“Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand. We must not surrender our positions or our values. The gospel of Jesus Christ and the covenants we have made inevitably cast us as combatants in the eternal contest between truth and error. there is no middle ground in that contest.” MadeValuesJesusChristMiddlePositionEternalCommitmentJesus ChristErrorsCastsSurrenderCompromiseContestsCovenantMeekContentionMiddle Ground Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“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
“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
“To be a disciple means forsaking everything to follow Jesus, unconditionally, putting our lives completely in His hands. When we say that we want to be His disciple, yet attach a list of conditions, Jesus refuses to accept our terms. His terms involve unconditional surrender.” WantMeanHandsJesusTermAcceptingOur LivesConditionsRefuseListsSurrenderDiscipleUnconditional Book:Stearns 2 in 1: The Hole in Our Gospel and Unfinished Source: Stearns 2 in 1: The Hole in Our Gospel and Unfinished
“God never forces a person's will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until that person willingly yields to Him. True surrender is a matter of being 'united together [with Jesus] in the likeness of His death' (Romans 6:5) until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him. And after you surrender--then what? Your entire life should be characterized by an eagerness to maintain unbroken fellowship and oneness with God.” ShouldPersonsMatterTogetherJesusForceWaitingUnitedSurrenderOnenessAppealsYieldFellowshipUnbrokenEagerness Author:Oswald Chambers
“Believing in the Jesus of the Bible makes life risky on a lot of levels because it is absolute surrender of every decision we make, every dollar we spend, our lives belong to another.” BelieveJesusDecisionLevelsOur LivesAbsolutesDollarsSurrenderDecisions We Make Author:David Platt
“This it is that gives a majesty so pure and touching to the historic figure of Christ; self-abandonment to God, uttermost surrender, without reserve or stipulation, to the guidance of the Holy Spirit from the Soul of souls; pause in no darkness; hesitation in no perplexity, recoil in no extremity of anguish, but a gentle unfaltering hold of the invisible Hand, of the Only Holy and All Good--these are the features that have made Jesus of Nazareth the dearest and most sacred image to the heart of so many ages.” GivingHeartMadeSoulSelfHandsAgeSpiritJesusChristDarknessFiguresHolyPureSacredSurrenderInvisibleGentleFeaturesGuidanceHoly SpiritTouchingReservesPausesAnguishHistoricMajestyAbandonmentHesitationExtremityPerplexityRecoilNazarethInvisible HandStipulations Book:A Martineau year book: Extracts from sermons Source: A Martineau year book: Extracts from 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
“Of course, none of this can happen for us until we give our lives back to God. We cannot know the joy or the life or the freedom of heart I've described until we surrender our lives to Jesus and surrender them totally... We turn, and give ourselves body, soul, and spirit back to God, asking him to cleanse our hearts and make them new. And he does. He gives us a new heart. And he comes to dwell there, in our hearts.” KnowsGivingHeartDoeSoulBodyHappensJoySpiritTurnsCoursesJesusOur LivesAskingSurrenderBody Soul And Spirit Author:John Eldredge