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NCBC Disciple Class - January 2026

Book Report: Absolute Surrender 

Josh Chung

 Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray is a book urging Christians to totally surrender their lives to God. In my opinion, modern Chrisitianity (at least in the U.S.) has deviated so far from this call. Many self-identifying Christians have an unbiblical view of the health or even the legitimacy of their relationship with God. They have false assurance thinking they can have Jesus as their Savior but not their Lord when passages (ex. Luke 6:46-49, Matthew 7:21-23) say the opposite. (I was one of them.) We don’t make Jesus Christ Lord, He is Lord. If we are known by Him, although far from perfect, He will be Lord of our life.

Murray says the extent we’re able to experience God’s power by the Holy Spirit, to be used by Him and growth in our faith is dependent on our absolute surrender of everything to Him. It is a life-long, total surrender and he encourages believers to do so. He lets us know it’s impossible to surrender on our own but it’s God who works in us to bring us to a place where we want to surrender.

It is God working in us by the Holy Spirit that enables us to truly die to self and love others as Christ loved us. Without the filling of the Spirit, it is impossible for us to love as we are commanded. He states that Biblical love is a true indicator of a regenerate life and the Holy Spirit’s presence in us  (ex. 1 Cor. 16:22, 1 John 3:14).  It is also only by the work of the Spirit that we can mortify our sin/flesh.  Sanctification and crucifying the old self is not an act of discipline or sheer will on our part but submission to God (James 4:7).  We need God to work in us as we work out our salvation (Phil 2:12-14) .

I pray that God will continue the good work He has started in me. I  want to glorify Him with all that I am. I want the life I now live would be for Christ alone. I pray that He will help me to die to myself daily, to be Spirit filled and make me more like Jesus.  (Gal 2:20, Matthew 16:24) I want to be surrendered to His Lordship.  God please help me. Apart from You, I can do nothing.

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Mindy Lee

Book Report: Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray, January 2026

After reading Andrew Murray’s Absolute Surrender, I realized that I am not seeking God’s will and trying to live according to His word the way I should. I am still relying a lot on myself. Self sufficiency has always been a problem for me and I am seeing that it still is a big struggle. I have not fully surrendered to the Holy Spirit. I put too much emphasis on my part and not on God’s part. I thought I still had my own responsibilities and role that I am to do but I am realizing now how I need to rely completely on the Holy Spirit to help me in accomplishing them. As it says in His word, “for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13, NASB1995)

RecentlyI have experienced failures and have come to realize that there are things I just can’t do. No matter how much I tried and how much I thought I was doing the right thing, my efforts were pointless. I struggled because I didn’t know why God would let things end up this way when I had seeked Him for His guidance and help. But I am now learning the hard way that I had not fully surrendered to Him and didn’t fully rely on His Holy Spirit to work in my life. It was the humbling I needed.

So from what I learned so far, I need to come before God daily, be humble and remember that I cannot do anything apart from Him. Nothing. I need to whole heartedly surrender to the Holy Spirit and seek His help all day and every day of my life. I need to come to Him in prayer more and be desperate for God’s help. I will need to practice surrendering daily and ask the Holy Spirit to help even with the surrendering. I hope that I will be able to trust God more and be free in surrender knowing that He will be the one to accomplish His perfect will, not me. May God work on my heart so that I will cling to Him and rest in Him and experience Him more in my life for His glory.