“Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one possibility: simple surrender and obedience - not interpreting or applying it, but doing and obeying it. That is the only way to hear his words. He does not mean for us to discuss it as an ideal. He really means for us to get on with it.” KnowsWayMeanDoeDifferentJesusSimpleChristianityPossibilityThousandIdealsSurrenderObedienceDifferent WaysSermonsReally MeanObeyingInterpretingSermon On The Mount Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“To have as one's ever-present friend, and to be conscious that one has as his ever-present friend, the Holy Spirit and to surrender one's life in all it's departments entirely to His control - this is true Christian living.” ChristianSpiritReligionChristianityHolyConsciousSurrenderHoly SpiritDepartmentChristian Living Book:THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Source: THE PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
“If Jesus is Lord then the only right response to him is surrender and obedience. He is Savior and he is Lord. We cannot separate his demands from his love. We cannot dissect Jesus and relate only to the parts that we like or need. Christ died so that we could be forgiven for managing our own lives. It would be impossible to thank Christ for dying and yet to continue running our own lives.” IfsNeedsWould BeRunningJesusChristChristianityLordImpossibleDyingDemandDiedResponseSurrenderChristian LifeRelateObedienceSaviorForgivenHis Love Author:Rebecca Pippert
“Christianity has always been against the flow of culture and continues to call us in the opposite direction of the way the world is heading. Instead of falling in love with ourselves, Christ followers are called to deny themselves. Instead of trusting in the power they possess, they are called to surrender to God's higher power. Instead of looking within for the answers in life, they are called to acknowledge that His ways are higher. The decision to follow Christ has always been an "all or nothing" decision. There's no way to stand up to the world while you're trying to straddle the fence.” WorldTryingFallCultureChristDecisionChristianityFalling In LoveSurrenderAcknowledgeFenceHigher Power Author:Matthew West
“The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the lower part of self, before there can be a birth to the nobler.” SelfDiesChristianityConditionsBirthPerfectionSurrenderWillingnessFrustratedEgocentricSelf Perfection Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Life can become once more a grand adventure if we will surrender it to god. He brings one adventure to an end, only to open another to us. With him we must be ready for anything.” IfsEndsFaithChristianityAdventureReadySurrender Author:Paul Tournier
“Religion today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral level of society; it is descending to society's own level, and congratulating itself that it has scored a victory because society is smilingly accepting its surrender.” PeopleTodaySinLevelsAcceptingMoralChristianityVictorySurrenderCompromiseTransformedTransformingDescendingReligion Today Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer