Surrender All; Follow Me - lyrics by Brittany K

V1:
I layed it all down
at the foot of the cross.
So hard to not look back
at what I seemingly lost.

Something greater I know,
lies on the road ahead.
Surrendering all, I walk
following God on the road He made,
Listening to Him say...

Chorus:

Surrender what you love.
Leave it at the cross.
Keep your eyes on me and walk.
I have something greater,
I promise you.
Follow me and someday You'll see
what you gave up is not a loss,
what you left at the cross
is nothing comapred to what you now got.

V2:
Along the way I go,
I find new things to hold onto.
Then, I reach the crossroads
don't know what way to go.
Which road to take?
And then Lord, I hear you say

chorus

Bridge:
As I walk along on my way.
Lord I can't help but hold to something.
But in the end I see that It's really you
telling me...

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I should be holding to you. All I need is you.

Defining Love <3

I Corinthians 13 - well-known as the "love chapter" breaks down what love is.

"Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy. It doesn not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is not selfseeking. It is not easily angered. I tkeeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails!" 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8

As direct as this passage defines love - the greatest display of love defined is Jesus Christ. There is no greater definition of love than Him. God became a man. He took on the sins of the world, and paid our debt - a price so high we could not pay. He who knew no sin, became sin, and he redeemed us with his precious blood.



Jesus took on our sin. He was beaten,whipped, spit on, mocked and had a crown of thorns pushed into His head. He was nailed to a cross - shamed to die a criminal's death - crucified.

There is a scripture that is so well-quoted and so well known, that I think people really don't see the power in it. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He gave his only son, that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life."

There is such a power in that verse there! God loved you so much that he sent his son to DIE for us! To REDEEM mankind! We were bought with a price, the precious blood of Christ! There is such a power in the love of Christ!

John 15:13 - "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."

Jesus Christ is LOVE defined.

A love so sacrificial, so costly. A love that is never-ending and never-failing!

"God is love." 1 John 4:16

"God is love and he who abides in love, abides in God and God in him." - How will you define love through your life? If Christ is in you, so is His love. How will your life define the love of Christ in you?