Quotes about Surrender

Attempting to follow Him without denying the self is the root of all failures.

The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.

Worship Him in love and obedience, with your whole life.

Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 2 Corinthians 12:9, NLT

We can entrust our life into His hands. Jesus also teaches us the most important prayer any of us can utter: Your will, O God.

Since Jesus went through everything you're going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you'll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want. 1 Peter 4:1—2, THE MESSAGE

One thing I do know is that when I hold on tightly to the old things, God cannot fill my hands with the new.

One of the marvelous results of obedience is that we actually get to receive and experience the "everything good" that is from God to us.

Working for love instead of from love is the result of making self the God of your heart.

The line in this song that slayed me the first time I heard it, and slays me every time I hear it, is 'I cannot explain the way that You came to love me, except to say that nothing is beyond You.

He had let go of the need to earn God's love

There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." All that are in hell, choose it.