Jesus is Lord of my life when...

My dad sent this to me this morning. He’s had it written on the inside cover of his Bible forever. I think he got it from one of Charles Stanley’s sermons a long time ago.

Every once in a while, he brings it out and e-mails it to my brother and me. It’s incredibly powerful. I hope I live my life every day just like this.

Jesus is Lord of my life when...

• I obey the initial promptings of the Holy Spirit without argument.
  
  
• I’m committed to do His will and I don’t even know His will.
  
  
• I’m available to serve Him without regard to time, place, or requirements.
  
  
• Pleasing Him takes priority over pleasing others and myself.
  
  
• I acknowledge and recognize Him as the source for all my needs and desires.
  
  
• I submit to His ownership and sovereign possession of all I am and all that I have.
  
  
• I turn my failures and difficulties into times of opportunities for spiritual growth.
  
  
• To know Him intimately becomes the ultimate obsession of my life.