Outline

1. Hiroo Onoda
2. Other Examples of Total Surrender to God
   1. Asian Prayer Commitments
   2. Russian Scripture Memory
   3. Vanya’s story
   4. A missionary newsletter from the Ukraine and Russia
3. The Fiery Furnace
   1. The Setting (Dan 1:19-20, 3:12)
   2. The setting for these brothers (Dan 3:2-7)
4. The Response of Surrender from the 3 (Dan 3:16-18)
5. So how can we cultivate this kind of total surrender in our life?
   1. Realize it starts in the little choices of life
      1. The battle of surrender to God begins in the Mind (Phil 4:8, Isa 26:3, Prov 3:5-6)
      2. Make Choices which value relationships over rights (Gen 13:8)
      3. Make Choices which value godliness over greed (Gen 13:10)
      4. Make Choices which value fellowship with God over the approval of the world
      5. Make Choices which Value God’s eternal promises over immediate pleasure
   2. Jesus words (Luke 9:23-24)