Welcome 2014! A new year, a fresh start. I am naming this year the year of surrender! I am surrendering my life anew to God! His will, not mine be done. This is a year of change for my family in so many areas and as scary as change can be, it is exciting to know that God is in control and that he has good things in store for us. As I am typing this, I am listening to the song "I Surrender" by Hillsong and I came upon this prayer on the internet:

Loving Father, I surrender to You today with all my heart and soul. Please come into my heart in a deeper way. I say “Yes” to You today. I open all the secret places in my heart to you and say, “Come on in.” Jesus, You are Lord of my whole life. I believe in You and receive You as my Lord and Savior. I hold nothing back. Holy Spirit, bring me deeper conversion to the person of Jesus Christ. I surrender all to you: my health, my family, my resources, occupation, skills, relationships, time management, successes and failures. I release it, and let it go. I surrender my understanding of how things ought to be; my choices and my will. I surrender to You the promises I have kept and the promises I have failed to keep. I surrender my weaknesses and strengths to You. I surrender my emotions, my fears, my insecurities, my everything. Lord, I surrender my entire life to You, the past, the present and the future. In sickness and in health, in life and in death, I belong to You. “Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. You have given all to me. To you, O Lord, and I return it. All is Yours. Dispose of it wholly according to Your will. Give me Your Love and Your grace, for this is sufficient for me.” (Source: http://theprayerescape.wordpress.com/a-prayer-for-you/prayer-of-surrender) This is my prayer for this day and every day for this year, that I will surrender every area of my life to God's will.