{"id":158,"date":"2010-08-17T18:45:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T02:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upstreamteens.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/17\/discussion-submit-2\/"},"modified":"2013-04-12T15:07:54","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T22:07:54","slug":"discussion-submit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/upstreamteens.org\/blog\/2010\/08\/discussion-submit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion: Submit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to submit?<\/p>\n<p>Are there people you should or should not submit too? Why?<\/p>\n<p>Is there ever a time that we shouldn\u2019t submit to God?<\/p>\n<p>Are there any areas of your life that you surrender control to God,<br \/>\n<br \/>only to take it back later?<\/p>\n<p>-(watch \u2018the Stool\u2019 skit by OneTimeBlind)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"onetimeblind - The Stool\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S3qh2dJxUy8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you surrender things to God, but take control back, are you really<br \/>\n<br \/>fully submitting to Him?<\/p>\n<p>James 4:7-8 (NIV)<br \/>\n<br \/>Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee<br \/>\n<br \/>from you. [8] Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your<br \/>\n<br \/>hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.<\/p>\n<p>The Devil doesn\u2019t want us to succeed. The areas we struggle most, he<br \/>\n<br \/>will use against us. God tells us to submit ourselves to Him. He also<br \/>\n<br \/>tells us that if we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us. It is<br \/>\n<br \/>not His desire to be distanced from us.<\/p>\n<p>What is keeping you from drawing near?<\/p>\n<p>What is sitting on the stool of authority in your life?<\/p>\n<p>(Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Entertainment, Food, Music, Fashion, Feelings\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>What are you going to do about it?<\/p>\n<p>Are you lord of your life? Are you willing to relinquish that control<br \/>\n<br \/>and submit to the true Lord?<\/p>\n<p>Joshua 24:15 (NIV)<br \/>\n<br \/>But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for<br \/>\n<br \/>yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your<br \/>\n<br \/>forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in<br \/>\n<br \/>whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will<br \/>\n<br \/>serve the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2010\/08\/17<\/p>\n<p>-Karyn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it mean to submit? Are there people you should or should not submit too? Why? Is there ever a time that we shouldn\u2019t submit to God? 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