Quotes about Surrender

It is a great thing when I discover I am no longer my own but His. If the ten shillings in my pocket belong to me, then I have full authority over them. But if they belong to another who has committed them to me in trust, then I cannot buy what I please with them, and I dare not lose them. Real Christian life begins with knowing this.

He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord - including darkness, dryness, flatness - and completely disregard self is he who lives for Him." -

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.