Quotes about Dependency

Blossoming flowers look beautiful before they're cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass.

Money and machines anesthetize neediness. They put us in charge, in control. As long as the money holds out and the machines are in good repair, we don't need to pray.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

The MORE you Trust in the Arm of the FLESH, the LESS you're going to see of the POWER of GOD.

Sometimes God leads us to a place where we have nowhere to turn but to Him; our only option is to trust Him.

God wants to be as close to us as a branch is to a vine. One is an extension of the other. It's impossible to tell where one starts and the other ends. The branch isn't connected only at the moment of bearing fruit. The gardener doesn't keep the branches in a box and then, on the day he wants grapes, glue them to the vine. No, the branch constantly draws nutrition from the vine. Separation means certain death.

Worship is when you're aware that what you've been given is far greater than what you can give. Worship is the awareness that were it not for his touch, you'd still be hobbling and hurting, bitter and broken. Worship is the half-glazed expression on the parched face of a desert pilgrim as he discovers that the oasis is not a mirage.

You'll never know that Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.

An unprayed-for problem is an embedded thorn. It festers and infects—first the finger, then the hand, then the entire arm. Best to go straight to the person who has the tweezers. Let Jesus take care of you. He knows about thorns.

As long as you think you can handle all of your problems by yourself, you don't need a problem-fixer. As long as you are feeling happy, you don't need comfort. As long as you would rather follow your friends Monday through Saturday and follow Jesus only on Sunday, you're not really following Him at all. Because He wants all of you every day, not just a little bit on Sunday.

A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.