Quotes about Dependence

Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

God tells us to burden him with whatever burdens us.

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib.

There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.

Stand firm in the Lord, Hadassah. Stand firm and let him fight your battles. Do not try to fight alone.

Our salvation depends on not who we are but on who He is.

Why couldn't he trust that the Lord would do the same for her? Because he knew she didn't believe.

Angel lay in the darkness after Meribah left and worked over what she had said. Mama had worked to keep Alex Stafford's love alive. She had tried everything to please him and keep his passion alive. Angel wondered now if it hadn't been those very efforts that served to drive him away. Mama had been so hungry for his love. Her entire life had revolved around Alex Stafford's coming to the small cottage. Her happiness depended solely on him. It had been an obsession.

Don't trust in your own strength. None of us is strong in him or herself. It's the Lord who upholds us.

This is my God box," she said. "When problems prey on my mind, I write them down, fold them up, and put them through the slot. Once they're inside this box, they're God's problem and not mine.

Yes, but this God could give us anything and everything we want. Why does He withhold a feast from heaven and instead make us grovel on our knees every morning for one day's portion of manna?

Within the triune God we discover mutual love, mutual fellowship, mutual dependence, mutual honor, mutual submission, mutual dwelling, and authentic community. In the Godhead there exists an eternal, complementary, and reciprocal interchange of divine life, divine love, and divine fellowship.