What Does Surrender Actually Look Like?
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2021
- What does it mean to say that Jesus is the Lord of your life?
We hear this phrase a lot in the Church, that Jesus is the Lord of our lives, that he has dominion over them. But what does this look like practically? If we just look at the definition, it means surrendering everything we have to God, and giving it to him without hesitation. But how can we truly surrender everything to him without fearing we won’t get it back?
Today, Fr. Mike talks about how we can surrender to God daily.
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I did this with my pregnancies. My first one I was so nervous and felt like something was off the whole time so I said a rosary every night. Then we found out that she wasn't healthy and wasn't going to make it due to severe complications from Turner's Syndrome and the Drs were shocked she even lived to 20weeks. Over the next two weeks I struggled with it but finally surrendered the whole pregnancy to God and asked that if she was in pain that He bring her to peace and the next day she was gone, with Him in heaven. It was probably one of the hardest things I had to do but I wouldn't change anything with how I dealt with it. I was induced and got to meet her and while I miss her so much, I know she's happy, pain free and with God and Mary, now. I've fully surrendered this new pregnancy to God and whenever I worry about anything I just remind myself "God, Thy will be done." And take a breath. Surrender is both very hard to do and very freeing once you do it
God bless you and your precious babies.
Very inspiring.. you are right. Surrender is most difficult to practice in the true sense yet can be very liberating .. to trust that He works all things for our good in the end gives us a peace and calm that surpasses all human understanding
Beautifully said and that's what I'm doing now after 3 miscarriages, I have decided to give my desires, burdens, fear, anxiety to GOD.
GOD YOU THINK OF IT, THY WILL BE DONE. you are right surrender is very freeing but hard too.
I’m sorry that happened to you and I admire the grace you have shown and the surrender! I just started the road to become Catholic. Thank you for sharing this
Youre experience moved me, youre so strong and keeping your faith is so uplifting. I have happy tears for you. Peace be with you.
As saint padre pio said, "my past to your mercy o lord, my present to your love, and my future to your providence" 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏
Powerful. God in heaven I ask You to accept our surrender to You. Please grow us like you are. Please let us hear Yoyr calling. Please hear the prayers of the Saints we ask for intercession. God thank you, please be with us all, In Jesus' name, amen.
Well said 🌺☦️🌺
Wow! I love this!!! ❤️🙏
❤ beautiful.
I love this
I’ve been struggling with surrendering things to God. Specifically I’ve been worrying and suffering over having children. I lost a child at 5 months pregnant. I’ve been scared to surrender to God, to allow myself to fully trust him and have faith that he will guide me and give me another miracle of life. But this video has really opened my eyes and my heart. I’m ready to trust God. God I surrender all my worries to you. Do as you will, regardless I will love you and obey you.
Wow, I was literally just praying about this the other night and now this video comes, God’s timing is perfect, Glory to Jesus Christ
Me too, Fr Mike. I prayed for this last night and WHAM, this video comes up at lunch today. Some believe there is no God, that's because they don't know God. Bless you Fr Mike
Same way here ......thank you Jesus
Me tooo 4 days ago!!! I even searched for it fr mike schmitz surrender and i found a really good ascension press video about surrender from a girl.
Me too! How amazing is God and the way he works? 🤩
So true! God works in amazing and mysterious ways!
That’s the hardest part of being a believer and a true disciple of Jesus- to surrender wholeheartedly without fear. I always admire people who say they’ve already given it all to God and that their faith is unbreakable and fearless. I try to do that every single day and I’ll continue to do so for the rest of my life.
Sometimes I feel like I’m failing when I give in to my doubts, but at the end of the day I still proclaim Jesus as my saviour. Man, it has been the greatest journey of my life so far.
Thanks fr Mike!
i feel you so much
Amen
I am a fairly new believer (around 7 months now) couple of days ago I was in prayer asking God to help me to stop holding back and actually commit to His Will. But in order to do that I would need Him to show me what it actually mean to fully surrender to Him. And now this just popped up in my notifications 🙏😭 Thank you for this video
God is great
Praise God for your newfound faith! Welcome to the journey, the road to eternity!
Welcome to a wonderful journey
Praise God!!
Jasmine, thank you for sharing. It's always uplifting to hear from new believers. Hugs!
