Quotes About Surrender

Trust in him at all times . . . pour out your heart before him.

I've learned that sometimes I have to give up my right to know and simply believe that God's knowing is enough. Not that I don't want to question. Ach, I surely do. But in the three years since Benuel's death, I've learned that peace comes with that kind of givin' up . . . and, not to boast, but my faith has grown because of it, too.

When your mind becomes fixed on Me, you shall overcome all difficulties by My grace. But, if you do not listen to Me due to ego, you shall perish.

Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because there follows immediate peace.

For certain is death for the born And certain is birth for the dead Therefore over the inevitable Thou shouldst not grieve.

It always comes back to just letting go with love. Just put the love in it. Whatever it is, and if you can't put love in it, don't do it!

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

But if pressed, I'd have to say that what I love most about the subways of New York is what they do not do. One may spend a lifetime looking back—whether regretfully or wistfully, with shame or fondness or sorrow—and thinking how, given the chance, things might have been done differently. But when you enter a subway car and the doors close, you have no choice but to give yourself over to where it is headed. The subway only goes one way: forward.

Clarity comes to the one who is willing to do the will of God. The willingness to obey attracts revelation, because God is the ultimate steward, sowing His treasures into fertile ground—surrendered hearts.

When God is serving wine, drink. When He's serving bread, eat.

Not understanding is OK. Restricting our spiritual life to what we understand is not. It is immaturity at best. Such a controlling spirit is destructive to the development of a Christ-like nature. God responds to faith but will not surrender to our demands for control.

to follow Him, we must be willing to follow off the map—to go beyond what we know. To do so successfully we must recognize His presence above all.

Trading anything for more of God really is the greatest deal ever offered to mankind.

The realm beyond reason is the world of obedience to God.

When Jesus wanted to be baptized in water by John, John knew he wasn't qualified (see Matt. 3:14). But when you're willing to do what you're unqualified to do, that's what qualifies you.

He said that God has closed up the realm of the miraculous to me, not as punishment, but to draw me into the desperation needed to maintain it as a lifestyle once I received my breakthrough.

Run into My arms without fear or hesitation. Come into My presence, easily experiencing My focused delight over you. I gave My most precious gift so that freedom could be our reality.

Keep in mind that if you do not give up the right to understand, you will not receive the peace that passes understanding.

The focus was not on herself. It was on Him.

To be all we can be requires that we are more dependent on God.

His presence is not upon us to be commandeered or directed by us. Instead, we are tools in his hand. If there is a dove resting on my shoulder in the natural (and I love that phrase 'and remained') and I don't want it to fly away, how am I going to walk around this room? Every step will be with the dove in mind. Every movement I make will be to preserve what I value most.

My responsibility is to obey, to surrender my heart and to yield myself to the will of God. It is in the process of obedience that we gain understanding. You can't get the peace that passes understanding until you give up your right to understand.

Most Christians repent enough to get forgiven, but not enough to see the Kingdom.