Quote of Note #205: Surrendering to God in Prayer

~ gachorpenning

“Surrender is not simply a mental technique designed to make us happy. If it is surrender to God, it is prayer. What makes it possible is faith in God. Surrender is entrusting to God things over which we have no control. Every time we do so we exercise faith in action. Every time we do so we are in prayer.”

David Benner, Opening to God: Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2010, page 156.

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Published by gachorpenning

I am a husband, father, and grandfather. The southwestern Pennsylvania is currently home, though I've called several other places home before this. I maintain a YouTube channel of Bible teaching videos and a podcast of Bible teaching audio. I like to make things out of wood and other materials. I like taking photographs and use a lot of them in my blog posts. For thirty-nine years, I served as a pastor of churches in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York.

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