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beneficial to us. It tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission , and endures the blessing when it comes. This morning, waitin
, what? Because this idea of waiting on the Lord is really of submission . We've talked a lot about this idea of waiting on the Lord, o
aiting on the Lord. This waiting on the Lord, it is an act of submission . And here's, here's why I say this, because you do not wait o
so this idea of waiting on the Lord, it shows both our act of submission in the authority of the Lord and our deep care and love and d
fear of the Lord, it leads us with this humility towards this submission to God. And that starts in salvation. If you have confessed t
of salvation, that is humility. That is the beginning of that submission . And that is a start to that fear of the Lord. Those things d
mighty God, we are not then just like, okay, that's where our submission ends. All I got to do is ask for this salvation and I can go
. And so that transformation begins to happen in this idea of submission , but submission that comes through dependence. Dependence. If
ansformation begins to happen in this idea of submission, but submission that comes through dependence. Dependence. If you value your
y refuge is God. He looks and he says, out of this picture of submission , there is this dependence on having all these things from God
ar of the Lord, this proper humility of the Lord, this proper submission to God, I look and say, I will wait on you because you are th
And when life hits, I trust in you, not me. The last piece of submission this morning comes in the form of repentance. In all this, we
that opposition, that sin in our lives, there is the call in submission to repent. And that is the connection of that head knowledge
ping. They're not symmetrical. That needs to change. And that submission happens in repentance, which is sometimes we use the word rep
aking communion. To do it with a very sober heart, a heart of submission , submitting to repentance. So I'm going to pray, the band's g
ned your heart, when you feel like you've walked through that submission of come down front and grab the elements and then hold them b
and he says, the silence intended is, in short, that composed submission of the believer. In the exercise of which he accepts in the p
s we're quieting those murmurs within our soul. And it's that submission of the believer in the God of the universe and saying, I trus
u to turn to Jesus Christ. Maybe for you in this room, it's a submission of your value system to God. God, I am valuing all the wrong
believe in your heart that says you will be saved but it is a submission if he is lord that means that you are not you're not the lord
or lifted hands. This is why we lift our hands in praise, in submission to God, because the Bible tells us to. Barak, to bless God by

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nge the eternal for the temporary. Religion. Religion without submission . We love theology and we will dig through theology. And theol
but I don't live it out in my life, I have a religion without submission . I just have a religion. And religion isn't really that big o
aring for the widow. Religion isn't bad. But religion without submission is just another idol. Following this tradition or that tradit
ife but I can tell you every point about it. Religion without submission . Some of us even walk in this aspect. This is so scary. Where
believe, as a claim, null and void of the full entrusted. in submission to the word of God. So we're going to look at that today as w
s in us to try to dissuade us against obedience and following submission into God's word. This is the contrast that Paul lays out so v
ower in some way through them either catch this through their submission to him. And we go, man, a guy like Charlie Kirk used by the L
. And we go, man, a guy like Charlie Kirk used by the Lord in submission . What a, what a wonderful thing. What a blessing the Pharaoh
hey need it. You got to humble yourself. That's why it says a submission to these things, right? You have to humble yourself before Go
als have to take. See, God's mercy invites our surrender, our submission to him. His word renews our mind. His spirit aligns our walk.
re to allow this to be under that authority, a willing inward submission is what we're being told here in the scriptures. So some ques
nd care for them. Because we want to honor you Lord. We're in submission to you. This is the will of God. We don't just want to talk a
ans. And today we will be in Romans chapter 13, talking about submission to authority. Talking about our governmental authority that h
wever, this morning, we begin here in Romans 13 talking about submission to government authority and we read, let every person, and th
point this morning is as followers of Christ we are called to submission to the governing authorities, all of which have been establis
d by the Lord. As followers of Christ, we have been called to submission to governing authorities because he has instituted each and e
ed and so again going back to us as followers of Christ being submission to governing authority this is not something that we should b
to think what we want. It's amazing as Paul is writing about submission to authority. If we truly take a step back and just try to re
to our heavenly father and through that a godly obedience and submission to those who he has instituted in governing authority. Yes th
nd because of our obedience to our Heavenly Father there is a submission to our governing authorities. Jesus preached this. Jesus decl
ok like for us as a church? First and foremost, remember that submission to governing authority is being obedient to what the Lord has
And that we as followers of Christ ought to be the example of submission . We ought to be the example of godly obedience every single d
Son, Jesus Christ. Father, that they would come to a place of submission to you, Father. That they would declare Jesus Christ their Sa

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