Quotes about Surrender

I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached a bottom where you've run out of any more good ideas or plans for everybody else's behavior; or how to save and fix and rescue; or just get out of a huge mess, possibly of your own creation.

I believe in one principle: Do your work and leave the rest to God.

Let no one profess to trust in God, and yet lay up for future wants, otherwise the Lord will first send him to the hoard he has amassed, before He can answer the prayer for more.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

If you want to make God laugh, then tell him your plans!

Pain and suffering are frequently the means by which we become motivated to finally surrender to God and to seek the cure of Christ.

I've noticed that two prayers in particular are among the riskiest a person can pray. [...] "God, open my eyes to who you really are, and then I'll open my life to you." [...] "God, here I am, fully submitted to you; use me as you have never used me before.

we can't be filled with the power of God until we let go of the false pretense that we can get by on our own.

even if I were to actually lose everything - my house, my finances, my friends, my reputation, my position - it really wouldn't matter in the end, because I would still have God's grace. I would still be the Father's adopted and beloved son. And that would be enough.

Followership starts with Jesus, stays with Jesus, goes with Jesus, and ends with Jesus.

Christ does not say to me, "Be yourself." He says, "Be with me." BROTHER ROGER OF TAIZÉ