Quotes about Surrender

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

Often God will send us what we need in a package we don't want. Why? To let us know He's God and we cannot second-guess Him. We cannot search for answers merely with our heads; we must seek Him and His provision with our hearts. Scripture cannot be interpreted from our limited human mental understanding. There must be a breath of the Spirit of God. He alone gives wise counsel and correct application.

True worship is revealed by who we obey, not who we sing to.

The more he cast away the more he had.

If we are not our own, but the Lord's, it is clear to what purpose all our deeds must be directed. We are not our own, therefore neither our reason nor our will should guide us in our thoughts and actions. We are not our own, therefore we should not seek what is only expedient to the flesh. We are not our own, therefore let us forget ourselves and our own interests in as far as possible.

He who lives by faith does not have life in himself; he flees to God because he does not possess it.

Anyone who cannot bear to lay hold of God as he comes down to him will still less soar up to him beyond the clouds.

First of all, then, in striving for either convenience or tranquility in this present life, Scripture calls us to resign our wills and everything that is our to the Lord, and to turn the affections of our hearts over to Him to be tamed and bridled.

Therefore by the example of Abram, entire self-renunciation is enjoined, that we may live and die to God alone.

Whoever wishes to have the half of Christ, loses   the whole.

We are not our own, therefore let us forget ourselves and our own interests as far as possible.

If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God.