Quotes about Surrender
To will and to run are mine, but they will cease to be mine unless God brings me His continual aid.
— Jerome
He wants people to become true Christians by following him, not just doing what he said but letting him live in our lives.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply to a holy lifestyle or a set of moral values ... offer yourselves to God, and in doing that commit yourselves to the pursuit of holiness in order to please Him.
— Jerry Bridges
Anxiety is a sin also because it is a lack of acceptance of God's providence in our lives.
— Jerry Bridges
Paul acknowledged what we must acknowledge if we are to trust God. God's plan and His way of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don't understand.
— Jerry Bridges
The daily experience of Christ's love is linked to our obedience to Him. It is not that His love is conditioned on our obedience. That would be legalism. But our experience of His love is dependent upon our obedience.
— Jerry Bridges
For an action to be truly obedient to God, it must be done from a motivation of genuine love and gratitude to Him.
— Jerry Bridges
Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.
— Jerry Bridges
God had brought a "crooked" event into my life, and I became acutely aware that only He could straighten it. Could I trust God whether or not He
— Jerry Bridges
Could I trust Him even if I didn't understand?
— Jerry Bridges
Yet, I acknowledge it often seems more difficult to trust God than to obey Him.
— Jerry Bridges
we reduce God's control over our lives to a stop-and-go, in-and-out proposition.
— Jerry Bridges