Quotes about Surrender
God grant, if we must have two eyes, that they may be both clear ones, one the eye of faith wholly fixed on Christ, the other the eye of obedience equally and wholly fixed on the same objective!
— Charles Spurgeon
If you don't surrender to God, don't think you don't surrender. Everybody surrenders -- to something.
— E Stanley Jones
I have surrendered to God; therefore I surrender to nothing else.
— E Stanley Jones
I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.
— Epictetus
Less, less of self each day, And more, my God, of Thee!
— Horatius Bonar
When we honestly ask God the 'why' question, He doesn't give us answers as much as He gives us Himself.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
When God says no, we are sometimes tempted to wonder if He loves us. In reality, it's because He loves us, He sometimes says no.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Lord God...use me as Your instrument -- but do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all.
— Martin Luther
I am convinced that God Himself is tampering with the economic system of the world to reduce us back to Him.
— Myles Munroe
There may be some issue where God is calling you to surrender. I don't know what you may be struggling with, but whatever it is, let me just encourage you: Don't delay obedience.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Grace is a free gift of God, but to receive a gift you must have open hands.
— Philip Yancey
The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.
— Oswald Chambers