Quotes about Reliance

The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling.

Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.

It is only as we know God in this personal way that we come to trust Him.

The prayer of a Christian is not an attempt to force God's hand, but a humble acknowledgment of helplessness and dependence. When we are on our knees, we know that it is not we who control the world; it is not in our power, therefore, to supply our needs by our own independent efforts; every good thing that we desire for ourselves and for others must be sought from God, and will come, if it comes at all, as a gift from His hands.3

Regardless of the nature of the circumstances, we must learn to trust God if we would glorify God in them.

we are to establish our beliefs by the Bible, not by our experiences.

Confidence in the sovereignty of God in all that affects us is crucial to our trusting Him. if there is a single event in all of the universe that can occur outside of God's sovereign control, then we cannot trust Him.

The main thing is our attitude. We can pray earnestly to God for relief and still be submissive to Him regarding the outcome.

We as Christians should put our trust in God, not in our nation's armaments.

We are just as dependent on God when the physician diagnoses a routine illness and prescribes a successful medication. We are just as dependent when the paycheck comes regularly and all our material needs are met.

God's providence clearly affirms that we can trust God.

This does not mean our country should discharge all our military personnel and mothball our ships and tanks. It means we should not trust in them.