Quotes about Surrender

We are not on display in God's showcase—we are here to exhibit only one thing—the "captivity [of our lives] to the obedience of Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Never choose to be a worker, but once God has placed His call upon you, woe be to you if you "turn aside . . . to the right or the left . . ." (Deuteronomy 28:14). He will do with you what He never did before His call came to you, and He will do with you what He is not doing with other people. Let Him have His way.

God wants you to understand that it is a life of faith, not a life of emotional enjoyment of His blessings.

To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. This is generally expressed with a sigh of sadness, but it should be an expression of breathless expectation.

But the most impossible thing for you is to be so closely identified with the Lord that there is literally nothing of your old life remaining.

He says, "If you want to be My disciple, you must give up your right to yourself to Me." And once this is done, the remainder of your life will exhibit nothing but the evidence of this surrender, and you never need to be concerned again with what the future may hold for you.

To be surrendered to God is of more value than our personal holiness.

The basis of prayer is not what it costs us, but what it costs God to enable us to pray.

is of no value to God to give Him your life for death. He wants you to be a "living sacrifice," to let Him have all your powers that have been saved and sanctified through Jesus. This is the thing that is acceptable to God.

No one enters into the experience of entire sanctification without going through a "white funeral" - the burial of the old life

All our fretting and worrying is caused by planning without God.

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