I’m just so tired of medicines and check ups and going to the hospital. I just leave it to Jesus. Lord Jesus I surrender my health and all my worries to you. Please take care of everything.
Stay strong in Christ. Utilize the gifts He has given you for Your health and perhaps in time you will be free completely from so much medicine. Even if your not God loves you and has given you/me access to His love and healing in other ways. Glory be to You Lord, Thank you, in Jesus' name, amen.
Hey thats an awesome sentiment. But medicine is such a good thing and hospitals are where you will be close in the presence of Christ. Please do not test God by demanding he heals you rather invite him into your healing process. I may not know your name but you are in my prayers. Peace and Blessings!
Let God guide you.
@@joshpulliam5852 It’s not my intention to test God. Actually I am still taking supplements but I gave up the actual medications especially the pain relievers since I don’t feel any effect now. I’ve also become dependent to my sleeping pills. It’s not doing any good to my body anymore so I just only trust in the Lord now. I already prayed a lot and I feel it’s time to just submit everything to him now. Thank you for your prayer. God bless.
Please go to a doctor. I don't know you, but I care about you.
Dear Fr. Mike, I don’t know if you’ll see this but I hope whoever reads this feels the same. You are such a light in this world, God bless you and everything you do. You’ve helped me stay Catholic and calm in this crazy modern world we live in and I hope that you have a wonderful life. 💖 Peace be with you!!
I remember this time I was so heart broken and I was crying in the Adoration chapel and I gave him my desire to be in a healthy relationship, suddenly that desire did not feel as heavy as it used to. It's not that I don't want it, it's not that it vanished but it just did not feel so heavy on my heart. I did not realize that I was surrendering.
I've just done this same thing and the relief and peace I now feel is astounding. It's like I can function and think life myself again instead of being overwhelmed with needing to or trying to control the outcome. I can just accept what will happen in God's time, not mine. And He's walking with me now.
@@01happykat That's beautiful :)
@@dulceaguirre4111 Thank you! :)
Really appreciate Fr. Mike having the same enthusiasm, charisma and energy even after six years of posting videos every week.
so true! I'm not sure he's had a week off once. I hope I can thank him one day for his persistence lol
@@kiana653
Where can we send him cards???
THAT IS SO TRUE SS!
Nothing given to GOD is ever wasted ✝️😇 Amen🙏
Father since 2013, after my four year old son was called to the Lord’s presence I have been in peace. Family and friends can’t understand and see me like if I am in denial. However what you shared today is what I did I surrender to his will and my pain was immediately transformed in peace and strength. I share my testimony to help any grieving parent. I started bible in a year in Advent and God willing I am looking forward in completing it this coming year. God bless you Father and I am praying for you.
Thank you 🙏..God bless you
May your son rest in eternal peace and may GOD keep giving you strenght and courage and may HE bless you abundantly AMEN 🙏🏽🤲🏾🕊❤️☝🏽✝️
Thank you🙏🏼
@@criseldaivonrinconflores1899 🙏🏽❤️❤️✝️
My son was fighting for his life in the hospital 23 years ago when I surrendered to him. My son just turned 28. It's been a struggle, but God gave me the things I needed to cope and thrive, as well as my son
God bless you brethren, children suffering from (cancer)in our motherless foundation home they need medical attention,we need to help them contact the MD (favourfoundation525@gmail.com)God bless you as you do so.....
It’s literally crazy how God used you for his glory I was literally praying about surrender and this video was posted
SAME!!!!!
ME TOO!!!
Whoa....so was I...naturally a skeptic. Newly Christian. Then reading these. Whoa man.
@@adamhofstetter9312 God bless you 🙏
Trueeee
I really needed this. There’s been a lot of things going through my head & I don’t know where I’m going. But I surrender everything to him because he knows our path and will. Jesus I Trust In You! 🙏🏼
NORMAL PEOPLE ACTUALLY TYPE BIBLE CRITICISM ONLINE AND LEARN THE BIBLE IS FICTION AND THE HEBREW MYTHS ARE AS WELL, STUPID. HOW EDUCATED ARE YOU, VINCE?
Same with me!
I'm paralyzed, struggle with ADHD, a general anxiety disorder, depression, and memory issues, and I just listened to this with tears streaming down my face.
