Quotes about Dependence

Our hero status is not dependant on our human might or power or even our human spirit; it comes from the power of His spirit.

In a clock, stop but one wheel and you stop every wheel, because they are dependent upon one other. So when God has ordered a thing for the present to be thus and thus, how do you know how many things depend upon this thing? God may have some work to do twenty years hence that depends on this passage of providence that falls out this day or this week.

Never learn to do anything: if you don't learn, you'll always find someone else to do it for you.

The only basis on which to work for God is an esteemed appreciation of his deliverance.

God owes me nothing. He doesn't have to work for anything good in my life. That is only for those who are called according to His purpose.

The root of pride is found to consist in man not being in some way subject to God and His rule.

Prayer is the only way to maintain a constant state of dependence on God.

Your will, not mine, O Lord.

The horses came thundering toward Margaret. "Get down!" Daniel tackled her to the dusty ground. The breath puffed out of her. She struggled to free herself, but his strong body kept her pinned beneath him. She could smell the clean scent of soap underneath the scent of his skin. Never in her life had she felt so helpless and dependent. And protected. The word whispered through her brain with a gentle allure.

None of us is fit to do anything. It's only with the Lord's help we get by.

You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.

Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.