Quotes about Dependency

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.

WORSHIP IS …not just a song, it's a way of life. It's not just for musicians and good singers, it's for everyone. It's not just 20 minutes once a week. It's an ongoing daily attitude that reminds us of His greatness and our dependency upon Him.

Having the fear of God means you have such a love and reverence for God that you are afraid of what life would be like without Him.

We expect God's love to be all nice and neatly packaged. But He'll do what He has to in order to draw us to that place where we need Him. Know Him. Are overwhelmed by His lover for us.

One of the most conspicuous modes of escape is alcoholism, which is now a national catastrophe.

We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived.

What began as an apparently harmless pastime has ended up as a frightening, overpowering addiction or obsession.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

We are to enjoy what we have while we have it, but we are never to get to the point where we think we could not love without it.

And now she's a parasite, living off her host. If he makes a mistake, she made the mistake.

May all that I know apart from You be nothing more than a chance traveling companion on the journey toward You.

And that's the way the Father of Jesus is: He loves those most who need Him most, who rely on Him, depend upon Him and trust Him in everything. Little He cares whether you've been as pure as St. John or as sinful as the prostitute in Simon the Pharisee's house. All that matters is trust. It seems to me that learning how to trust God defines the meaning of Christian living. God doesn't wait until we have our moral life in order before He starts loving us.