This was the clarity I needed to understand HOW to surrender. To put it in terms of "giving God access" changed my perspective and my intentions while surrendering these and other issues over to God. I've always felt like I've been screaming into the wind, just begging God for help and having to keep trying to survive on my own while not knowing how to truly surrender, but trying desperately to do so.
This honestly helped me deeply and profoundly. I just allowed God access into all these things I've been carrying myself and all my vice. Thank you! Please pray for me all who read this.
Nothing given to God is ever, ever wasted. ❤️
Thank you, Father Mike. This is something I have really needed for a long time.
Me too, thanks Fr Mike.
@See, I have told you beforehand how do you call your dad??🤷
What an amazing topic. I studied music in college and I was a wonderful singer. Over the years, I abused my voice and through my own fault, I lost my singing voice. Through my true conversion, I prayed for many years that my voice be restored and that I would use it to glorify him. Through this I continued to cantor in my parish to the best of my ability. During the last year or so, little by little, my voice is growing stronger. I am a Catholic school music teacher and because of COVID restrictions over the last year I haven’t been able to train students to cantor for school mass. This year I have had to do the cantering as well as playing for our school masses. Through God’s steadfast love, my voice has grown stronger and stronger and every time I sit in the choir loft where I sat with my choir in years past, I remember my promise and I am truly great full and humbled by His amazing love. I sing beautiful hymns to my God as I lead others to worship Him.
I truly love God more that anything. ❤️
I woke up praying about surrender. It was on my mind the minute I woke up and the entire theme for today has been this. Imagine my surprise (and triple take!) when I see this post from Fr. Mike! I would say I’m surprised, but the Holy Spirit likes to wrap all of us together in a pretty bow. GRATEFUL! I am so grateful!
My only daughter has walked away from me her mum
I cant change this!
So I am surrendering this to ABBA!
I know ABBA sees all & can do all & I cant!
I will pray for you and your daughter. Remember Mary seeing her son in pain. Pray to her she understands.
I am so sorry. This story is becoming more and more common. Families are being torn apart, and a lot of it is being orchestrated on the internet
When I keep my mind and my heart focused on how much God loves me, and that He knows what is best for me much better than I, I find it easier to surrender. Thank you, Father Mike!
@See, I have told you beforehand 15 For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
1 Cor 4:15 NRSV-CI
Thank you FATHER Mike
The Lord continues to speak to me through you, father Mike. Thank you 🙏
Likewise. I am actually listening to an autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux and I reached a chapter where she spoke of the joy of surrendering herself to God, and it truly confused me how she could be so joyful in, as she describes, letting herself fall like a drop into the ocean and be forgotten and for Christ to manifest through her fully, but this certainly helps with understanding that, that when we surrender to God, we don't cease to exist, but rather our imperfections are replaced by the goodness of Christ as He gains dominion in our own person. Truly enlightening
@See, I have told you beforehand which denomination are you from?
@See, I have told you beforehand forgive me, but many denominations use that term, I would just like to know so I can see the angle you're coming from
@See, I have told you beforehandso you seek to convert people from Catholicism?
@See, I have told you beforehand friend, have you forgotten my question?
Yes. Everything I am, everything i have, past, present and future - i surrender to you Lord Jesus.
I literally just said this to my boyfriend the other day.…that I don’t know how to surrender. Thank you Fr. Mike!!
God it's yours too
^Abused by parents
^Watched and listened my siblings being abused
^sister committed slow suicide
^brother surrendered to life on the streets
^lord over my brokenness in my life's decisions my choices, no one else's fault
God : " you are too broken and soulhurt- but I will bless you with dear friends I work thru to tell you you are still loved"
Thank you Fr. Mike för clarifying that so beautifully. You know I am a mother of a daughter(age 19) who for 7 years has been struggling with mental illness (psychosis) and depression and loneliness. I am praying every day for strength from God and saying the rosary for her. I have no one to talk to and no help from any doctors. All your videos helped a lot. I only talk to God and the blessed mother. Thank you so much . God bless uou
I’ve just prayed for your daughter ♥️
@@teslafagetan699 Thank you so much so much for your kindness, you had tears running down mt cheek. May God bless you 🙏
@@kzbaby2002 Thank you, may God bless you
You are not alone, my friend. We are all here for you, praying for you and your daughter. 🙏
@@pattisiedlicki Thank you so 🙏 much for your kind words. May God bless you
Wow! It gets real when Father Mike quotes Shakespeare! 😂
gosh! the timing of these videos!! im amazed every time - thank you Fr. Mike!
