear back, the only thing you do is ending up a bright shade of bitter
• Jesus just remained the same - Loving, calm, peaceful, beautiful Savior
• He does not just want to be the bottom of our lives, while we are pouring a bunch of tasteless stuff, but He wants us to be full of Him
• "A body Holy, filled and flooded with God..."
• Romans 12:1
• Most of the pain that we have comes from people
• God is in charge of our reputation and life and we are not trying to vindicate and throw spears, but we want to be like Him
• Hebrews 5:8-9
• The reason why we are not so obedient is because we do not want to pay the cost
• God is preparing you where you got to have equipment and experience 
• You can suffer eternally with one kind of misery in your soul or you can surrender and go through pain and that is where you get the baby
• When God's favor is on you, people will love you
• We need to get rid of our spears
• If God is God, just let God be God - Put it back on Him
• If you let God put you, and you are put, and nobody can bring you down