Quotes About Surrender

When we are at our absolute lowest and weakest, Jesus invites us to hand him everything we have left. He invites us to give him our little, whatever our little is. When we give away our little, we place our full confidence in him.

Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 16:25)

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:25–26)

As we will soon discover, admitting we are not God—not in control, not running anything, not responsible for everyone's well-being, not the solution for everything and everyone, not at the center of all things—doesn't belittle us; it frees us.

We can either choose to cling to starring roles in the little-bitty stories of us or opt to exchange our fleeting moment in the spotlight for a supporting role in the eternally beautiful epic that is the Story of God. I

Abandoning the tiny story of me and embracing the forever Story of Jesus will allow our little lives to be filled with the wonder of God as we live for the unending applause of His name. And joining our small stories to His will give us what we all want most in life, anyway: the assurance that our brief moments on earth will count for something in a Story that never ends.

I am His. My struggles are His. My future is His. My reputation is His. My needs are His. Everything is His!

i'm not ok but Jesus is

Mistakes and sins and imperfections were never meant to be bottled up. We need to shed those feelings of impending doom at the foot of the cross.

That kind of thinking says my job every day is to put my life in God's hands. God's job every day is to use my circumstances for his glory.

God has made a way for you and me, and it's not by having your own way.

Sabbath happens anywhere and everywhere we let go of the controls and lay the cares of our lives at His feet.

Condemnation comes from guilt. Conviction is born out of grace. Condemnation leads you to conceal your sin. Conviction urges you to confess it. Condemnation results in remorse (feeling bad about what you did). Conviction calls you to repentance (turning to go the other way). Condemnation prompts you to rededicate. Conviction demands full surrender. Condemnation is a path to future failure. Conviction is a highway to real change.

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It was all in His hands now - as it had always been.

Many people reject Christ because they feel they can't live a Christian life. Well, nobody can live a Christian life—without help." I thought when you accepted Christ you had to be perfect, but he said, "Christ has promised to help you. He said, 'I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. If you have problems in life, cast all your cares on me, for I care for you.

If you try to stand alone, you're going to fall. The Lord says, 'Cast all your cares upon me'—in other words, lean your entire weight on me—'and I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

When you receive Jesus as your Savior," Dr. Graham continued, "you are regenerated by the spirit of God. Your life is transformed. You are a new person in Jesus Christ. Remember, Jesus doesn't want part of your life, He wants all of your life. He wants you to repent of your sins and then completely and totally surrender your life to Him and follow Him.

Estoy dispuesto a abandonar toda resistencia.»

If you think of the hardest thing for you to do and how much you resist it, then you're looking at your greatest lesson at the moment. Surrendering

Forgiveness means giving up, letting go. It has nothing to do with condoning behavior. It's just letting the whole thing go. We do not have to know HOW to forgive. All we need to do is to be WILLING to forgive. The Universe will take care of the hows.

Better to accept the wretched truth than struggle, twisting to make a wish a reality.

You're catastrophizing, allowing fear into the driver's seat. You're reacting to things that haven't happened and behaving as though they have, or are inevitable. Focus on what is actually happening, here and now." "Surrender to reality," he said with a small grin and, grabbing a tissue, he rubbed his eyes. It was one of Hardye Moel's favorite sayings. "Yes. Stop fighting battles that don't exist. Focus on what does.