Quotes about Dependence
We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
— Jonathan Edwards
A bird will only eat from a hand it trusts.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Everything is a gift from God: it is only by recognizing this crucial dependence on the Creator that we will find freedom and peace.
— Pope Benedict XVI
This is how God works. He puts people in positions where they are desperate for his power, and then he shows his provision in ways that display his greatness.
— David Platt
The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.
— Oswald Chambers
To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect.
— John Owen
Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace.
— David Brainerd
Oh, if ever I get to heaven, it will be because God will, and nothing else; for I never did any thing of myself, but get away from God!
— David Brainerd
We must trust God with what we can't control.
— David Jeremiah
God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours.
— David Livingstone
God will give you anything as long as you understand that he is the primary and not the secondary.
— Bishop TD Jakes
I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. It doesn't change God - it changes me.
— CS Lewis