Quotes about Reliance

I don't know how people pray who don't believe in the sovereignty of God to do the impossible. Because all the things I want to happen are impossible. If they're possible I'll do them.

Father, forgive us for relying on our wisdom, strength, energy, and ideas rather than abiding in You and seeking You first. Help us lay aside anything that hinders us from pursuing Your best. Help us prioritize prayer and devote ourselves to it in our personal lives, our families, and our churches. Make our churches truly houses of prayer for all nations. Revive us again, O Lord. Help us walk by Your strength and bring You great glory in our generation. In Jesus' name, amen.

When we receive God's gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.

Without Me you can do nothing"… nothing.

Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God.

By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being.

It was true, I took too much for granted; I trusted fate, back then.

They told us to depend on memory, because nothing written down could be relied on. The Spirit travels from mouth to mouth, not from thing to thing: books could be burnt, paper crumbles away, computers could be destroyed. Only the spirit lives forever, and the Spirit isn't a thing.

Those who live by electronics die by electronics. Sic semper tyrannis.

Every time I surrender to stress, aren't I advertising the unreliability of God?

No one can pray and worry at the same time. When we worry, we aren't praying. When we pray, we aren't worrying.

I've gotten endless signs of the greatness of God's love and hilarious care, but I always end up needing a newer sign, maybe one that is cuter and more spangly.