The song below was written in 1896 and it talks about surrendering. Not surrendering to the whim of Legislators but surrendering your life to Christ.
Giving your sinful ways and living for Christ.
The song was inspired from the verse Luke 14:33 and says far more than what I need to try and describe in my post.
Luke 14:33 (King James Version)
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Winfield S. Weeden, 1896
All to Jesus I surrender;
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
* Refrain:
I surrender all,
I surrender all;
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.
All to Jesus I surrender;
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
Take me, Jesus, take me now.
All to Jesus I surrender;
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.
All to Jesus I surrender;
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power;
Let Thy blessing fall on me.
All to Jesus I surrender;
Now I feel the sacred flame.
Oh, the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to His Name!
IN THE NEWS
OBAMA NATION
OBAMACARE GOP balking at government-run health plan 6/5/09
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/05/gop-balking-at-government-run-health-plan/?feat=home_headlines
Utah genealogy firm digs up Obama's German roots 6/5/09
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_12522012
Arrest warrant issued for Daniel James Murray, man 'on a mission to kill' President Obama 6/5/09
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/05/2009-06-05_arrest_warrant_issued_for_new_york_man_who_threatened_to_kill_president_obama.html
Defiance: Jews name West Bank hilltop after Obama 6/5/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100260
Obama Birth Atty Orly Taitz Receiving Death Threats 6/5/09
http://www.rense.com/general86/taitz.htm
'Birthers' take eligibility battle to next level
White House can't hide from swarm of citizenship posts in 'open government dialogue' 6/4/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100161
Eligibility billboards dubbed 'misleading' 6/4/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100201
Obama names Chicago environmentalist as Great Lakes czar 6/4/09
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1607289,w-great-lakes-obama-davis-060409.article
Sonia Sotomayor found friends in elite group 6/4/09
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23375.html
Writings Reveal Sotomayor's Controversial 'Wise Latina' Remark Not Isolated 6/4/09
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/04/white-house-delivers-sotomayors-writings-records-senate/
Sotomayor's Firefighter Case May Not Be Over Yet 6/4/09
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32131
Sotomayor Gotchas Would Clear the Bench [VIDEO] 6/4/09
http://www.racewire.org/archives/2009/06/sotomayor_gotchas_would_clear.html
Rightists start anti-Obama campaign 6/3/09
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244034988150&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
2ND AMMENDMENT
Fort Bliss soldiers told to register private guns 6/5/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100151
Ky. pastor welcomes handgun owners to church event 6/4/09
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=10479301
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
Suit alleges Wis. officials illegally sold records 6/4/09
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WI_DRIVERS_RECORDS_LAWSUIT_WIOL-?SITE=WIMAD&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
ECONOMIC NEWS
The Eye of the Economic Hurricane 6/5/09
http://lewrockwell.com/bonner/bonner386.html
Despite fewer cuts, May jobless rate seen rising 6/5/09
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090605/D98KFD1O0.html
Feds giving 'lip service' to fiscal responsibility 6/5/09
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100133
Barney Frank convinces GM CEO to keep his district's plant open 6/4/09
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/06/04/barney-frank-wins-delay-of-gm-plant-closing-after-ceo-meeting/
South Carolina governor trumped, must take stimulus money 6/4/09
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/04/south.carolina.sanford.stimulus/index.html?eref=rss_us
Civil War-era cash helps SC make some money 6/4/09
http://www.sunherald.com/218/story/1391990.html
SEC charging ex-Countrywide CEO with fraud 6/4/09
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31108985/
Nine accused of $92 million U.S. mortgage fraud scheme 6/4/09
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5534OL20090604?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=76
Schwarzenegger: California Is Broke, Plain and Simple 6/3/09
http://moneynews.newsmax.com/economy/california_economy/2009/06/03/220957.html
$100 Billion Bailout For IMF Tagged On To War Funding Bill 6/3/09
http://www.prisonplanet.com/100-billion-bailout-for-imf-tagged-on-to-war-funding-bill.html
COMMENTARY
Obituary of Common Sense
http://www.naute.com/thinkery/obituary.phtml
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
ACORN probed after homeless voter registers 9 times 6/5/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100216
Russia assembling rival to NATO 6/5/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100135
White House Set to Appoint a Pay Czar 6/5/09
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124416737421887739.html
Federal ruling could limit water for Californians 6/5/09
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/05/1n5fish23161-federal-ruling-could-limit-water-cali/?uniontrib
Asheville man charged in alleged Liberty Dollar fraud scheme 6/5/09
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090605/NEWS01/906050331/1009
House Bill Proposes Commission to Explore National Servitude 6/5/09
http://www.prisonplanet.com/house-bill-proposes-commission-to-explore-national-servitude.html
San Diego withdraws Bible study warning 6/4/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100071
Senator threatens filibuster of 'Pedophile Protection Act' 6/4/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100162
UK minister quits, calls for Brown's resignation 6/4/09
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/04/britain.minister.resignation/index.html?eref=rss_latest
Free Speech Alliance Delivers 400,000 Petitions Calling on
Congress to Ban Regulation of Political Speech on Radio 6/4/09
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49093
IRS may seek licenses for tax preparers 6/4/09
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=10479303
OAS ends Cuba suspension after 47 years 6/4/09
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090604/D98JQ2KG0.html
Tiananmen 20th anniversary brings new repression 6/4/09
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090604/D98JQ7MO0.html
STRANGE WEATHER
The cloud with no name: Meteorologists campaign to classify unique 'Asperatus' clouds seen across the world 6/2/09
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1189877/The-cloud-Meteorologists-campaign-classify-unique-Asperatus-clouds-seen-world.html
MANUFACTURED TERRORISM THREATS?
