““When we surrendered our lives to God through the Covenant renewed in Jesus’ blood, we were making an agreement with God to live set apart lives, to live His way and not our own way anymore. Whether we knew it or not, we signed an agreement to make Him absolute Master over our lives, both temporal and eternal. We gave Him permission to bless us – and to discipline us. We gave Him permission to adopt us and be our Father. We were not simply signing up for a “get out of hell free” card.””
