Who do you depend on?

This week I had to give another speech for my Communication as Christian Rhetoric Class (fancy seminary name for speech class). I decided to go with the topic of self-reliance vs. dependence upon God. I discussed how self-reliance was the normal and accepted cultural value...sounds like "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" and "I'm a self-made man". And then I explained how in looking at the Biblical narrative we see something much different, the value of utter dependence upon God. In doing research for this I found an interesting quote in Ronnie Floyd's book, How To Pray. It was short but powerful: "Prayer occurs when you depend on God. Prayerlessness occurs when you depend on yourself." I have not been able to get this one out of my head since earlier this week. It has become sort of the "litmus test" of my own dependence upon God.