Beautiful timing indeed. God Your timing is everything. Thank You Lord, in Jesus' name, amen.
Listening with tears in my eyes, I really like the way how Father Mike explained what "surrender" truly means.. It's all about giving God access to my everything and trusting Him, one step at a time. To me, I initially thought surrender was a big word, I was afraid, overwhelmed, had so many questions, didn't know where to start. But, thanks to God this video made so many things clear. May God bless you all 🙏🏻
Thank you so much Father Mike. I’m struggling with some health issues at the moment and I needed this message. I give it all to God. I trust in Him.
@See, I have told you beforehand -- The whole passage reads, “But you are not to be called ‘rabbi,’ for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called ‘masters,’ for you have one master, the Christ” (Matt. 23:8-10). Jesus was using hyperbole in this passage. He also said to call no one Teacher. The apostle Paul calls himself a Father: Perhaps the most pointed New Testament reference to the theology of the spiritual fatherhood of priests is Paul’s statement, “I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel” (1 Cor. 4:14-15). God bless!
I don't t want be suicidal anymore. My name is Marsha. Please pray for me
So many times I’ve prayed the Surrender Novena... I felt much calmer and then, bam!
It happened again.
Thank you for this ,Fr Mike . 🙏🏻
I’m the same I’d say keep praying it. One of the daily meditations says to constantly surrender to Jesus (pray unceasingly)
Isn’t it amazing when we receive a message when we it most needed from God? I used to live in fear for almost 11 years after receiving a diagnosis that said I had a very high chance of dying or having a miscarriage if I decided to conceive or at that time keep my pregnancy. My son came out thriving, a bit premature but he showed nothing but signs of wanting to live a stay here his name is Enrique and he is 11 now. I gave that pregnancy to God and he blessed me. But after 11 years I was still in fear of succumbing to my diagnosis, well my mother and I began to pray to release those ties and unchained me I began to puke and I started to cry puke some more and then joy started to take over me, so much joy and so much peace. Peace, this warm feeling that made me feel whole again it felt warm like I was in God’s glory again. Then guess what happened? That afternoon I had a premonition, a premonition to check if I was pregnant and sure enough I was pregnant but I was not scared. Weeks went by and eventually I was checked at 8 weeks the baby was growing and his heartbeat was strong I was overwhelmed with joy, but then the brokenness of this earth made me fear for a little while again I even asked for prayers in this UA-cam channel once and received nothing but love and I felt at peace again. Weeks went by and the baby was still developing just fine and then I had my appointment with my high risk doctor for the first time for this pregnancy and then I was told the breaking news that my baby’s heartbeat stopped. I was very devastated but I realized that the pain wasn’t as hard as the chains I was holding on to 11 years. Y’all I was empty before but after going through this experience and giving it to God it’s the key. I want to Thank you Jesus for this wonderful experience you gave me even though it was very short lived it brought so much joy, love and faith to my family, my husband and I. I learned so much about my diagnosis it is called antiphospholipid syndrome I also learned that I didn’t have the full comprehension behind my diagnosis and if I eventually get blessed again I will have a game plan set so the chances of having a successful pregnancy are much greater and to that I say thank you Jesus, Amen. And thank you everyone who prayed for me and my baby love you all. ♥️🙏
I asked Father Mike Schmitz for prayer through the Hallow app. To my surprise, Father Mike suggested that we fast together. After the fast of one meal was over, Father Mike gave me a prophecy of 'blessings that would overtake me, having been withheld by dark forces, all of my life.' He then asked for a large donation to Hallow ministry.😢😢😢
A few days ago my son and his wife got covid and today their baby has a high ever too.
You told the words I needed yo heat " I surrender this To you my Lord"
Thank you father Mike
Blessings from Argentina
God bless you brethren, children suffering from (cancer)in our motherless foundation home they need medical attention,we need to help them contact the MD (favourfoundation525@gmail.com)God bless you as you do so..,
I needed to hear this. My husband just up and left us in January out of the blue and I have zero control or positive influence on this situation. Giving God access to this impossible situation, my broken heart, my children’s broken hearts, spending hours in Adoration, making Him my first Love again. 🙏🏼♥️
God bless you always Fr. Mike!
