Quotes About Sufficiency

It's little I ask for, and still less I get, yet it is enough for me.

It will be a great day in this world when nobody wants anything because everyone has given and there is nothing left to take.

I have enough of everything.

the bottom line of assurance comes when you stop analyzing and you look to Christ and you look and you look and you look until Christ himself in his glory and his sufficiency by reflex, as it were, awakens a self-forgetful "Yes!" to him.

The self was never designed to satisfy itself or rely upon itself. It never can be sufficient. We are but in the image of God, not the real thing. We are shadows and echoes. So there will always be an emptiness in the soul that struggles to be satisfied with the resources of self.

Father, I am empty, but you are full. I am hungry, but you are the Bread of Heaven. I am thirsty, but you are the Fountain of Life. I am weak, but you are strong. I am poor, but you are rich. I am foolish, but you are wise. I am broken, but you are whole. I am dying, but your steadfast love is better than life" (see Psalm63:3). When God sees this confession of need and this expression of trust, he acts, because the glory of his all-sufficient grace is at stake.

Christmas means: the infinitely self-sufficient God has come not to be assisted but to be enjoyed.

If God alone is enough to support joy when all else is lost, it is a miracle of grace.

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:8).

And so, we presume nothing whatsoever on account of ourselves or any of our merits, but having been supported only by the obedience of Christ crucified, we thoroughly acquiesce to it, so that when we believe in Him it becomes ours. Again, this alone is abundantly sufficient both for covering over all our iniquities and also for rendering us safe and secure against all temptation at the same time.

Paul's contentment derives from God. It's not a matter of human strength of character; it's a matter of human weakness transfigured by the astonishing sufficiency of God. Contentment is that exercise of faith in which we accept the sufficiency of God. It's not feeling all right; it's not mastery of circumstance. It's the fruit of the conversion of our lives to the grace and goodness of God.

We have everything we need right here.

Prosperity doesn't always mean having what you want, but having what is needed when it is needed."1

Change your mind and consciousness from lack to abundance, and wealth will naturally follow. You will not have to seek it out. It will come to you. This is the promise of being established in nonstealing.

Believe me or not, as long as you have food to eat, water to drink, a roof over your head (shelter) and clothes to cover your nakedness. You should be thankful and remain thankful to God almighty (the provider). Because, he (God) has already given you all that you basically need to survive or live here (on earth). Yes! you heard me right, any other thing which you are longing for presently should be a supplement and it will be given to you by God in due course. ~Emeasoba George

God can't give you your mere wants at the expense of your basic needs like food/shelter. So, you've got to stop bothering him with your wants.

God can't give you your mere wants. Yes, what he promised to supply to you is your NEEDS scripture reference Philipians 4 :19 Q.E.D.

God doesn't/can't give you what/all you merely want. Rather, he does give you what/all you really need like your daily bread.

God is never concerned with the supply of our wants including yours. Yes, he is only concerned with the supply of your necessities.

You may never acquire and use everything that you want in life. But guess what? You do have access to your basic and daily needs or rather the five necessities of life (food, water, clothing, air and shelter). And that is a logical reason why you should always thank God Almighty everyday come what may. ~Emeasoba George

You may never acquire and use everything that you want in life. But guess what? You do have access to your basic and daily needs or rather the five necessities of life (food, water, clothing, air and shelter). And that is a reasonable reason why you should thank or appreciate God almighty everyday come what may.

That, right now, is enough.

God gave a Loaf to every Bird—But just a Crumb—to Me—

We are not now concerned with perfection or excellence; we seek only for simple fitness and bare competency.