Quotes about Dependence

My portion. My cup. My lot is secure. My heart can be at peace. My Father is in charge. How simple!

If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!

Prayer is an acknowledgement of your dependence on God and His direction for your life.

Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.

You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know him as a necessity.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

My weakness, that is, my quadriplegia, is my greatest asset because it forces me into the arms of Christ every single morning when I get up.

An adult human can last 40 days without food, a week without any sleep, three days without water, but only five minutes without air. Yet nothing is more taken for granted than the air we breathe. However, not just any air will do - it must be exquisitely designed to meet our needs. Too little oxygen in the atmosphere will kill us, as will too much.

I have an interesting perspective on depending on others. I think it gives people a chance to serve. And I'm not so much big on independence, as I am on interdependence. I'm not talking about co-dependency, I'm talking about giving people the opportunity to practicing love with its sleeves rolled up.

A weak hand may receive a rich jewel. A few grapes will show that the plant is a vine, and not a thorn. It is one thing to be deficient in grace, and another thing to lack grace altogether. God knows we have nothing of ourselves

Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him.

Whenever you feel weak, God is reminding you to depend on him.