Quotes about Surrender

Friends are those who serve the cause when they can. Followers are those who submit their skills and resources to have Jesus transform them. But family are those who surrender completely, laying down their agenda fully for the agenda of Jesus. This is what the disciples eventually do.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS GIVEN, NOT EARNED; RECEIVED, NOT TAKEN.

You become part of the family by surrendering your agenda and joining God's deal.

Faith is the way we as receivers relate appropriately to God as the giver. It is empty hands held open for God to fill.

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.

Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, and must empty ourselves. Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in his love than in your weakness.

We are all pencils in the hand of God.

I can't see what God's plan is. I just know I've got to live with it.

Submission is the willingness to give up our right to ourselves, to freely surrender our insistence on having our own way all the time.

is chosen freely, not imposed from without. Essentially, submission is the willingness to give up our right to ourselves, to freely surrender our insistence on having our own way all the time. Submission means putting the needs, rights, and welfare of another person ahead of our own. A marriage built on this kind of submission will grow healthy, strong, and fulfilling.

28"Are you having a real struggle? Come to me! Are you carrying a big load on your back? Come to me—I'll give you a rest! 29Pick up my yoke and put it on; take lessons from me! My heart is gentle, not arrogant. You'll find the rest you deeply need. 30My yoke is easy to wear; my load is easy to bear.