Consecration
Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eh8xLU0-EiE?list=PL4ByrircmXL7byOGrccow6FzaDRVol_C
The whole heart must be yielded to God.... By nature we are alienated from God.
The warfare against self is the greatest battle that was ever fought.
A mere forced submission would prevent all real development of mind or character; it would make man a mere automaton. Such is not the purpose of the Creator. He desires that man, the crowning work of His creative power, shall reach the highest possible development. When Christ dwells in the heart, the soul will be so filled with His love, with the joy of communion with Him, that it will cleave to Him; and in the contemplation of Him, self will be forgotten.
Whatever shall draw away the heart from God must be given up. Mammon is the idol of many. The love of money, the desire for wealth, is the golden chain that binds them to Satan. But what do we give up, when we give all? A sin-polluted heart, for Jesus to purify, to cleanse by His own blood... Many will be lost while hoping and desiring to be Christians. They do not come to the point of yielding the will to God. They do not now choose to be Christians.
God's promise is, Ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13