Self-emptying Quotes

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.

even God could do nothing for someone already full. You have to be completely empty to let Him in to do what He will.

A sacrifice to be real must cost, must hurt, must empty ourselves.

The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.

God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.

We must free ourselves to be filled by God. Even God cannot fill what is full.

It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents, to bow His head beneath the Baptist's hands, to endure the weakness of the flesh, and to submit to death even upon the cross

Healthy mysticism praises acts of letting go, of being emptied, of getting in touch with the space inside and expanding this until it merges with the space outside. Space meeting space; empty pouring into empty. Births happen from that encounter with emptiness, nothingness. . . . Let us not fight emptiness and nothingness, but allow it to penetrate us even as we penetrate it.

The humility of Jesus can be seen in the crib, in the exile to Egypt, in the hidden life, in the inability to make people understand Him, in the desertion of His apostles, in the hatred of His persecutors, in all the terrible suffering and death of His Passion, and now in His permanent state of humility in the tabernacle, where He has reduced Himself to such a small particle of bread that the priest can hold Him with two fingers. The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.

It is not enough to know the Son of God in the Father's nature only, unless we acknowledge Him in what is ours without withdrawal of what is His own. For that self-emptying, which He underwent for man's restoration, was the dispensation of compassion, not the loss of power. For, though by the eternal purpose of God there was 'no other name under heaven given to men whereby they must be saved' (Acts 4:12), the Invisible made His substance visible, the Intemporal temporal, the Impassable passable: not that power might sink into weakness, but that weakness might pass into indestructible power.

Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.

I honor those who try to rid themselves of any lying, who empty the self and have only clear being there.

Until man is nothing, God can make nothing of him. - Martin Luther

God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.

It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.

What a relief to be empty! Then God can live your life.

If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.

As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.

God made the world from nothing, and if we can be nothing, then God can make something of us.

I did feel that a part of my work was to empty myself out and let it move through me.

Before there can be fullness there must be emptiness. Before God can fill us with Himself we must first be emptied of ourselves.

Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.

We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.

What is my task? First of all, my task is to be pleasing to Christ. To be empty of self and be filled with Himself. To be filled with the Holy Spirit; to be led by the Holy Spirit.

Let us remain as empty as possible so that God can fill us up.