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SURRENDER
Your Key to Spiritual Success
FOREWORD
There have been many waves of the Spirit of God throughout the centuries as truth
which had been abandoned over time was restored to the church. Beginning in the 1500s
there were identifiable waves of reformation, and they have continued until now. In this
century the pace seems to have increased as we have experienced the Pentecostal
outpouring, the healing revivals, the Latter Rain movement, the charismatic renewal and
more.
Unfortunately, the waves of spiritual renewal were usually followed by an ebb that
resulted in a variety of clutter littering the spiritual landscape. The litter usually
included human moral failure, doctrinal error, and more fractures and factions in the
church. Spiritual unction turned to form.
No matter what the end result, the process to failure begins the same way. But the
Scripture gives us ways to avoid or return from failure and embrace God's grace as
strength. It teaches us to deal with the cause of failure rather than the effect.
As the signs of a fresh move of the Holy Spirit are evident today, it is particularly
relevant to see what can prevent the current move from ending in failure as have many in
the past. A move of God is really a personal thing-renewing one person at a time. Only as
the individual reviving becomes widespread does it become recognized as 'revival."
Arthur Burt is a prophet who speaks a word that is for the times. He preaches a message,
backed by the radical life he has lived, which calls us to abandon the lesser realm and
soar with the eagles in the Spirit. He has had a major impact on my life as he has on many
others around the world.
Parts of this book were previously published as booklets in the1970s under the names The
Lost Key and Boomerang: The Funeral of Failure. Those teachings as well as messages from
his current ministry were combined in this book. Ms message presents an antidote for
failure and the key for long-term spiritual success. It is possible to find the key to
stay m God's plan and presence and not end up as spiritual debris at the end of a move of
the spirit.
As you read this book, ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you and show you how to use the key
in your own life. Then you can witness "the funeral of failure.'
Joy Strang
Lake Mary, Florida
March, 1997
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