Quotes about Faithful Surrender
When we give away our rights and surrender our wills, when we give our obedience, our return is "good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over.
- KP Yohannan
I gave up what I can't keep for something I can never lose.
- Francine Rivers
The only One who has a right to shape our lives is Jesus Christ. We must determine to allow nothing and no one to shape us, not even our personal experiences, unless they are consistent with the promises of God.
- Francis Frangipane
If we really knew the God of Jesus, we would stop trying to control and manipulate others "for their own good," knowing full well that this is not how God works among His people. —The Signature of Jesus
- Brennan Manning
If you have a heart for living God's way, you will want to ensure that your life is answerable to him (Ps. 25:4-5).
- Henry Blackaby
We don't choose what we will do for God; He invites us to join Him where He wants to involve us.
- Henry Blackaby
Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.
- Kathleen Norris
Outside of the will of god, there is nothing I want. And in the will of god there is nothing I fear.
- AW Tozer
We must understand then, that even though God doesn't always give us what we want, He always gives us what we need for our salvation.
- St. Augustine
Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be.
- Oscar Romero
To holiness, in accepting willingly whatsoever is sent by the Divine Providence
- Marcus Aurelius
For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?'
- Elisabeth Elliot