“Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess You have given me. I surrender it all to You to be disposed of according to Your will. Give me only Your love and Your grace; with these I will be rich enough, and will desire nothing more.” GivingEnoughWholeDesireGivenUnderstandingMemoriesLibertyLordRichGraceGive MeSurrenderCatholicism Author:Ignatius of Loyola
“That prayer which does not succeed in moderating our wishes--in changing the passionate desire into still submission, the anxious, tumultuous expectation into silent surrender--is no true prayer, and proves that we have not the spirit of true prayer.” DoeStillsSpiritDesireWishPrayerSucceedProveExpectationsSilentPassionateSurrenderAnxiousSubmissionPassionate Desire Book:Sermons ... Source: Sermons ...
“Artificiality is one curse that will drop away the moment we kneel at Jesus' feet and surrender ourselves to His meekness. Then we will not care what people think of us so long as God is pleased. Then what we are will be everything; what we appear will take its place far down the scale of interest for us. Apart from sin we have nothing of which to be ashamed. Only an evil desire to shine makes us want to appear other than we are.” PeopleThinkingWantLongMomentsCareDesireEvilJesusInterestSinFeetShiningScalesSurrenderCurseAshamedMeeknessArtificiality Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Plunge into the world, and then, after a time, when you have suffered and enjoyed all that is in it, will renunciation come; then will calmness come. So fulfill your desire for power and everything else, and after you have fulfilled the desire, will come the time when you will know that they are all very little things; but until you have fulfilled this desire, until you have passed through that activity, it is impossible for you to come to the state of calmness, serenity, and self-surrender.” KnowsWorldLittlesSelfStatesDesireImpossibleActivitySurrenderEnjoyedLittle ThingsSerenityFulfilledCalmnessPlungeRenunciationDesire For Power Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Commit yourself then to God! He will be your guide. He Himself will travel with you, as we are told He did with the Israelites, to bring them step by step across the desert to the promised land. Ah! what will be your blessedness, if you will but surrender yourself into the hands of God, permitting Him to do whatever He will, not according to your desires, but according to His own good pleasure?” IfsHandsDesirePleasureStepsLandTrustGuidesSurrenderCommitDesertHands Of GodPromised LandBlessedness Book:Spiritual Progress Source: Spiritual Progress