Quotes about Release

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed to hurt whatever it may be.

Dec. 31… "Let the past rest, but let it rest in the sweet embrace of Christ. Leave the broken, irreversible past in His hands, and step out into the invincible future with Him.

If you yourself do not cut the lines that tie you to the dock, God will have to use a storm to sever them and to send you out to sea.

If you do not cut the moorings, God will have to break them by a storm and send you out.

I no longer need to carry the burden of the past on my shoulders, so I am free to fully give myself to what God has called me to in the here and now.

Jesus demands everything, not just so we would submit to his control, but to free us from the control of things that were never designed to control us.

The cross teaches that you are not stuck, not cursed to pay forever for your past.

God brings his presence 'into the house', and we are called to release it back out into the world or the blessing will die.

Lord, help me let go of control. Help me die. Help me trust.

I need a place to let go and fall back from my familiar patterns and trust God to catch me.

The darkness does us a favor by exposing control as an illusion. When everything is removed, "Where can I take back some control here?" eventually ceases being the active question and is replaced with a plea: "Lord, help me let go of control. Help me die. Help me trust.