Christian Quotes on Surrendering
Just as a servant knows that he must first obey his master in all things, so the surrender to an implicit and unquestionable obedience must become the essential characteristic of our lives. ~ Andrew Murray
Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It’s a willingness to do what he wants you to do. ~ Billy Sunday
Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail you nothing if you’ve reformed a thousand times and have your name on fifty church records. ~ Billy Sunday
God has landed on this enemy-occupied world in human form. The perfect surrender and humiliation was undergone by Christ: perfect because He was God, surrender and humiliation because He was man. ~ C.S. Lewis
He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God: himself. ~ C.S. Lewis
The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender. ~ William Booth
The man or woman who is wholly or joyously surrendered to Christ can’t make a wrong choice – any choice will be the right one. ~ A.W. Tozer
If you seek to save your life, you will lose it. But if you will just surrender and just lose your life–for my sake you will find it. ~ T.D. Jakes
You cannot fulfill God’s purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans. ~ Rick Warren
Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ. ~ A.W. Tozer
The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us. ~ A.W. Tozer
God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything. ~ Bede Griffiths
Surrender your own poverty and acknowledge your nothingness to the Lord. Whether you understand it or not, God loves you, is present in you, lives in you, dwells in you, calls you, saves you and offers you an understanding and compassion which are like nothing you have ever found in a book or heard in a sermon. ~ Thomas Merton
Quotes On Overcoming Addictions
“Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.” ~ Bernard Edmonds
“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” ~ Bill Cosby
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles one has overcome trying to succeed.” ~ Booker T. Washington
“No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara ever turned light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.” ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
“You can’t take flight without looking up and letting go.” ~ She Who Weaves the Web
Two Wolves
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a
battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son,
The battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all.One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret,
greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment
Inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego.The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope,
serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence,
empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute
and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf wins?”The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
“Things do not change; we change.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” ~Mark Twain
“Who would have thought? The treatment for addiction is to want something better than your addictions (p. 3)… You do your addiction because you like it. Maybe you want to change, but at the same time, you don’t want to change. You are caught between wanting to trust God and wanting to be God. Acknowledge this and you are walking in the right direction (p. 14)… You addiction went from being a friend to a lover to a slave-master (p. 25)… Right now [as you leave your addiction] it feels like you are giving things up. But in reality you are inheriting a new kingdom (p. 28).” ~ Edward T. Welch in Crossroads: A Step-by-Step Guide Away from Addiction
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~ Albert Einstein
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is though everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein
“You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings.” ~ Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845)
“Your altitude is determined by your attitude” ~ Unknown
“Those who follow the crowd are quickly lost in it.” ~ Unknown
“What you become is more important than what you accomplish.” ~ Unknown
“The deepest human defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.” ~ Ashley Montagu (June 28, 1905, London, England – November 26, 1999, Princeton, New Jersey)
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles one has overcome trying to succeed.” ~ Booker T. Washington
Inspirational quotes on disability and overcoming
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically. ~ Stephen Hawking
“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” ~ Bethany Hamilton
“If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If YOU fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters HOW you are going to FINISH. Are you going to finish strong?” ~ Nick Vujicic
“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” ~ Helen Keller
“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” ~ Christopher Reeve
“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.” ~ Helen Keller
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.” ~ Albert Einstein
“The difference between those who fail and those who succeed is largely perseverance. Never quit.” ~ Charles Schwab
“Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking your potential. ~ Winston Churchill
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. ~ Thomas Edison
“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” ~ Walt Disney
“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.” ~ George Patton
I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me. ~ Philippians 4:13
Andrew Murray quotes
“Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised. It is to have a blessed home in the Lord, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and am at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is trouble.”
~ Andrew Murray“Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you.”
~ Andrew Murray, Humility“Here is the path to the higher life: down, lower down! Just as water always seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds men abased and empty, His glory and power flow in to exalt and to bless.” ~ Andrew Murray, Humility
“Answered prayer is the interchange of love between the Father and His child.” ~ Andrew Murray
“Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!” ~ Andrew Murray
“A dead Christ I must do everything for; a living Christ does everything for me.” ~ Andrew Murray, Jesus Himself
“God has a plan for His Church upon earth. But alas! we too often make our plan, and we think that we know what ought to be done. We ask God first to bless our feeble efforts, instead of absolutely refusing to go unless God go before us.” ~ Andrew Murray, Absolute Surrender
“The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will be the blessing that prayer will bring to myself. No one ever loses by what he sacrifices to the Father.” ~ Andrew Murray
“God cannot hear the prayers on our lips often because the desires of our heart after the world cry out to Him much more strongly and loudly than the our desires for Him.” ~ Andrew Murray
“Humility is the displacement of self by the enthronement of God.” ~ Andrew Murray, Humility
“Humility is nothing but the disappearance of self in the vision that God is all.” ~ Andrew Murray, Humility
“The great thing in prayer is to feel that we are putting our supplications into the bosom of omnipotent love.” ~ Andrew Murray
Quotes By Billy Graham
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with. ~ Billy Graham
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith. ~ Billy Graham
Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death. ~ Billy Graham
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. ~ Billy Graham
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. ~ Billy Graham
The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.’ ~ Billy Graham
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’ ~ Billy Graham
Make sure of your commitment to Jesus Christ, and seek to follow Him every day. Don’t be swayed by the false values and goals of this world, but put Christ and His will first in everything you do. ~ Billy Graham
Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent. ~ Billy Graham
God’s mercy and grace give me hope – for myself, and for our world. ~ Billy Graham
Christian Quotes On Trials
Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. ~ Charles Spurgeon
We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
To learn strong faith is to endure great trials. I have learned my faith by standing firm amid severe testings.
~ George MuellerGod has a purpose for trials and testings. ~ Warren Wiersbe
If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened. ~ George Mueller
Let the trials of life make you a giant, not a midget. ~ Warren Wiersbe
In any trial, in any bitter situation, you are not alone, you are not helpless, you are not a victim. You have a tree, a cross, shown to you by the Sovereign God of Calvary. Whatever the trial or temptation, it is not more than you can bear. It is bearable. It can be handled. You can know as Joseph knew, “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive” (Genesis 50:20). ~ Kay Arthur
Keep God’s covenant in your trials; hold you by His blessed word, and sin not; flee anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting; forgive a hundred pence to your fellow-servant, because your Lord hath forgiven you ten thousand talents: for, I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin, and offend your Lord, in your sufferings. ~ Samuel Rutherford
Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. ~ John Newton
We are so easily entangled in earthly affairs and so easily consumed with the desire for those things that do not last. We will not live on this earth forever, so even our trials should be viewed in the light of eternity. ~ Theodore Epp
Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord; that chastisements are a token of His love; that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings, are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work for his everlasting good; and that grace and strength shall be afforded him, according to his need. ~ John Newton