Quotes about Surrender

Christ removed self as the force in His perfect life. It was, 'Not my will, but thine be done.'

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

When you surrender to God, He makes things happen.

Love fills and empties simultaneously. It makes us reach out to God, ready to be pruned, recklessly desiring whatever the cost. It soothes the aching heart and then makes it thirst for more.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

Initially, when I first became a Christian and got into ministry, my thought was that God existed to make my life better and to take me to Heaven. Now I realize that it is not about me at all. It is all about God and that He did this to display His plan to restore the Earth to the Garden of Eden state.

Take all away. I am content to know Such love is mine-for life is all too brief To grieve for pleasures bringing only grief; Give me but You; it is enough just so.

The freedom to do only what God wants, and accept whatever God sends us.

Love that only which happens to thee and is spun with the thread of thy destiny. For what is more suitable? In

To holiness, in accepting willingly whatsoever is sent by the Divine Providence

Sexual ecstasy is like death. It is one of the secrets of nature's wisdom.

Willingly therefore, and wholly surrender up thyself unto that fatal concatenation, yielding up thyself unto the fates, to be disposed of at their pleasure.