Quotes about Dependence
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
- Luke 9:58
Give us each day our daily bread.
- Luke 11:3
In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
- John 16:26
Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”
- John 21:18
Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
- Acts 17:25
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- Romans 9:16
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
- 1 Corinthians 3:7
and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
- 1 Corinthians 7:31
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
- 1 Timothy 5:5
God...never again allow me to be satisfied with only my own company. [May I] never feel afraid of needing someone, or of suffering. For there is no suffering worse than the dark grey room where pain cannot reach...
- Paulo Coelho
True Christianity is nothing but the continual dependence upon God through Christ for all life, light, and virtue; and the false religion of Satan is to seek that goodness from any other source. So
- William Law