When Surrender Is Actually a Choice

You've been calling it suffering. You've been calling it surrender. Pastor Eric Thomas says it's neither — and what's actually happening might be the most important thing you hear all year.

In Part 3 of the Royal Airlines series, Pastor ET delivers a message that will challenge everything you thought you knew about obedience, people pleasing, and following God's plan. Using the story of King Saul in 1 Samuel 15, he exposes the real reason most Christians stay stuck — not confusion, not weakness, but two competing wills. Yours and God's.

If you've ever people-pleased your way out of a blessing, let people's voices drown out God's direction, or found yourself wondering why obedience and people pleasing feel identical — this message is for you.

The flight plan is already written. The question is whether you'll follow it.

In this message you'll discover:

• Why "surrender" isn't a real problem — and what the real issue actually is

• The dangerous difference between people pleasing and true obedience to God

• How to stop people pleasing when it feels like the right thing to do

• What King Saul's biggest mistake reveals about our own relationship with God

• A practical tool to help you know whether you're obeying God or just people pleasing

• Why people pleasing is actually hurting the people you're trying to help
  
  CHAPTERS:
  

  Chapters

  • 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Today
  • 00:02:23 There's No Such Thing as Suffering or Surrender
  • 00:05:30 Surrender Only Exists When There's Conflict
  • 00:06:55 You Want to Quit, God Says Stay
  • 00:08:38 You Want Revenge, God Says Forgive
  • 00:10:43 You Want Comfort, God Wants You to Grow
  • 00:12:27 Your Will Versus His Will: The Real Battle
  • 00:15:41 God Doesn't Pay You to Think or Feel
  • 00:16:01 First Samuel 15: When You Were Little in Your Own Sight
  • 00:17:26 The Command: Destroy Everything, No Exceptions
  • 00:21:18 The People Made Me Do It: Saul's Excuse
  • 00:22:25 When God Gives, He Also Gives Instructions
  • 00:24:19 Rebellion Is as the Sin of Witchcraft
  • 00:36:56 You Only Destroyed the Bad Stuff
  • 00:41:49 To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice
  • 00:46:07 False Repentance: Honor Me Before the People
  • 00:49:34 What Surrender Really Looks Like
  • 00:51:43 Five Wills That Fight Against God's Will
  • 00:52:09 Prayer for Men: Use Your Influence for God's Will
  • 00:54:21 Prayer for Women: Support the Will of God
  • 00:56:00 Prayer for Children: Stop Following the Internet
  • 00:58:11 Next Steps: Connect, Give, and Share
  
  
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