Quotes About Reliance

Contingent faith is the faith of sidewalk chalk: it's beautiful when the sun shines, but washes away when the rain falls.

In the great trapeze act of salvation, God is the catcher, and we are the flyers. We trust. Period.

The apostle Paul clung to this grace. To the same degree that he believed in God's sovereignty, he relied on God's mercy.

I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day" (2 Timothy 1:12 NIV).

Trust God's hold on you more than your hold on God. His faithfulness does not depend on yours. His performance is not predicated on yours. His love is not contingent on your own. Your candle may flicker, but it will not expire. God's love for you does not—will not—end.

But I can't overstate God's promise: "Unload all your worries onto him, since he is looking after you" (1 Pet. 5:7 JB).

Trust that God is in our corner.

No puedes controlar el mundo, pero sí puedes confiárselo a Dios.

Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." John 6:35

No, no te dejaré; no lo haré; ni te abandonaré, no».2 Aférrate a esta promesa como a un paracaídas

Trust God's hold on you more than your hold on God. His faithfulness does not depend on yours. His performance is not predicated on yours. His love is not contingent on your own. Your candle may flicker, but it will not expire.

In the end I knew I would have to trust to instinct, not estimates.

Faith is the evidence of the unseen.

You said to lean on your arm And I am leaning You said to trust in your love And I am trusting You said to call on your name And I am calling I'm stepping out on your word

I found it hard to think of leaving my books. They had been my elevators out of the midden, and to whom could I entrust such close friends?

I have had the fortune of stepping out on the Word of God and have found it steady

When in doubt, call for back-up.

It's truly weird how everyone just thinks they can bring me Diet Coke and everything will be okay. Especially since it's pretty much true.-Lizzie Nichols

If we truly trust no one, we cannot survive.

The only thing I knew was that I didn't know anything, really, about the king of the Attolians, and I didn't trust him.

No one was ever good enough for anybody's precious sons. No one ever called daughters precious, and why was that? Things had not changed very much. In the end women like Emily and Ingrid and Freya and Joanna only had one another to lean on. The men were wonderful when they were around, but their fires burned too bright, they lived too close to the sun - look what happened to her boy, and to her man. Gone. Women only had one another in the end.

Strength didn't have to mean facing danger alone. Strength came from trust, and friendship, and loyalty.

Rely on your friends, and let their strength carry yours as well.

Codependents: don't trust themselves. don't trust their feelings. don't trust their decisions. don't trust other people. try to trust untrustworthy people.