Quotes about Surrender

God doesn't want us to rescue our children. He's the Rescuer.

But so long as we are occupied with any other object than God Himself, there will be neither rest for the heart nor peace for the mind. But when we receive all that enters our lives as from His hand, then, no matter what may be our circumstances or surroundings—whether in a hovel, a prison-dungeon, or a martyr's stake—we shall be enabled to say, "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places" (Ps. 16:6).

To ask for anything contrary to His will is not prayer, but rank rebellion.

What's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did.

The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.

I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

The word 'grace' means after we must have done everything humanly possible, we must leave the issue with God. That is grace.

To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need to be relevant, and to trust ever more deeply the Word of God.

My word will never be as strong as God's word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.

Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail you nothing if you've reformed a thousand times and have your name on fifty church records.

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.

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