Quotes About Surrender

as He refuses to force our will, He takes what we give Him but does not give Himself wholly until He sees that we are giving ourselves wholly to Him.

Oh gran ganancia, no querer ganar por nuestro parecer para no temer pérdida, pues nunca permite Dios la tenga el bien mortificado, sino para ganar más!

Fixed your eyes on the Crucified One and all will seem easy.

At first it may cause a good deal of trouble, for the body insists on its rights, not understanding that if it refuses to admit defeat it is, as it were, cutting off its own head.

But living in fear is no kind of life. We have to trust God. That doesn't mean bad things won't happen. But we know He's in charge.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

I don't blame God. I cling to Him.

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

Fate does not seek our consent.

Don't you see, hon, this is all beyond us. When things are out of your control, it's time to just sit back and watch the Lord at work.

What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender.

God requires your sacrifice of praise, at precisely what seems like the worst moment, because it reveals Christ Jesus in your life.

He shows up in His fullness when you praise Him from your emptiness, because that is when you truly have room for Him.

You can either allow the voice of the Lord to break, mold, and conform you to His will, or you can ignore His Word and let the inevitable judgments of life do the job more slowly and painfully. But you will be broken.

Our moments of insurmountable circumstances are actually invitations from the Lord to choose to praise Him.

are to praise God at all times, whether we feel like it or not. Yet it is precisely at this point that our feelings and wills invariably collide.

In the world's eyes I could lose everything, so I gave everything to God.

We] do not glorify God by providing His needs, but by praying that He would provide ours—and trusting Him to answer.

Lord Jesus, do absolutely anything you need to do to me, so that you can do absolutely everything you want to do through me.

She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.

My God, I choose everything, I will not be a Saint by halves, I am not afraid of suffering for Thee, I only fear one thing, and that is to do my own will. Accept the offering of my will, for I choose all that Thou willest.

All God asks of you is good will. From the top of the ladder He looks lovingly upon you, and soon, touched by your fruitless efforts, He will Himself come down, and, taking you in His Arms, will carry you to His Kingdom never again to leave Him. But should you cease to raise your foot, you will be left for long on the earth.

Our Lord has deigned to make me understand that by simple obedience I shall please Him best.

to dedicate oneself as a Victim of Love is not to be dedicated to sweetness and consolations; it is to offer oneself to all that is painful and bitter, because Love lives only by sacrifice . . . and the more we would surrender ourselves to Love, the more we must surrender ourselves to suffering.