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The White Flag of Surrender

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I walk into the sanctuary and find my seat.  As I sit down, the music begins to play.  One of the worship leaders opens up the service, greets everyone, and makes a few more comments about the morning.  As I read the words, my heart gets downcast.  It's the same song that has troubled me since I was young.  The worship leader begins singing, leading our congregation through a time of praise to God. ***** There are very few lessons that I still remember from my Junior High days.  Yet there is one lesson in particular that I still remember well.  The topic was worship.  We talked about what worship was.  We talked about what kind of a heart we should have when going into it.  Finally, we talked about how we should think through the lyrics, before allowing the vibrations of our vocal cords to utter the words through our mouths. During this lesson, we went through a few songs, and talked about what they mean.  One of the songs continue to stick out above the rest, "I