{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"89. Patrick Norris \u2013 Activation, Surrender, and Transformation","description":"Welcome to Episode #89 of the Red Ink Revival Leadership Podcast. Today\u2019s episode is a message by Patrick from a series called Activation.   Jesus and the first century leaders spoke often of the transformational power of Activation. What does that mean? When a person simply takes wholistic action upon God\u2019s Word and promises with trust, emotion, and expectancy, a supernatural reaction takes place that leaves the person changed. For many Christians there is a wait and see relationship with God\u2019s promises. But when we choose, rearrange our lives, surrender our hearts and souls, and act upon God\u2019s Word, it will take us from a dead, theoretic religion into a vibrant, energized relationship. The Activation series will help you grasp the vast differences between just reading the Bible as an academic book versus implementing the nuances as a world-changing child of God.    This episode takes us into the following:   * The Bible was never intended to be an empty caricature of God. * The Word of God is filled with God\u2019s nature, substance, wisdom, and power. * The Word of God is to change every sphere of life. * God intends that His Word will bring radical transformation in a human life. * God never speaks of humans becoming flawless but rather maturing in transformation. * Surrender refers to activations of faith in God\u2019s Word. * Emotional regulation and satisfaction towards happiness has to do with the state of your heart. * Pride is lacking tenderness in surrender to God\u2019s thoughts, ways, and standards. * When obedience costs you something it is experienced by God as worship. * The stages of surrender: watching, considering, repenting, reorganizing. * If you don\u2019t like your life, check your surrender. * Patrick\u2019s story of a lifetime of surrender experiences. * Inner newness of life doesn\u2019t happen in memorizing a new Scripture; it happens in surrenders given in each stage of life. * Great faith to speak to mountains requires a growth-pattern of great surrender even in the smallest areas of life. * Identifying the fears that prevent you from surrendering to all of God\u2019s ways.   \u25b7   Visit our Red Ink Revival website: https:\/\/redinkrevival.com   https:\/\/www.redinkrevival.com\/blog\/categories\/podcast   \u25b7   Connect with Patrick on social media: FB: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/redinkrevival FB: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/patricknorris IG: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/redinkrevival\/ IG: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/norris.patrick\/ LI: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/patrick-norris-4b733412\/   \u25b7   Subscribe to the podcast, then rate, review, and share it! YOUTUBE: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCAFa7APH8IY1o-bO9eGPUVQ APPLE PODCAST:  https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/red-ink-revival-leadership-podcast\/id1483717555 SPOTIFY:  https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5PYiyjQhfrTKTLxnHyEj7E AUDIBLE:  https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Red-Ink-Revival-Leadership-Podcast-Podcast\/B08JJPN2W6 PANDORA:  https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/red-ink-revival-leadership-podcast\/PC:24055 LIBSYN: https:\/\/redinkrevival.libsyn.com\/   If you have questions you would like addressed in a future episode, topics you would enjoy hearing, or just want to give us feedback, we would love to hear from you. Email us at redinkrevival@gmail.com.   Edited and produced by Evan (Emac) McAlister. ","author_name":"Red Ink Revival Leadership Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/RedInkRevival.com","html":"