Quotes About Surrender

If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God.

We should always look to the Lord, that by His care we might be led to whatever lot in life He provides for us.

At length he told the Lord he would leave it in His hands. Peace flowed back. No voice or light disclosed the next move,

But there were some who went with her willingly, for there are other women who dream of lying with wolves.

No hubo advertencia, ni invitación a volverse con las manos en alto, ni opción a rendirse. Esos gestos eran para los buenos en las películas del Oeste, los que llevaban sombreros blancos y al final se quedaban con la chica.

She was merely doing what all young girls did, or what those who understood the nature of the balance of power between the sexes generally did. The boy wanted her, but as soon as she gave herself to Bobby unconditionally, she would cede control of the relationship to him. Better to force him to prove his loyalty to her before she surrendered herself fully.

Let go into His arms untill you find yourself obsessed with things devine

But if the striving toil of self-effort is involved, it ceases to be faith.

Repentance is not the price tag for salvation; it is a first fruit of salvation.

I'm not pressing in anymore. I've been pressed into. I'm not contending anymore. I've been contended for. I'm not a God chaser anymore. I've been chased down, roped, hogtied, bagged and dragged. I'm not appropriating what I have. It's mine. I'm not getting closer to God. He's like a Siamese twin. I'm not even seeking God anymore. He found me.

Let go into His arms until you find yourself obsessed on things divine

Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible.

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.

Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for, you As yet but knocke, breathe, shine, and seeke to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow mee, 'and bend Your force, to breake, blowe, burn and make me new.

I would not that death should take me asleep. I would not have him meerly seise me, and only declare me to be dead, but win me, and overcome me. When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a Sea, where mine impotencie might have some excuse; not in a sullen weedy lake, where I could not have so much as exercise for my swimming.

strategy 2: Let Go Graciously.

Prayer Lord Jesus, I thank you for giving me such a rich life. You have blessed me with so many things: family, health, independence, and possessions. I never want to confuse your gifts with yourself. Help me to hold these gifts loosely to free my heart to love you more.

We can choose to humble ourselves by loving God, adjusting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives.

The point of your life is to point to Him...it is His movie, His world, His gift.

Is this what it means to go back to square one? Most likely. He had nothing left to lose, other than his life.

Life insurance can be numbingly complicated. Clients often turn off their brains and surrender their judgment to the very agent or planner who brought on their coma in the first place.

Every strong conviction ends by taking possession of us; it overcomes and absorbs us, and tears us ruthlessly from everything else. Has the Cross so seized upon your life?

It is such a comfort to drop the tangles of life into God's hands and leave them there.

A nonviolent person's life is always at the disposal of him who would take it.