Quotes about Dependence

Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence.

We meet God through entering into a relationship both of dependance on Jesus as our Saviour and Friend and of discipleship to Him as our Lord and Master.

To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.

They are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post, for support rather than for illumination.

He is not all we would ask for (if we were honest), but it is precisely when we do not have what we would ask for, and only then, that we can clearly perceive His all-sufficiency.

It is not the level of our spirituality that we can depend on. It is God and nothing less than God, for the work is God's and the call is God's and everything is summoned by Him and to His purposes, the whole scene, the whole mess, the whole package—our bravery and our cowardice, our love and our selfishness, our strengths and our weaknesses.

The unwillingness on the part of men and women to acknowledge their helpless dependence is a violation of our "creatureliness." The unwillingness to be obedient is a violation of our humanity. Both are declarations of independence and, whether physical or moral, are essentially atheistic. In both, the answer to the call is no.

We need Jesus Christ, our refuge, our fortress, the stronghold of my life. It takes desolation to teach us our need of Him.

My portion. My cup. My lot is secure. My heart can be at peace. My Father is in charge. How simple!

If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!

Prayer is an acknowledgement of your dependence on God and His direction for your life.

Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.