Surrender is NOT Defeat! Episode 10

Some of you are exhausted because you have been calling control strength and surrender weakness. You keep fighting the same battle in your own power—and the very thing you are trying to control is still controlling you.

That is not strength. That is bondage wearing a crown.

In Episode 10 of Real Talk with Rosie, Rosemary Fisher continues the 12 Steps to Freedom: One Day at a Time series with a powerful truth from Step One: Surrender is not defeat.

Drawing from her recovery journey and 30 years of sobriety, Rosie reveals how control can begin as protection after trauma, rejection, abandonment, or abuse—but eventually become a prison. She shares why admitting powerlessness is not waving a white flag to the enemy. It is choosing to stop fighting alone and surrendering the battle to God.

2 Chronicles 20:12 declares:

“For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

Whether you are struggling with alcohol, another addiction, fear, pride, an unhealthy relationship, or the need to control another person, this episode will help you understand the difference between surrender and passivity. Surrender does not remove your responsibility—it puts responsibility in the right place.

You may not be able to control the battle, but you can turn your eyes toward Jesus, receive help, establish healthy boundaries, and make the next right choice.

Surrender is not defeat. It is the transfer of trust from your limited power to God’s unlimited power.

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