Quotes about Reliance
we can't be filled with the power of God until we let go of the false pretense that we can get by on our own.
- Lee Strobel
Turn to God for help not as a last resort, but as a first priority.
- Lee Strobel
even if I were to actually lose everything - my house, my finances, my friends, my reputation, my position - it really wouldn't matter in the end, because I would still have God's grace. I would still be the Father's adopted and beloved son. And that would be enough.
- Lee Strobel
Faith is only as good as the one in whom it's invested.
- Lee Strobel
If you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?
- Lewis Carroll
Spiritual leadership is knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to get them there by God's means in reliance on God's power.
- John Piper
A spiritual Christian should welcome any burden which the Lord brings his way.
- Watchman Nee
Leaving you defenceless against the full consciousness of the fact that you can't do without your fellow humans, and that, when you're with them, they make you sick.
- Aldous Huxley
Living for Christ is a day-to-day going on with Him. It is a continuous dependence upon the Spirit of God. It is believing in His faithfulness.
- Billy Graham
The giant step in the walk of faith is the one we take when we decide God no longer is a part of our lives. He IS our life.
- Beth Moore
Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another.
- Brennan Manning
One of the disconcerting facts about the spiritual life is that God takes you at your word.
- Dorothy Day