Quotes about Dependency

Be exhausted for God, but remember that He is your supply.

No matter what changes God has wrought in you, never rely upon them, build only on a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the Spirit He gives.

When we come to the end of ourselves, not just mentally but completely, we are able to "receive the Holy Spirit." "Receive the Holy Spirit"—the idea is that of invasion. There is now only One who directs the course of your life, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Change is not found in defending our righteousness, but in admitting our weakness and crying for help.

He lifts the burden of change off our shoulders and never calls us to do what only he can do.

3. We replace vertical awe with horizontal addiction.

Here's what happens to us all - we seek horizontally for the personal rest that we are to find vertically, and it never works. Looking to others for your inner sense of well-being is pointless.

The way to begin to celebrate the grace that God so freely gives you every day is by admitting how much you need it.

Physical suffering exposes the delusion of personal autonomy and self-sufficiency

Every human being is in need of a king. All human beings need the rescue, forgiveness, justice, mercy, refuge, and protection that they are unable to give themselves.

whenever you ask creation to do what only the Creator can do, you are on your way to addiction.

if you are God's child, the life force that energizes your thoughts, desires, words, and actions is no longer you; it's Christ!