P.S. The podcast rocks and I can’t go a day without listening.
Hi Cristina I share your pain. My kids and I are living the same nightmare. March 18,2021 My Wife decided she did not want to be in our marriage. We have be together for 15 yrs, married 9 yrs through church. I will keep your family in our prayers. My kids and I pray daily for her return.
Thank You Fr. Mike. I listen to this video at least once a day.
How are you doing Christina and your babies? The 7 sorrows of Mary is great too
Fr. Mike is a gift.🙏 God bless him.
Fr. Mike, please do the video on scrupulosity
Surrender is the same as dying to yourself. We let God take over.
Fr. Mike. I am always starving for Jesus, my heart never satisfied , I strive while praying . I seek to Have My Redeemer in control of my life. Thanks for your preaching and guidance, the sweetest food of the day to my soul. Grazie Mille.
Father Mike is helping me change my life with his advice and guidance AND with Bible in a Year. Praying for you every day Fr. Mike!!! Your joy is infectious and inspirational. Thank you for being here. I am so grateful for you!
God Bless and continue to use Fr Mike
To help us to understand how to
Love and Trust God
The Father
The Son and
The Holy Spirit
Amen
My grandmother had the best saying...pray constantly and surrender your difficulties, then shut up and listen to Him!
Let God be God
And you do your part
It’s 100% God and 100% you 👏🏻✝️
Just like jesus 100% god 100% human
Oooh I'm in tears. Thank you Fr Mike. I really needed this reminder.
I Thank God that Father Mike has surrendered his life to his calling. Thanks Father Mike for all you do!
"Nothing given to God is wasted". The Lord in my Shepherd❤
It's truly a wonderful and enlightening moment when you are able to fully surrender yourself to God. For me that moment first came earlier this year. I have always believed in God. I was raised as a catholic. However the past seven years has been very difficult for myself and my family. This led me to a path of hatred and pride. I started blaming God for every problem I encounter. Before I knew it I started challenging him. "I don't need your help!", "You hate me!", "I hate you!" I can't even count how many times I've said these words to him. Because of this I became a very sad and angry man, throwing tantrums every time things don't go my way. At some point I even thought about ending my own life. It wasn't until a couple of months ago when I was at rock bottom. I finally said: "I give up, Lord. I can't do it anymore. Let your will be done". I was in tears that night..
I didn't expect anything to change just because of that moment however, before I knew it, everything just felt a lot better. All the weight on my shoulders have been lifted. I would have laughed this off in the past. I always thought these things were too cheesy and could never be real. But that's what I felt. It wasn't as if all my problems were gone just like that, but for some reason it's not as hopeless as I once thought. This made me realize that God never left me after all, it was me that did not accept him, and despite everything I've said and done to him, he helped me get back up on my feet.
Offering = giving access. Thank you.
I have surrendered so many things have changed for me in the last few years it’s amazing.
Thank you! Thank you! God bless you and make His face to smile upon you. I've listened to some of your past talks on You Tube and enjoyed them but today it is such a special pleasure listening to you I am learning so much and getting answers to questions I didn't know how to ask. I am a cradle catholic and really miss the way the church use to be. Everything seemed more reverent, there was a quietness when one walked into the church. The people who greet you when you walk into the church are often the one who make the most noise. I feel like sneaking into church to put up a sign saying "Quiet please I'm talking to God and waiting to hear His response and your talking to loud for me to hear it. This is God's house not yours please give Him the respect He deserves in His own house".I pray every night that God will call more men and women into the religious life. Especially with the gift He has given you. I also pray to the Blessed Mother for more vocations. I think you are an awesome priest and an equally awesome speaker. I have been watching your videos for the past two hours and will continue for another couple of hours.
This perfectly sums up the surrender Novena.
So timely! Thank you Fr. Mike. I’ve been thinking a lot about this subject lately.
LOVE THIS! And the timing, unbelievable. Praise to God! Thank you Jesus, Lord of my life ❤
God bless you all 🙏🤍
In Jesus' name, amen.
