{"id":3602,"date":"2024-12-04T05:17:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T05:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3602"},"modified":"2024-12-01T23:22:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T23:22:16","slug":"victory-in-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/victory-in-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory in Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Wednesday, December 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victory in Surrender<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,\u201d says the Lord of hosts.<strong> Zechariah 4:6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Victory isn\u2019t achieved by our own strength or determination; it\u2019s by the power of God\u2019s Spirit working within us. The Scripture says, \u201c<em>Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,\u201d says the Lord of hosts. <\/em>\u2014 Zechariah 4:6<\/p>\n<p>When we rely solely on our abilities, we quickly find ourselves exhausted, frustrated, and defeated. But when we surrender to the Spirit\u2019s leading, He empowers us to overcome challenges and walk in victory.<\/p>\n<p>Surrender is not weakness\u2014it\u2019s a declaration of trust in God\u2019s strength. It\u2019s choosing to say, \u201cLord, I can\u2019t do this on my own, but I know You can.\u201d As we lean on Him, we begin to see His power at work, transforming situations and giving us the courage to face what\u2019s ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Today, reflect on an area in your life where you\u2019ve been striving in your own strength. Pray and release that burden to the Lord, inviting the Holy Spirit to take control. Trust Him to lead you to victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>:<em> Lord, I acknowledge that I can\u2019t win life\u2019s battles in my own strength. I surrender to Your Spirit and ask You to guide me. Help me to trust in Your power and not rely on my own. Thank You for the victory that comes through surrender. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, December 4 Victory in Surrender \u201cNot by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,\u201d says the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 4:6 Victory isn\u2019t achieved by our own strength or determination; it\u2019s by the power of God\u2019s Spirit working within us. The Scripture says, \u201cNot by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3610,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3602\/revisions\/3610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}