Quotes about Surrender

It is not so much adverse events that make you anxious as it is your thoughts about those events. Your mind engages in efforts to take control of a situation, to bring about the result you desire. Your thoughts close in on the problem like ravenous wolves. Determined to make things go your way, you forget that I am in charge of your life. The only remedy is to switch your focus from the problem to My Presence. Stop all your striving, and watch to see what I will do. I am the Lord!

Awareness of your inadequacy is a rich blessing, training you to rely wholeheartedly on Me.

I WANT YOU TO LEARN A NEW HABIT. Try saying, "I trust You, Jesus," in response to whatever happens to you.

THANK ME for the conditions that are requiring you to be still. Do not spoil these quiet hours by wishing them away, waiting impatiently to be active again. Some of the greatest works in My kingdom have been done from sick beds and prison cells. Instead of resenting the limitations of a weakened body, search for My way in the midst of these very circumstances. Limitations can be liberating when your strongest desire is living close to Me.

The ultimate challenge is to keep fixing your eyes on Me, no matter what is going on around you.

Through collaborating with Me in all things, you allow My Life to merge with yours.

Thank Me for this time of neediness. Depend totally on Me.

Hand Me your anxiety, and fall back into My strong arms with a sigh of trust.

Much, much stress results from your wanting to make things happen before their times have come.

what you have decided to do. It is coming to Me with an open mind and heart, inviting Me to plant My desires

GIVE UP THE ILLUSION that you deserve a problem-free life.

THIS IS A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU MUST LEARN TO LET GO: of loved ones, of possessions, of control. In order to let go of something that is precious to you, you need to rest in My Presence, where you are complete.