Wow. This is some thing, yes, that I have needed for a long time. There are two things in my life that have really needed it. A relationship that does not go well all the time, but also my seeking. Now that I have turned to the church, it is great. But much of the time I spent saying to myself how fabulous it is and how much I appreciate it, how good it is for me. And how much everyone else ought to do the same thing. And you know, I have realized that I do not need to do it this way. I just need to enjoy the prayers do all of the rosaries and chaplets and enjoy going to church; and stop worrying about whether everybody is doing what I expect them to do, and stop trying to prove to myself or God or anyone that I am better than anyone.
Amen, Father Mike.
Nothing given to God is ever wasted 💯
I surrender my life to you, praise the Lord 🙏
I did this with a 6 month wait to see if I had breast cancer. I just could not face the waiting. The Dear Lord was my keeper of my stress while I was waiting.
Yes- I fear surrendering because I am afraid he will take it from me. Hit the nail on the head! Beautiful!
I have to listen to this video 1M times. I am struggling with surrending to God. sometimes I pray for God to help me but I know that I never ever surrendered in my life in the sense where I can't fall asleep thinking God will take care of my problems that I am unable to control. I keep wondering about my problems without any peace.
Long story short: in the midst of my depression (which is happenning now in my life) I have no other clue but to surrender to God
Nancy, as someone who also struggles with depression, please let me tell you this. God is not going to help you with it.
Please seek professional help from a doctor or a psychologist.
@@onemore5952 I am seeking professional help. But saying that God doesn't help or can't help or doesn't want to help is like saying that our God doesn't care and our psychological suffering has no sense in God's plan for our lives.
I am sorry but I am 100% sure that God is almighty and can do anything through science or without it!
And I offer my sufferings for God! so here I am seeking God's help and wisdom in parallel to psychological help
@@nancyawad952 Hi Nancy, it is good to hear that you are seeking professional help in regards of your depression. I disagree with the rest of your statement but that wasn’t what motivated me to write to you on my reply. I really do hope things work out for you, I really do.
Realizing my powerlessness and owning it became the greatest freedom. I trust that God is teaching me to become the best LuAnn possible.
Jesus I surrender it all to you .
I said the words on 12/31/20 & have been praying St. Ignatius of Loyola's prayer of surrender each day since
Interesting. Can you share which prayer
“Take my yoke upon you if you are weary and heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light”.
Matthew 11:28
Sometimes surrender means taking a leap of faith
I find myself surrendering myself to God every day. I ask him to take care of everything because I feel like I can't. All things are out of my control and in God's care. So, I say to myself "let go and let God".
This message is a gem...💖God bless you❣️Love from India❤️
I need to write that out and keep it with me. Jesus is the Lord and has dominion over my life 😊😊😊
This is my One Word for 2023.
This finally helped me make sense of surrendering. Thank you, Fr. Mike, and thank you, God🙏
It is so important to give to God, to keeping giving to God and to allow God to work in us. This draws us deeper in communion with God. Surrender is a daily thing and not easy. We keep wanting to take control instead of letting God have all parts of us.👣
Jesus, you take over!
I think I finally understood the story of the rich man Jesus told to sell all of his stuff and follow Him.
It's not about selling your things, but giving up your attachment to them. To give them all to Jesus as he needs them. I was working through the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and one was to identify what you truly could not do without. It came down to food, water and air. Then I realized those were His too as He is the Breath of Life, the Living Water and the Bread of Life. So I gave those back to Him too.
Breath of Life animate and renew me.
Living Water cleanse and refresh me.
Bread of Life sustain and restore me.
Today, I surrender my unknown future to You. Thy will be done . AMEN 🩷✝️🌸
I am a new mum and this example just hit the spot… Having Jesus protecting and guiding her I mean she couldn’t be in better hands.. so why not me?🙏🏻💖
God-bless you father Mike🙏🙏🙏🙏
Love this…waited a whole Christian life trying to understand what it means.
Love Ascension Presents! 💙
as a catholic wiccan, glory to god and glory to christ
I'm so worried about the visa application. O Lord, I surrender it to your providence. You know what is best. At least through this, I am learning to trust you more. And I know I can't learn Trust otherwise. In the face of my powerlessness, I now know you are in charge of it. You are the Lord of this.
