Quotes about Dependence
God doesn't answer prayer, He answers desperate prayer!
- Leonard Ravenhill
We don't ask God for too much; in fact, we ask for too little. Turn to Him for everything. Give everything to God.
- Marianne Williamson
We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do.
- Oswald Chambers
If our lives are easy, and if all we ever attempt for God is what we know we can handle, how will we ever experience His omnipotence in our lives?
- Anne Graham Lotz
Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.
- Max Lucado
Theres not one good thought in me, apart from God. Thats the good news.
- Sheila Walsh
We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.
- CS Lewis
God wants us to be totally dependent on Him, and suffering seems to bring us to that point.
- Joyce Meyer
Lord God...use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all.
- Martin Luther
When we get to the end of ourselves, we get to the beginning of God.
- Alan Redpath
Your salvation depends on what [Christ] has done for you, not on what you do for Him. It isn't your hold on God that saves you. It's His hold on you.
- Billy Graham
We ought to seek God's assistance in our affairs just as they happen.
- Brother Lawrence