Quotes about Dependence
Fear of living without a map is the main reason people are so insistent that we tell them what to do.
- Seth Godin
I am finding deep joy in depending on Christ for the guidance only He can provide as He produces the fruit of gospel in my life.
- David Platt
And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.
- Elton John
We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.
- Francis Chan
There are certain weights in life you simply cannot carry. Your Lord is asking you to set them down and trust Him. What do you say we take God up on His offer?
- Max Lucado
Without realizing it, they're like clay telling the potter that they know more about pottery than he does and that they can form themselves into pots on their own (Is 29:16).
- John Goldingay
But what is the use of praying to One whose will is already fixed? We answer, Because He so requires it.
- AW Pink
To ask for anything contrary to His will is not prayer, but rank rebellion.
- AW Pink
We readily acknowledge that it is very humbling to the proud heart of the creature to behold all mankind in the hand of God as the clay in the potter's hand, yet this is precisely how the Scriptures of truth represent the case.
- AW Pink
What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.
- George Bernard Shaw
Many have a vague idea that they must make some wonderful effort in order to gain the favor of God. But all self-dependence is vain. It is only by connecting with Jesus through faith that the sinner becomes a hopeful, believing child of God.
- Ellen White
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
- St. Augustine