“Nothing given to God is ever wasted.” Thank you Father Mike for the reminder. I entrust all of my worries to God our Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Everything will be okay 🙏🏻
I was just experiencing helplessness in a near "unfixable" situation this morning and the Lord spoke to me through this video. Thank you Fr Mike and praise be Jesus Christ our Lord.🙏
A couple of months ago I began praying for different members of my family by saying “Lord, there is nothing I can do. I give so and so to you.”
Thanks for the confirmation Fr Mike! God bless you!
THANK YOU 🙏🏻 FATHER! This is so true because I have done this for my 2 adult children….. 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️🕊🕊
thank you Fr. Mike! It used to drive me absolutely insane when well meaning Christians would say "just surrender, you are not surrendering!" as if surrendering was a matter of flicking a switch. It makes a lot of sense to think about surrender as giving access, a concept I recall you used to explain prayer along the same way. Your videos are amazing and your video on prayer really changed my outlook. I always wrestled with the concept of surrender (my name means surrender to God haha) so its a struggle bus to live up to my legacy. For ppl reading this, I pray that your vulnerability with Jesus and giving Him access brings you the joy, healing,deliverance you are waiting upon
Surrender your will. I find this deeper than it sounds. It seems total dependence of God. Thank you, dear Fr, for your teachings.
Please pray for me and my situation with needing a new job... I was told by many to be a history teacher but have run into so much attacks from witches within the schools and personal attacks by a group of angry jealous hateful sisters in Christ over their anger for a complicated situation with another sister in Christ, they and her have waved a war in socially and on my career with no mercy but just vengeance and hatred and anger, even to the point of defamation of me to school officials....
That is utterly comforting. Jesus, I Trust in You.
I think surrender is the most beautiful word in the English language, both for its meaning obviously but also for its pure sound, which combines strength and softness. It means to super-render, to give over something beyond ordinary giving. Thank you, Fr. Mike, thank you my brothers and sisters who have posted here, and thank you, Lord Jesus Christ! +JMJ+
I'm not Catholic but I pray the Surrender Novena every day. I'm learning what surrender means.
Father you are great.Thankyou From Elaine in England.Please keep me in your prayers I feel so tired and depressed.Totally alone.
Thank you Father Mike. I have been praying about this very thing. Only through God can circumstances be changed. God granted me incredible peace today and the strength to follow my conviction to move forward. I put the rest of my struggle in His hands. I have also been following the Bible in A Year with you, Father Mike. What a truly amazing, incredible story. When listening and following along, I feel like I’m right there and my relationship with God Our Father has deepened and I love Him with all my heart and soul. When I pray, the circumstance doesn’t change. Maybe some day it will, but what I get is an incredible peace and I know that He is with me.
I NEEDED THIS!!!! I literally gave Him access to everything I have just now. Thank you Fr.💛
Thank you Fr. Mike, I desperately need this today. I saw you in Jerusalem in 2018 but I don’t know you back then. The pilgrimage priest who was with us told me that you have youtube channel just like Bishop Barron but he does not know your name. I could never forget the peace and joy that radiate from you and so after my pilgrimage, I google you and found you here in Ascension presents. The rest is history, I have never failed watching your preaching and attended your online masses when the church here in the UK are close. God bless you always.
Amen, Fr. Mike!
Giving the Lord access to what we have doesn't means He didn't have access to those already. I mean, who are we fooling, He's the Lord, God. He can do whatever He wants. But, this giving access to, means, we give Him access to our insecure hearts, not 'trusting' in Him which in terms not actually loving Him enough to 'trust' in Him for everything that we have.
We gotta trust in Him for everything that we owned. From our possession of things to our physical and mental state of things to our children and to our hearts. The more openness to God, total 'surrender' to Him meaning He's the Lord, the more we love Him, and therefore the more we 'trust' in Him.
Glory be to God.
Ref;
Divine Mercy; "Jesus, I trust in You."
Amen 🙏 thank you
Powerful and deep. I’m a southern Baptist Bible teacher and I love Fr Mike’s messages!
Nothing given to God is ever wasted
Father Mike!!! Thank you for this video! I surrendered all my troubles and my heart to our Lord Jesus Christ last night after watching this and prayed that God's will be done about my mother's health, and today we got the news that her CT scan came out good!!! This was God's will!!! I prayed with faith but I asked that His will be done not mine and the fact that I know God's will was for that scan to be good is soooooooo beautiful!!!! Thanks be to God! God bless you Father Mike!!! Thanks for these videos.