Quotes About Reliance

Acting in anger and hatred throughout my life, I frequently precipitated what I feared most, the loss of friendships and the need to rely upon the very people I'd abused.

Any profession of faith…entrusts the mind and heart to a truth that cannot be proven but can be lived.

No greater mischief can happen to a Christian people, than to have God's word taken from them, or falsified, so that they no longer have it pure and clear. God grant we and our descendants be not witness to such a calamity.

God doesn't want our efforts at self-improvement. He wants our trust in his kindness toward us in Christ.

God allows us to experience fear at times to help us recognize our false foundations, things on which we are resting our security that have no more strength to support us than a mound of whipped cream.

I personally bought three liters of kerosene two days ago. And now there's just a drop left on the bottom, not enough to stick up a dog's ass. You just can't leave anything in the kitchen anymore.

I am not afraid to trust myself, my friends, or the heathen in the hands of him whose mercy endureth forever.

I think the American people have become more reliant upon government and less reliant upon themselves and that they now tend to put security ahead of freedom, but I think freedom is the most important aspect of our lives.

If He strips us of all our own resources, we just might learn to lean on Him. And to start praying again.

The only way to grow in faith is to put your faith to the test. You must place yourself in His hands and let Him prove himself faithful. Unless you make up your mind to trust Him, you'll never know that Yahweh is faithful.

Faith don't come in a bushel basket, Missy. It come one step at a time. Decide to trust Him for one little thing today, and before you know it, you find out He's so trustworthy you be putting your whole life in His hands.

Trusting in Molech, as Ahaz did, or trusting in your own wisdom and intellect—there's no difference in God's eyes. It's all idolatry.

When you're surrounded by enemies, don't rely on man-made fortifications or military power. Trust God.

You pray. And you allow the Lord to be your strength. Remember—the Lord doesn't give you strength, Hezekiah. He is your strength.

Faith don't come in a bushel basket, Missy. It come one step at a time. Decide to trust Him for one little thing today, and before you know it, you find out He's so trustworthy you be putting your whole life in His hands.

Can't never go by your feelings. Got to go by the word of the Lord.

My identity must be anchored to the truth of who God is and who He is to me. Only then can I find a stability beyond what my feelings will ever allow. The closer I align my truth with His truth, the more closely I identify with God—and the more my identity really is in Him.

My imperfections will never override God's promises.

Obedience is the daily practice of trusting God.

God never intended for us to rely on others for our sense of well- being. Only He is equipped to provide that. His perfectly stable, unshifting, unconditional love is the only real measure of my worthiness.

God, I want Your truth to be the loudest voice in my life. Correct me. Comfort me. Come closer still. And I will trust. God, You are good at being God.

My identity must be anchored to the truth of who God is and who He is to me.

I can rest in the fact that God is in control.

God not only wants us to rely on Him for our daily portion but He also demands we keep first place in our lives reserved for Him. It's easy to get so consumed with our promised land that we forget the promise Maker.