Quotes About Surrender

There are two masters, and you have to choose which master you are going to serve.

We] are not here by chance or by accident; God put us on this journey called life. We came from Him, and our greatest joy will come from giving ourselves back to Him and learning to walk with Him every day until we return to Him.

What is the authority in your life? Is it your selfishness? Your lust? Your greed? Or have you turned it all over to God and said, "Lord, You are going to be my authority"? When you are under authority, you are then able to assume authority.

Oh, that we would be people who would say, "Our God will deliver us, but if not, we still refuse to worship the things of this world.

Too many people want to have one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom of God, and it is like straddling a fence. You are not happy either way. Declare yourself for Christ.

They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known. And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own. Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lovers eyes...and I can only stand apart and sympathize...for we are only what our situations hand us...it's either sadness or euphoria...

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

To every soul of man the way to freedom is through submission. We must obey before we can command.

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

We have simply not come to grips with the fact that it isn't hard to live the Christian life. It's impossible! Only Christ can live it. And that's why our only hope is to learn that Jesus Christ did not come just to get men out of hell and into heaven; He came to get Himself out of heaven and into men!

Love is a law that operates in such a way, that you and I cannot dictate to it, we can only blend with it.

No one had ever put such a significant question to me so directly. After a few minutes (which seemed like hours), I said, "Well, if it has to be one or the other, I'll put Jesus Christ in the box." It

the trouble with those of us who fail to achieve what we desire, is not that we lack the ability to do so, but that we lack the faith implicit in the "Let Go And Let God" principle, which dictates whatever is necessary for us to reach our goal will indeed occur.   We

Those who walk in radical obedience have made themselves ready for the storm, and they will overcome.

By lifting our hands, however, we are indicating to the Lord that we want to open up our hearts and lives to his Holy Spirit. But this is one of the most difficult things for us to do.

Finally, by lifting our hands we symbolically receive everything God is doing in our lives.

If I die, God will understand.

Sie glaube, sagte Naomi sinngemäß, dass ihre Mutter, als sie von dem Turm sprang, das eigene Leben so schnell und doch würdig beendet habe, wie man ein Buch ohne richtige Handlung irgendwann zuklappt, statt es sklavisch zu Ende zu lesen.

I was in harmony with everything and I was saved, too, but lost in a way as well... but I think this will probably be my salvation...

To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.

The humility that comes as we surrender to the circumstances of whatever challenges face us becomes our greatest ally for transformation. Trust

Our willingness to embrace this paradox of free will and surrender is how we honor spirit in our lives.

The moment of surrender is the moment you choose to lose control of your life, the split second of powerlessness where you trust that some kind of "higher power" better be in charge, because you certainly aren't.

It's an extraordinary thing, the moment of surrender. To get down on your knees and ask the silence to save you, to reveal itself to you. To kneel down, to implore, to throw yourself out into space, to quietly whisper or roar your insignificance. To fall prostrate and ask to be carried. To humble yourself with your family, your bandmates, and to discover if there's a face or a name to that silence.