Jesus has no intention of helping anyone live a better life. He only had one intention and that is to totally kill you. And then live in your place. That is the only deal on the table.
– Alan Vincent –
Surrender
Beside the Shepherd – AW Tozer
The only safe place for sheep is by the side of the shepherd, because the devil does not fear sheep; he just fears the shepherd.
– AW Tozer –
from A Man of God
You can’t surrender in an instant – Elisabeth Elliot
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
The Benefit of Waiting – Charles Spurgeon
If the Lord Jehovah makes us wait, let us do so with our whole hearts; for blessed are all they that wait for Him. He is worth waiting for. The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes. The Lord’s people have always been a waiting people.
– Charles Spurgeon –
Seek the Lowest Place – Andrew Murray
Just as water ever seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds you abased and empty, His glory and power flow in.
– Andrew Murray –
A Life Surrendered to God – AW Pink
Taking up my “cross” means a life voluntarily surrendered to God.
– AW Pink –
Perfectly Trust the Lord – Hannah Whitall Smith
If we will only surrender ourselves utterly to the Lord, and will trust Him perfectly, we shall find our souls “mounting up with wings as eagles” to the “heavenly places” in Christ Jesus, where earthly annoyances or sorrows have no power to disturb us.
– Hannah Whitall Smith –
What Do You Surrender To? – CS 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.
– CS Lewis –
Take Our Stand at the Cross – AT Pierson
We take our stand at the cross and consent to be nailed to it, voluntarily, actually; to submit to the pain whereby the flesh dies; the hands are pierced that carnal work may no longer be done in the energy of the flesh; the feet are pierced that no longer we may walk according to the flesh; the brow is pierced with the thorn crown that our head may not any longer be held up for human diadems and fading laurel wreaths …
– AT Pierson –
