Quotes about Surrender
Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.
- Oswald Chambers
One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God.
- Oswald Chambers
The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master.
- PT Forsyth
There is a God we want, and there is a God who is. They are not the same God. The turning point of our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want and start seeking the God who is.
- Patrick Morley
Human beings by their very nature are worshipers. Worship is not something we do; it defines who we are. You cannot divide human beings into those who worship and those who don't. Everybody worships; it's just a matter of what, or whom, we serve.
- Paul David Tripp
Personal ministry is not about always knowing what to say. It is not about fixing everything in sight that is broken. Personal ministry is about connecting people with Christ so that they are able to think as he would have them think, desire what he says is best, and do what he calls them to do even if their circumstances never get "fixed." It involves exposing hurt, lost, and confused people to God's glory, so that they give up their pursuit of their own glory and live for his.
- Paul David Tripp
No one celebrates the presence and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ more than the person who has embraced his desperate and daily need of it.
- Paul David Tripp
God hasn't just sent you to do his work in the lives of your children; he will use the lives of your children to advance his work in you.
- Paul David Tripp
Prayer is abandoning my addiction to other glories and delighting in the one glory that is truly glorious-the glory of God
- Paul David Tripp
Every time you ask for forgiveness, you declare that your life does not belong to you, but has been created for the purpose of Another.
- Paul David Tripp
I no longer need to carry the burden of the past on my shoulders, so I am free to fully give myself to what God has called me to in the here and now.
- Paul David Tripp
Whatever sits on the other side of your "if-only" is where you are looking for life, peace, joy, hope, and lasting contentment of heart.
- Paul David Tripp