Quotes about Surrender
The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will the blessing be that prayer will bring to myself.
— Andrew Murray
Resolve: "I will engage in a religious life only for the love of God; and I will endeavor to act only for Him; whatever becomes of me I will always continue to act purely for the love of God.
— Andrew Murray
The effective prayer of faith comes from a life given up to the will and the love of God. Not as a result of what I try to be when praying, but because of what I am when I'm not praying, is my prayer answered by God.
— Andrew Murray
There is but one way of being delivered from this life of self. We must follow Christ, set our hearts upon Him, listen to His teachings, give ourselves up every day, that He may be all to us, and by the power of Christ the denial of self will be a blessed, unceasing reality.
— Andrew Murray
The life God gives is not all at once, but moment by moment, through the unceasing operation of His mighty power.
— Andrew Murray
Come and let us flee to Jesus, and hide ourselves in Him until we be clothed upon with His humility.
— Andrew Murray
As we give ourselves entirely to God for His work, we will feel that nothing less than these great promises is what we need. Nothing less is what we may confidently expect.
— Andrew Murray
The doing of God's will would then be, instead of exhausting, our meat and drink, our nourishment and refreshment and strength. The LORD is good unto them that
— Andrew Murray
Abiding in the Vine then comes to be nothing more or less than the restful surrender of the soul to let Christ have all and work all
— Andrew Murray
O let us listen to Christ in Gethsemane, as He calls, If ye abide in me, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.' Being of one mind and spirit with Him in His giving up everything to God's will, living like Him in obedience and surrender to the Father; this is abiding in Him; this is the secret of power in prayer.
— Andrew Murray
Faith is obedience at home and looking to the Master; obedience is faith going out to do His will.
— Andrew Murray
A dead Christ, I must do everything for; a living Christ does everything for me.
— Andrew Murray