Al Qaeda eyes bio attack from Mexico 6/3/09
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/03/al-qaeda-eyes-bio-attack-via-mexico-border/
POLICE STATE NEWS
Judge: Tasering a suspect for DNA legal if not ‘malicious’ 6/4/09
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/04/judge-tasering-a-suspect-for-dna-legal-if-not-malicious/
High school student who wouldn't stop using cell phone Tasered 6/4/09
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/09155/975068-100.stm
Prison Planet Moderator Victim of False DEA Raid 6/4/09
http://www.prisonplanet.com/prison-planet-moderator-victim-of-false-dea-raid.html
HEALTH NEWS
One in seven scientists say colleagues fake data 6/4/09
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6425036.ece
SUICIDE?
Actor David Carradine found dead in Bangkok 6/4/09
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_en_mo/as_obit_carradine
STUPIDITY IN THE NEWS
Young driver caught on video going 160 mph on U.S. 151 6/3/09
http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/latest/453385
CRIME IN OUR SCHOOLS
Busted! 2nd teacher arrested after predator principal 6/5/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=100148
Link: http://www.livefreeradio.net/index.php/god-given-rights
I was asked to discuss this issue and so I will. On tonights show, I will go over just some of our God Given Rights and show where they are in the scriptures.
There are more God given rights than we could ever have the time to go over during the show, but I will share with you as much as I can as well as get at tonight.
Now onto the fairness doctrine.
Passed with flying colors without any public input or knowledge of the bill. The senate web site and phones could not be reached during the vote.
Coincidence? More Transparency? We didn't have a voice when Bush was in office and we still don't have a voice.
The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
These are numerous rights as a matter of fact a long list of God given Rights, but we will simply cover the main three listed in the Declaration of Independence. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
Life
Genesis 2:6-8 (King James Version)
6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
God Created Man from the dust of the Earth. He spoke us into existence, He gave us life and only he can take it. According to God’s Word.
Deuteronomy 5:17
Thou shalt not kill.
Matthew 5:21
Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Liberty
Leviticus 25:10 (King James Version)
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Psalm 119:45
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
Isaiah 61
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Galatians 5
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Since many of our founding fathers were Christians, they used Liberty in as one of our unalienable rights. As Christians, we are to live free from bondage, but not just bondage of man, because once we are saved, we are of God, but we are also to live free from the bondage of sin.
You can find a great deal about Liberty in the scriptures and Galatians 5 is a great place to start.
John 8:31-32 (King James Version)
31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Pursuit of Happiness
Happiness through Faith
Romans 14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
Happiness from Endurance
James 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Happiness from Scorn
1 Peter 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
II Chronicles 7:14
IN GOD'S WORD HE STATES, "IF MY PEOPLE WHICH ARE
CALLED BY MY NAME, SHALL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY, AND
SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN WILL I
HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND WILL HEAL
THEIR LAND."
POLITICS
Florida city 'spitting in veterans' faces' fining Business $500.00 a Day for Posting Constitution 2/27/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90181
Senate OKs DeMint's Fairness Doctrine Ban 2/26/09
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Demint_fairness_amendment/2009/02/26/186062.html
But wait... It's Not over!
