Quotes about Surrender

The root of all virtue and grace, of all faith and acceptable worship, is that we know that we have nothing but what we receive, and bow in deepest humility to wait upon God for it.

Humiliation is the only ladder to honoring God's Kingdom.

If you decide that what God is asking you to do with your life is just too much on you and is just a little too inconvenient, then you will never see the miracles he has for you.

You can't give yourself fully to someone else as long as you are mastered by something else.

If you are "seeking first" his kingdom where you are, then where you are is where he has positioned you.

Once you've confessed to him that your root problem is that you're not getting your way and once you've completely thoroughly dumped your desires and anxiety on him you'll find it much easier to deal with the people in your life, regardless of whether they ever give you the recognition, love or credit you deserve, you'll find peace because you're no longer looking at these people to meet a need that only God can meet.

Do you think God can be trusted? Or do yo think you need to take things into your own hands?

However God had it planned, I'm rockin' with how he do it. He took the steering wheel and I'm letting him drive.

I never make plans, because whenever I do I find out God has other plans.

I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached a bottom where you've run out of any more good ideas or plans for everybody else's behavior; or how to save and fix and rescue; or just get out of a huge mess, possibly of your own creation.

I believe in one principle: Do your work and leave the rest to God.

Let no one profess to trust in God, and yet lay up for future wants, otherwise the Lord will first send him to the hoard he has amassed, before He can answer the prayer for more.