Quotes about Surrender

... plunged into chance, --that is to say, swallowed up in Providence

Out of every difficulty Omnipotence can bring us, only let us in childlike confidence cast our burden upon the Lord.

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

Obedience is the highest practical courage.

Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.

They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.

At the heart of the gospel is a God who deliberately surrenders to the wild, irresistable power of love.

Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near.

True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do his will.

Prayer helps correct myopia, calling to mind a perspective I daily forget. I keep reversing roles, thinking of ways in which God should serve me, rather than vice versa. As God fiercely reminded Job, the Lord of the universe has many things to manage, and in the midst of my self-pity I would do well to contemplate for a moment God's own point of view.

Grace is for the desperate, the needy, the broken, those who cannot make it on their own. Grace is for all of

Faith, I've concluded, means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.