“A deep sense of sin, a humble willingness to be saved in God's way, a teachable readiness to give up our own prejudices when a more excellent way is shown, these are the principal things. These things the two disciples possessed, and therefore our Lord "went with them" and guided them into all truth.” WayGivingTwoSinLordGiving UpPrejudiceHumbleSavedExcellentWillingnessPossessedPrincipalDiscipleOur LordReadinessTeachable Book:Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke Source: Bible Commentary - The Gospel of Luke
“People told me to give up trying to be special and settle down to a regular life. There ain't nothing wrong with a regular life, and that's the Lord's truth...but it wasn't for me, because I wanted to be something special. I knew how easy it was for a dream to die. I seen that all around me. You could let it die by just looking the other way.” PeopleWayGivingTryingDreamWantedDiesEasyLordSpecialGiving UpSettlingSomething SpecialSettling Down Author:Walter Dean Myers
“To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.” GivingSoulLostLosesUnitedLordGiving Up Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“It is a great tragedy when those who are afflicted with adversity or a source of hopelessness turn their backs on prayer. To their peril, they ignore that spiritual lifeline just at the time when their attention to it most needs to be intensified. By so doing they cut themselves of from revelation and inspiration and deprive themselves of hearing the Lord's voice. They give up the prospect of gaining the very hope and comfort for which their hearts yearn.” NeedsGivingHeartInspirationSpiritualTurnsVoicePrayerAttentionLordCuttingSourceComfortGiving UpTragedyAdversityHearingRevelationsSpiritual LifeHopelessnessPerilGreat TragedyLifelines Author:David S. Baxter
“There are plenty to follow our Lord half-way, but not the other half. They will give up possessions, friends and honors, but it touches them to closely to disown themselves.” WayGivingHalfLordHonorGiving UpPossessionPlentyOur LordOther HalfHalf Way Author:Meister Eckhart
“It would be easy to show that at our present rate of progress the kingdoms of this world never could become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ. Indeed, many in the Church are giving up the idea of it except on the occasion of the advent of Christ, which, as it chimes in with our own idleness, is likely to be a popular doctrine. I myself believe that King Jesus will reign, and the idols be utterly abolished. . . . The Holy Ghost would never suffer the imputation to rest upon His holy name that He was not able to convert the world.” WorldGivingBelieveIdeasShowsWould BeAbleSufferingJesusNamesEasyChristChurchLordProgressThis WorldKingsHolyGiving UpRateGhostKingdomsDoctrineOccasionsIdolsReignIdlenessOur LordHoly GhostAdventChimes Author:Charles Spurgeon
“Let him never cease from prayer, who has once begun to pray, even though his life is ever so bad. For prayer is the only way to amend one's life and without prayer it will never be mended. Let him not be tempted of the devil, as I was, to give up prayer on account of one's unworthiness. Let such a one rather believe that if he will only repent and pray, our Lord will still hear and answer.” IfsWayGivingBelieveStillsLife IsPrayerAnswersLordPrayingGiving UpDevilAccountsCeaseTemptedRepentOur Lord Author:Teresa of Avila