Today's prayer
topic is on serving.
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As I searched the dictionary
the first definition I read,
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it says serving
is a quantity of food
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suitable for or
served to one person
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as in a large
serving of spaghetti.
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So I immediately move on
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because that's not the serving
I'm looking for or is it?
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Listening to the
definition again,
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a quantity of food suitable
for or served to one person.
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How much am I
serving of myself to others?
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Is it a full serving
or just a partial serving?
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Do I give my all
or do I withhold?
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In Mark 10:45, Mark says,
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"For even the Son of man
did not come to be served,
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but to serve and give
His life a ransom for many."
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Jesus set the
standard on serving
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when He gave everything He
had, including His very life.
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It's only
appropriate then when asked
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what is the greatest
commandment Jesus paired,
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loving God with all
our heart, soul and mind,
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with loving our
neighbor as ourself.
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Only when we
surrender to serving God
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and our fellow man,
fully giving of ourselves,
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will we understand what
it means to be like Jesus.
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Lord, I thank You
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for Your
continual life of serving.
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I pray that as
I study Your life,
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that my life will reflect You
in the way that I serve others.
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Serving You,
Lord, with all humility.
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Let this above all be
the desire of my heart.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Dear Heavenly Father, we
thank You for blessing us
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with so many
opportunities to serve.
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But, Lord, as we are
serving, I just ask that You
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would help us to do so
with the right motives.
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Help us to be motivated by love,
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Your love for us,
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and us wanting to share
that love with the world.
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Father, help our
motives to be pure,
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and help us to follow
Christ's example of service.
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Lord, He was a servant
leader and is a servant leader.
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And, Father, I just ask that You
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would help us to be as effective
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and efficient as
possible in our service for You.
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Thank You for
hearing this prayer.
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In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
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Father, we come
today to You in prayer,
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asking for the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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Father, we wish to
serve You during this crisis
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as Your hands and
feet on this earth
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to be used by You.
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We need the
guidance of the Holy Spirit
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and Your love to be filled
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and flowing through us
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that we might lift You up
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that all men and women
will be drawn to You in love
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and their lives changed.
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Father, we thank You
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for the
privilege of serving You,
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of being Your hands
and feet during this time.
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Father, give us
strength and discernment
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that we will glorify Your name.
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And we just thank You
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and we praise
You in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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This is my desire
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To honor You
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Lord, with all my heart
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I worship you
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All I have within me
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I give You praise
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All that I adore
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Is in You
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Lord, I give You my heart
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I give You my soul
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I live for You alone
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Every breath that I take
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Every moment I'm awake
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Lord have Your way in me
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Father, we thank
You for Your love
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and Your grace
in our lives, Lord,
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and we thank You
for the opportunity
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that we have,
Father, to serve You,
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and to do the things that
You have called us to do, Lord.
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And, Lord, I just pray for
each and every person out there
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that is serving under
whatever capacity it is
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that You've called him to God
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that we would
each truly seek You
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and seek in ways
that we can serve
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and what we can do,
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Lord, for Your
grace and Your strength,
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Father, in Jesus' name, amen.
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Father in heaven,
Lord, I come before You
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and I thank You, Father,
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for the opportunity
that we as Your people
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have to serve You
and to serve others.
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Unfortunately,
Father, sometimes pride
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and other things get in
our way of serving others,
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and bringing joy and
happiness to their lives.
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So, Father, I pray that
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You will help us
to love these people
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and desire to serve them
as you served Your disciples.
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I thank You that, Lord,
even though you were King,
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you came down in
the form of a servant,
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and You served, and
You did things for others.
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So I pray,
Father, that You help us
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as Your people to
follow in Your footsteps,
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and to serve
others as You serve them,
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Lord, not to expect
ourselves to be served,
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but to desire to make
other people's lives better.
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I thank You,
Father, in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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And I will serve Thee
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Because I love Thee
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You have given life
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To me
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I was nothing
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Before You found me
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You have given life
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To me
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Heavenly Father, I ask
that You would give me a heart,
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like the heart of Jesus,
a heart more ready to serve
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than be served.
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A heart that is
moved by compassion
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toward the weak and oppressed.
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A heart that is set upon
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the coming of Your kingdom
on earth as it is in heaven.
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Holy God, I pray for all
the different kinds of people
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to whom Jesus gave
special concern and care
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when He was on earth.
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For those needing
food or drink or clothing,
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Father, for the sick
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and all those who
are wasted by disease,
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for the blind, for the disabled,
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for people suffering
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from the life
shattering diseases,
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like leprosy in Jesus' day.
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Today, it might be
things like HIV and AIDS.
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God give me the courage
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and the compassion
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to serve those people.
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Father, I pray for prisoners.
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I pray for those who are
oppressed by any injustice.
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I pray for
refugees and asylum seekers,
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for the homeless,
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and all the lost
sheep of our society
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for victims of sexual
exploitation and abuse.
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Father, I lift them up to You.
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You see them and you know them,
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you know their need.
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Father, I pray for the lonely.
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Wrap Your arms
around them, Lord.
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Let them know that
they are not alone,
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even in their loneliness.
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And, Father, I pray for
the multitude of parents
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around the world.
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Those who are in happy marriages
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and those who are
in unhappy marriages.
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For those who are single
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raising children.
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Lord, I ask in Jesus name,
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touch our homes, God.
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May Your Holy Spirit
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just flow in those homes.
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Give them love for one another.
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Lord, I lift up the worried
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and the anxious,
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the stressed, the overwhelmed.
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Father, I pray for
those who are fighting
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bravely for unpopular causes,
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Lord, that covers a vast field.
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I pray for those who are
working diligently for You
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throughout Your world.
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Lord, I pray that You
would grant Your loving-kindness
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in giving me so much.
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May I not take for granted
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all that You
have blessed me with,
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rather move me
to lay the burdens
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of others on my heart,
fill me with compassion
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for their needs.
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When I face adversity, oh God,
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I pray that You
will help me not to...
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Become self-consumed
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and forget
everyone else around me.
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Lord, I want to
remember to serve others.
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God, give me a
heart to serve others,
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get me out of sight
of my own little world,
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help me to serve others.
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Let's take time
to pause to pray.
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All to Jesus
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I surrender
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Make me Savior
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Wholly thine
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Let me fill Your
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Holy Spirit
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Truly know
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That You are mine
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I surrender all
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I surrender all
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All to Thee
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My blessed Savior
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I surrender all
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Lord, I surrender all
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I encourage you
today to find someone
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who needs you to
be Jesus to them.
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Serve them with all your heart,
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with all your life.
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God bless you.
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