Quotes About Dependence

After defending the value of prepared prayers, the author cautions against over-reliance on them. Just as David could not fight in the armor of King Saul, we are called to fight in the way God has equipped us uniquely.

Death is the last weapon of the tyrant, and the point of the resurrection, despite much misunderstanding, is that death has been defeated. Resurrection is not the redescription of death; it is its overthrow and, with that, the overthrow of those whose power depends on it. Despite

And if she fell, he'd fall with her.

If you don't need my backsight," she said to Kaleb, "then why am I here?" He rose to his feet and, placing his hands on the table, leaned toward her until she could've reached out and run her fingers along his freshly shaven jaw. "You are here," he said in a tone that made her heart thump wildly against her ribs, "because you belong to me.

Without you, I would be a monster.

Trouble was, the string tethering it to the ground was what kept the kite flying. Without its connection it would never stay aloft.

My friend, if you are weak—worn out from work, worn down by criticism, weary of constant demands or disappointments—if you have come to the end of yourself, if you've been emptied of your delusions of strength, you're just at the right place to be filled with the goodness of God. You're finally fillable. You're fully dependent.

Je lis de mieux en mieux et de plus en plus vite, je lis comme si ma vie en dépendait, lire est mon seul et unique talent, si on me disait, que je n'ai plus le droit de lire j'aurais une crise d'apoplexie et j'en mourrais." (Lignes de faille)

proslavery southerners contended that the greatest failing of the North was its dependence on a lower-class stratum of menial white workers.

I want you to sign your name on the bottom line, hand it back to Me, and let Me fill in the details. Why? Because I am God; because I have bought you; because I am trustworthy; because you know how much I love you; because you live for My glory and not your own independent, self-promoting pleasure.

I've heard it said this way: "You'll never know that Christ is all you need, until He's all you have. And when He's all you have, you'll find out that He truly is all you need." So let's keep singing those songs, reminding ourselves and others that His grace really is enough and that all our hope truly is found in Christ alone.

Whether we make our own money or rely on someone else, many of us would rater pretend our financial matters don't exist. Or we hope they'll just take care of themselves somehow. My ex-husband was like that. He always said, "I bank by prayer. I go to the ATM and pray that money will come out.

listen for the Lord's will in everything; and don't lean on your own understanding.

We have to have faith as if everything depends on God, while we work hard as if everything depends on us.

The fate of many men depended on the fate of this one. And this one I could help

In a rare moment of self-awareness, the young woman even understood that her dependence was probably unhealthy. Henry, she declared, was a man 'whom I love too much for my peace.

I think," he says at last, "that it is a great pity she will not trust in me.

bless us and deliver us. He will not forsake us. As my husband is fond of saying, "God loves cliff-hangers." He loves to deliver us at the last moment to see if we will trust Him and not flinch.

It wasn't really as though I wanted either of them. I just expected them to be there when I needed them. I just expected that they'd stay where I put them, wouldn't cause trouble. They were both so obedient.

A handful of economists in the late 1960s had realized that free market economics, focused as it was on consumption growth, was inherently destructive to the natural environment and to the ecosystems on which we all depend.

The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and you gentlemen, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house.

Entonces me preocupé: ¿Qué pasa si me estaba volviendo como Ginger? ¿Qué pasa si no podía ser feliz a menos que estuviera con Robbie, como Ginger no podía ser feliz sin Papi?

I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.