E. Stanley Jones Quotes

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my life. He said, "The one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything." Never to be afraid of anything, even death, which, after all, is but that final breakthrough into the open, waiting, outstretched arms of Abba.

Worrying is trying to figure out what to do to save yourself rather than trusting in God for deliverance.

Let go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

The more you try to grip control of your life the more God's gonna untangle that from you. He's going to make things go where you have to rely on Him.

I am totally in the hands of the Lord.

You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the other hand, you trust yourself to the water and let go, you will float. And this is exactly the situation of faith.

There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.

We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest, and He packs our life with surprises all the time.... Leave the whole thing to Him, it is gloriously uncertain how He will come in, but He will come.

Do I believe that God can change bitter circumstances into sweet blessing? Am I willing to let Him?

Do your best and let God do the rest.

Remove any of your fear with faith. Trust the power of God to guide you.

It's amazing what we lose in life by listening to fear, instead of listening to God.

Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.

I let go of my need to control and allow the Universe to do her thing.

Either we will spend our lives trying to take care of ourselves or we will let go and let God take care of us as we put our faith and trust in Him.

God wants to cast out the fear and doubt in your life. Go before Him right now and say, "Lord, this is what I am afraid of ..."

Put yourself in God’s hands and you can’t go wrong.

We must trust God with what we can't control.

I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.

I say, don't try to fight your own battles because God will do it.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.

Do your best and leave the rest to God.