Senate Backs Amendment to Prevent 'Fairness Doctrine' Revival 2/26/09
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/26/demint-tries-prevent-fairness-doctrine-revival/
Ron Paul's son considering Senate race
http://www.14wfie.com/global/story.asp?s=9914862
OBAMA NATION
Psychiatrist: Obama corrupting America with socialism 2/27/09 http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90121
Obama intel pick works for Chinese government 2/26/09
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90180
Obama Plan Has $79 Billion From Cap-and-Trade in 2012 2/26/09
(This will make it ven harder for American Businesses to Succeed)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDT1Ybl.PccE&refer=home
Obama wants to raise money via pollution caps: reports 2/26/09
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.2b04b3e135c9639d2bbf7a45f32c5bad.201&show_article=1&catnum=0
President Obama's $1 Trillion Tax Hike Plan 2/26/09
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/obama_huge_tax_hike/2009/02/26/186115.html
Obama Popularity Lags Bush After First Month 2/26/09
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_popularity_bush/2009/02/26/186061.html
ECONOMIC NEWS
Violence between repo men, car owners on the rise 2/27/09
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_re_us/repo_violence
Cramer: Buy Gold As A Hedge Against Obama 2/26/09
http://moneynews.newsmax.com/streettalk/cramer_gold_obama/2009/02/26/186091.html
Where Have All the Great Bankers Gone? 2/26/09
http://moneynews.newsmax.com/streettalk/william_walters_bankers/2009/02/26/186027.html
California’s Newly Poor Push Social Services to Brink 2/26/09
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=as3PyDwmDEQY&refer=home
GM posts $9.6B 4Q loss, burns through $6.2B cash 2/26/09
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_gm
Dem spat delays mortgage relief bill in House 2/26/09
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_go_co/mortgages_bankruptcy
Bailout Bank Blows Millions Partying in L.A. 2/24/09
http://www.tmz.com/2009/02/24/northern-trust-bank-bailout/
Restroom ransom? Airline mulls toilet toll 2/27/09
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29429082/?GT1=43001
Elderly Emerge as a New Class of Workers -- and the Jobless 2/23/09
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123535088586444925.html
IDENTITY THEFT
Bronx Carrier Among Three Charged in $90 Million Plot 2/26/09
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a8dQQ_A7SXcE&refer=us
POLICE STATE NEWS
Couple Arrested over Organic Chocolate
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=167423
Injured Good Samaritan Ticketed for Jaywalking 2/26/09
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_fe_st/odd_good_samaritan_ticketed
Video of alleged deputy assault of 15yo girl released
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_022709WAB-deputy-assault-video-TP.c26afb9.html
2ND AMMENDMENT
U.S. House Approves Extra $405 Million for Merida Initiative
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=328558&CategoryId=14091
HR 45 May be More Troubling Than the Average Anti-gun Bill
http://gunowners.org/hr45ana.htm
CHINA NEWS
China hits back at US criticism on human rights 2/27/09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4860299/China-hits-back-at-US-criticism-on-human-rights.html
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & BORDER NEWS
Drug Gangs On Rampage, Kill 20 Across From U.S. Border 2/27/09
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/drug_gang_violence/2009/02/27/186359.html
Illegals targeted sheriff as gang initiation 2/26/09
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/26/illegals-targeted-sheriff-as-part-of-gang-initiati/
Mexico Sending Extra Troops to Besieged Border City 2/26/09
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-26-voa57.cfm
Mexico Drug Cartels Exporting Bloody Mayhem to U.S. 2/26/09
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/drug_cartel_violence/2009/02/26/185791.html
Illegal Alien charged with hiding in woman's closet, wearing her bra and panties, raping her 2/25/09
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/02/25/0225bbrape.html?imw=Y
MORAL DECLINE
Rolling Stone Magazine Criticized for Mocking Death of Terri Schiavo, Prez Bush 2/26/09
http://www.lifenews.com/bio2766.html
HEALTH NEWS
Harmful Chemicals Found in Liquid Medicines for Babies 2/27/09
http://www.naturalnews.com/025736.html
How to Slash World Cancer Rates By 90 Percent: Healthy Foods, Exercise and Vitamin D 2/26/09
http://www.naturalnews.com/025730.html
Future Threats to the Global Environment-NanoMaterials, Manmade Viruses & Biomimetic Robots 2/26/09
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/02/environmental-t.html
FDA ignored debris in syringes 2/25/09
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/1418047.html
New Study Finds GM Genes in Wild Mexican Maize 2/23/09
http://www.soyatech.com/news_story.php?id=12645
Autism Debate Continues - What the Media Doesn't Tell You
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-david-kirby/vaccine-court-autism-deba_b_169673.html