{"id":298,"date":"2009-08-16T17:38:51","date_gmt":"2009-08-16T17:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/08\/sweet-surrender-to-god.html"},"modified":"2009-08-16T17:38:51","modified_gmt":"2009-08-16T17:38:51","slug":"sweet-surrender-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/08\/sweet-surrender-to-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Surrender to God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we&#8217;re disconnected from God (or Spirit, or Higher Power), we&#8217;re on<br \/>\nour own. We have to handle everything ourselves. We often worry a lot,<br \/>\nbecause we&#8217;re not sure of what will come, and unsure of how to handle<br \/>\nwhat already faces us<\/p>\n<p>When we surrender and ask God for guidance, and connect with Him all day long, then everything is easy.&nbsp; We look for answers from God, and we find them. We ask for help, and we<br \/>\nget it.<br \/>\nHow do you know when you&#8217;re doing God&#8217;s will? Simple, when you connect,<br \/>\nand desire with the deepest part of your heart, and you surrender, then<br \/>\nyou are.<br \/>\nYou know you&#8217;re with God and doing His will, because everything just<br \/>\nturns out well. Things synchronistically line up and work.<\/p>\n<p>Asking God for help, or asking for one thing: the knowledge and power to do His will REALLY works.&nbsp; Being in-tuned with God and grace is the one and only best approach to all of life and living.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.twitter.com\/drnorrischumley\">Tweet along with me!&nbsp; www.twitter.com\/drnorrischumley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we&#8217;re disconnected from God (or Spirit, or Higher Power), we&#8217;re on our own. We have to handle everything ourselves. 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