ABANDONMENT   See also Consecration; Submission; zeal

放下自己

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

William Booth 1829-1912

一個人能力的大小,是衡量他順服程度的量尺。

卜威廉 - 原為英國循道會牧師,救世軍創始人

I have this day been before God and have given myself - all that I have and am - to God; so that I am in no respect my own. I have given myself clean away.

Jonathan Edwards 1703-1758

那日,我曾將全人所有獻予上帝,故此,我輕看所有,因我已經完全擺上,一無保留。

約拿單愛德華滋 - 美公理會神學家,附從加爾文,重道德責任。

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ.

David Livingstone 1813-1873

若非用在基督國度,全我所有盡皆無益。

大衛李溫斯敦 - 倫敦會宣教師,終生獻身於非洲,使非洲進於文明,受基督化。

Before we can pray, 'Thy kingdom come', we must be willing to pray, 'My kingdom go'.

Alan Redpath

在我們能夠禱告「你的國降臨」之前,我們必須願意禱告「我的國度挪開」。

黎沛 - 當代基督徒作家

Christianity is the total commitment of all I know of me to all I know of Jesus Christ.

William Temple 1881-1944

基督教就是將盡我所知的自己,獻予盡我所知的耶穌基督。

湯樸威廉 - 英國約克大主教,坎特伯利大主教,大公教會領袖

Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were an offering far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.

Isaac Watts 1674-1748

若得萬物獻主為報,難償深恩,仍嫌為少;主愛如此聖善奇妙,合獻身心,全力圖效。

華滋 - 聖詩作家,英不從國教派的牧師。