‘Let go and let God’ is a life-saving prayer for many of us who struggle in our daily lives with bad habits. We learn to let go of our attachments, especially the wicked ones, and turn them over to God. ‘Let go and let God’ is a simple prayer, complete in itself. Like most prayers, it works best when repeated over and over.
Advanced theologians might disagree, but I stick with what works.
I think it was Steven King who wrote “There may be farries and there may be elves but God helps those who help themselves.”
Shouldn’t this be in “Religion” or maybe “Chat?”
” from a defeated life to a victorious life;”
As far as I know this is a change which occurs in the heart and may not at all be accompanied any sort of earthly victory. God’s definition, as far as I can perceive, of ‘victory’ is attaining Heaven AFTER your life.
Paul taught us all that we needed to “renew your mind to the Word of God”. God did NOT tell us to just sit idly by and God will do everything for us. We are required to read the Bible and pray .. and help other people (charity).
However, I’ve met a lot of Christians and the main reason between enjoying your new life in Christ .. is your level of faith.
Faith comes by, hearing and hearing, by the Word of God. Which means that the more you read and study the Word, the more faith you will acquire .. faith that what God has said in the scriptures is true.
I have 30 years of testimonies about God’s ability to heal, and restore. The secret for me was accepting the Baptism in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. Whether you believe in that or not, God never required it, He only invited those who believe (in Christ), to come and receive. But, when you do receive it, it increases your faith in God’s word, and thus you do experience a higher level of life in Christ.
I am living proof.
I became a Christian at 21 not coming from a Christian home, and entered the ministry after college. All my training and study was Keswick-based.....and my ministry. I have studied all of the teachers mentioned initially in this article. There is much that is true and good in it.
But at the core is a key error, I believe. It indeed gives man credit for some level of performance. And it does often divide believers into two groups: those who know they are “failures”, defeated, and cannot make the grade; and those who think they are indeed “fully committed” and sold out to the Lord - and who become proud of their ‘spirituality’, and better Christians than others. i.e., Christian Pharisees. ref. Luke 18:9.
Pride - spiritual pride - is the greatest sin of most Christians who think they are spiritual. (What is the most lacking single element of the character of the Lord Jesus in Christian leaders today? Humility.)
No one ever completely surrenders to the Lord. Only Jesus did. It is a life-long process, being conformed to His image, knowing Him more, yielding more to Him as we learn his love and amazing grace.
We never “arrive” at any one state that changes us. If we walk in His grace and love, we change daily - though that cannot be measured or seen. He is the one who changes us, transforms us, as we come to know Him more and more.
It was at the end of Paul’s life that he wrote Philippians 3:8 - 13. His goal from the day of his conversion had not changed.
Having this attitude (Phil. 2:1-8) is one of them greatest missing elements of modern Christianity - in believers of all stripes and colors.
I think of it more like, "God can move mountains, but you better bring a shovel."
Hardly know what to make of this one. Is the author a Christian?
Makes about as much sense as an argument over whether one larger angel or two smaller angels can dance on the head of a pin...