Quotes about Dependence

Beloved, we're living in the lions' den. Victory is ours when we walk with God daily in habitual prayer, when we know His Word well enough to trust His sovereignty, and when we cast ourselves on Him and make an honest plea for help. He derives great satisfaction from shutting that lion's mouth.

Oh, from what heights of blessing it is possible for a man to fall! To what depths of sin a man can descend, even with all that spiritual background! The higher the pinnacle of blessing, authority, and publicity he has attained by grace, the deeper and more staggering can be his collapse. There is never a day in any man's life but that he is dependent upon the grace of God for power and the blood of Jesus for cleansing.

Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them. Psalm 135:18

You will keep in perfect peace the mind that is dependent on You, for it is trusting in You. Isaiah 26:3

If we can't count on God, for crying out loud, who can we count on?

Lord God, Your Holy Spirit helps me in my weakness. I do not know what I ought to pray for, but the

We learn to be victorious by surrendering our lives completely to the Spirit of God, not by gritting our teeth and trying harder.

We can easily be led into captivity by seeking other answers to needs and desires that only God can meet.

It does not depend on human will and effort, but on God who shows mercy. Romans 9:16

Lord, Your Word says that he who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe (Prov. 28:26). I've come to realize that I cannot trust in myself. My safety is in learning to trust in You, Lord.

It is good to have an intellectual awareness of our dependence upon God - to understand how great He is and how very small we are in His sight.

When we pray, we bring that power to bear upon everything we are praying about, and we allow the power of God to work through our powerlessness. When we pray, we are humbling ourselves before God and saying, "I need Your presence and Your power, Lord. I can't do this without You." When we don't pray, it's like saying we have no need of anything outside of ourselves.