March 30, 2026
Surrender at the Door: Trusting God This Passover
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Thank You. I Love You!
SEE YA!
Rick
Be An Encourager...Not A Discourager!
Chapters
00:48 - The Weight of that Night
01:35 - When God's Instructions Feel Uncomfortable
02:24 - Letting Go of Control
03:13 - The Power of the Blood
04:06 - The Hardest Part
05:16 - Surrender is a Process
05:59 - The Fear Behind Not Trusting
06:38 - Your Doorpost This Week
07:38 - Final Word
Transcript
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Let's go, boys.
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Welcome back to Renewed Mindsets.
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This week is sacred.
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As we step into Passover, we're not just remembering a moment in history, we're stepping into a mirror.
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Because what happened in Exodus still speaks directly to our lives today.
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This isn't just about Israel being delivered from Egypt.
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This is about what it looks like to trust God when you don't fully understand what he's doing.
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And if I'm being honest with you, that's where I've grown the most.
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Not believing God exists, but in surrendering when his plan didn't look like mine.
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I want you to picture that first Passover night.
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Families inside their homes, children asking questions, parents trying to stay calm while uncertainty filled the air.
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Outside, judgment was coming.
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Inside, they had instructions.
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Take a lamb, apply the blood, stay inside.
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And that was it.
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No backup plan, no visible guarantee, no second option, just obedience.
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And I've thought about that a lot because I wonder how many people stood at that doorway holding that hyssop branch, thinking, is this really enough?
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Now let's bring this into real life because God still gives instructions today.
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Not usually this visibly, but clearly enough in our spirit through his word.
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And sometimes what he asks of us doesn't feel comfortable.
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Now let me be transparent for a moment.
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There have been times in my life where I felt God saying, let that go.
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Step away from that.
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Stop trying to fix this.
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Trust me here.
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And everything in me wanted to respond with, but God, this matters to me.
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And maybe you've been there too, where obedience feels like it's going to cost you something.
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And the truth is, it usually does.
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There's something that I've had to face in my own life.
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And this is it.
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I don't struggle with faith.
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I struggle with control.
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I want to understand it.
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I want to fix it.
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I want to make it work.
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And when something doesn't go the way I thought it would, my instinct isn't always surrender.
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It's figuring out how to regain control.
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But Passover confronts that.
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Because that night in Egypt, control was an illusion.
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No one could stop what was coming.
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No one could reason their way out of it.
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No one could negotiate with it.
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The only option was trust what God said and obey it fully.
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Now let's not miss this.
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It wasn't perfection that saved them.
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It wasn't effort.
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It wasn't how confident they felt.
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It was the blood.
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And I think sometimes we overcomplicate what God is asking of us because we think it's about us getting everything right, but it's not.
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It's about being covered.
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And today that covering is Jesus.
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But here's the part we don't always ask about.
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They had to apply the blood.
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It wasn't enough that the lamb was slain, it had to be placed on the door.
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And in our lives, that looks like this.
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Not just believing in Jesus, but living in alignment with him.
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Now this gets me every time.
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God didn't just say apply the blood.
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He said stay inside.
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And I can imagine as that night went on, as the tension grew, as the unknown pressed in, someone had, somebody had to feel the urge to just step outside.
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Just to check.
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Just to see.
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Just to make sure.
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And isn't that exactly what we do?
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God tells us to trust him, but we keep stepping outside trying to manage the outcome.
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We revisit what he told us to release.
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We reopen what he told us to close.
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We interfere with what he told us to leave alone.
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And if I'm honest again, I've done that way more times than I'd like to admit.
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Where God said, leave it.
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And I said, just one more look.
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Now let me say something that might help someone today.
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Surrender is rarely a one-time moment.
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It's a daily decision.
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Sometimes hourly.
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There are things that I've had to lay down before God more than once.
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Not because I didn't mean it the first time, because my heart kept trying to pick it back up.
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And maybe that's where you are.
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You've prayed about it, you've given it to God, but you still feel the pull.
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It doesn't make you weak, it makes you human.
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The key is you got to keep surrendering.
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Now let's go deeper for a minute.
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A lot of times the reason we struggle to trust God isn't because we don't believe He can.
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It's because we're afraid of what He might choose.
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What if His plan doesn't look like mine?
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What if I lose something I care about?
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What if this doesn't turn out the way I want?
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And that's real.
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But here's what I'm in the process of learning.
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God's will may not always feel good at the moment, but it will always be good in the end.
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Let's make this personal.
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Because this week isn't just about remembering Passover, it's about living it.
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So ask yourself honestly: what is God asking me to trust Him with right now?
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A relationship?
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A decision?
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A future you can't control?
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Something you need to release?
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That's your doorpost.
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Now you gotta take action.
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You identify it clearly.
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You gotta stop avoiding it.
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Bring it to the light.
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Then you apply the blood.
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Surrender it to Jesus fully, not partially, and then stay inside.
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Stop interfering.
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Stop revisiting.
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Stop trying to control it.
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You've got to trust the process even when you don't see immediate results.
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So let me speak this over you as as we close.
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You don't have to understand everything to trust God.
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You don't have to see the outcome to obey him.
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And you don't have to feel ready to surrender.
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All you have to do is take him at his word.
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That's what Passover teaches us.
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Not control, not certainty, but trust.
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Let's pray.
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This week, God, as we remember Passover, help us to slow down and to really see what you're asking of us.
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Show us the areas where we're holding on too tightly.
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Give us the courage to surrender even when it's hard.
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Even when it costs us something.
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Teach us to trust you.
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Not just when it's easy, but when it's uncomfortable.
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Help us to stay under your covering, to walk in obedience, to rest in the truth.
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The truth that you're in control.
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Lord, we give it to you again.
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In Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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If this spoke to you today, don't keep it to yourself.
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Share it with somebody who needs it.
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Now I know I've been gone for a while, but Renewed Mindsets is back.
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I just needed a little break.
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Everybody gets a break, but nobody gives a break to the podcast guy.
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They expect their episode every week.
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And for that I apologize.
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As you walk through this week, just remember surrender at the door leads to peace inside.
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A renewed mind leads to a transformed life.
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The executive producer of Renewed Mindsets is Christy McCurry.
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That's all for today, but I'll be back with more unfiltered biblical truth and undeniable prophecy.
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The time to wake up is now.
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Until next week, I'm Rick.
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Be an encourager, not a discourager.
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I love you.
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See ya! The intro and outro music for the Renewed Mindsets podcast is Are You Ready by Floodgate.
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From the album Are You Ready?
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Copyright 2002, Offbeat Ministries Inc.
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Floodgate can be found on Apple Music and iTunes.
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Music used with permission.
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