When God is all you have, then all you have, is all you need.
When a man has no strength, if he leans on God, he becomes powerful.
God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him.
I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God's timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted.
I see God as my heavenly father, like my earthly father, as loving and kind. Yes, he disciplined me, he helped me make good decisions, but I knew my dad was always there for me. If I made a mistake, I wouldn't run from my dad, I'd go to him.
God is always the last resource.
For I begin with writing the first sentence, — and trusting to Almighty God for the second.
Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.
Worry is the warning light that shows I’ve stopped looking to God to meet my needs.
When I began my pilgrimage I left the Los Angeles area without a cent, having faith that God would provide me with everything I needed. Although I have never asked for anything, God has provided me with everything along the way. Without ever asking for anything I've been supplied.
When the heart is once won to rest in God, to repose himself on him, he will assuredly satisfy it. He will never be as water that fails; nor hath he said at any time to the seed of Jacob, "Seek ye my face in vain." If Christ be chosen for the foundation of our supply, he will not fail us.
Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?
We cannot find God without God. We cannot reach God without God. We cannot satisfy God without God - which is another way of saying that all our seeking will fall short unless God starts and finishes the search. The decisive part of our seeking is not our human ascent to God, but His descent to us. Without God's descent there is no human ascent. The secret of the quest lies not in our brilliance but in His grace.
God provides for him that trusteth.
it must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or cleverness or by depending on the favor of men or by trusting in the notion of good luck, but that we should always expect the Lord to direct us to the lot he has provided for us.
God must do everything for us. Our part is to yield and trust
For it is better, with closed eyes, to follow God as our guide, than, by relying on our own prudence, to wander through those circuitous paths which it devises for us.
Be sure that those in whom you trust are led by God each day
The Lord continues to empty us in order to teach us to lay aside all self-reliance, that we may cling to Christ alone.
Put your expectations on God, not on people.
Frequently remind yourself that God is with you, that He will never fail you, that you can count upon him. Say these words, "God is with me, helping me."
True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.
We are nothing with all our gifts be they ever so great, except God assist us.
Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
God is pleased continually to vary His mode of dealing with us, in order that we may not be tempted to trust in donors, or in circumstances, but in Him alone, and to keep our eye fixed upon Him.
