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The Call to Follow Jesus & Submit to His Authority
Roman soldiers took an oath of allegiance (called the sacramentum) to the Roman emperor. When Jesus called the disciples, he simply said: " Follow me."
In John 10:27 he says: " My sheep hear my voice. I know them intimately and they follow me."
Our commissioning as a soldier of Christ involves surrendering to Jesus as LORD as our Commander-in-Chief using a prayer like the one below.
A Prayer Inviting Jesus Christ to be LORD of Every Area of My Life
LORD Jesus Christ,
I acknowledge You are the Son of God who came in the flesh as a man.
I acknowledge
• You alone are the Way, the Truth and the Life. Nobody comes to God the Father except through faith in You
• You died on the Cross in my place for my sins to set the captives free from Satan's bondage by the power of Your redeeming Blood
• You rose from the grave and are alive, seated at the right hand of God the Father and have conquered sin, death & Satan.
• I acknowledge, LORD Jesus, that I am a sinner in need of forgiveness through your blood shed for my sins and the sins of the whole world.
• I confess that You alone can save me from the penalty my sins deserve in the eyes of a holy God.
• I ask You, LORD Jesus, to be my Saviour now and for ever because your blood was shed for me.
• I invite You now to be LORD of every area of my life to give me freedom and victory over the power of the flesh, the world, and the devil.
I invite You, LORD Jesus, to be LORD of
• my body and all my actions
• my mind and all my thoughts
• my feelings and all my emotions
• my will and all my decisions
• my spirit and all my spiritual life
• my family
• my home
• my possessions
• my work
• my leisure pursuits
• my relationships
Thank You that your blood was shed for me at Calvary to set this captive free.
I ask You now
• to forgive my sins
• to cleanse me by Your Blood
• to break all bondages
• to fill me with Your Holy Spirit
because I ask it in Your Name, which is above every other name in heaven or on earth or under the earth. Amen.