Quotes about Reliance
An important day in a young person's life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
— Pope John Paul II
True consecration to Christ simplifies life, for it leaves the management to Him.
— J. Sidlow Baxter
In life you have to rely on the past, and that's called history.
— Donald Trump
The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
— Watchman Nee
Without me you can do nothing.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
Faith itself has no merit; in fact, by its nature it is self-emptying. It involves our complete renunciation of any confidence in our own righteousness and a relying entirely on the perfect righteousness and death of Christ.
— Jerry Bridges
In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense.
— Jerry Bridges
If there is a single event in all of the universe that can occur outside of God's sovereign control, then we cannot trust Him.
— Jerry Bridges
The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling.
— Jerry Bridges
Christianity is not a do-it-yourself thing.
— Jerry Bridges
It is only as we know God in this personal way that we come to trust Him.
— Jerry Bridges
The prayer of a Christian is not an attempt to force God's hand, but a humble acknowledgment of helplessness and dependence. When we are on our knees, we know that it is not we who control the world; it is not in our power, therefore, to supply our needs by our own independent efforts; every good thing that we desire for ourselves and for others must be sought from God, and will come, if it comes at all, as a gift from His hands.3
— Jerry Bridges