Quotes About Submission

When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.

Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule. Christ wanted to bring men to where He was. The devil wanted to be above men.

When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes a quest, in that movement God endows us with power.

Faith begins where the will of God is known

his message was always succinct and startling: 'If ever I utter the words I think,' he declared on one occasion, 'I hope the people will go to sleep and remain asleep until I have done with thinking. We are not here to give our thoughts, but God's words.' Manly

Always fiercely independent, Ruth's ailment now made her dependent on others—a situation she found hard to bear. Now she had to learn the lessons of submission in times of suffering, and to seek deliverance from

If ever I utter the words I think,' he declared on one occasion, 'I hope the people will go to sleep and remain asleep until I have done with thinking. We are not here to give our thoughts, but God's words.

Research says that 80 per cent of all submitted manuscripts are rejected, and I have no reason to doubt it. But ask yourself exactly what category (or categories) yours may have fallen into – what pigeonhole.

Bambi was inspired, and said trembling, "There is Another who is over us all, over us and over Him.

What do you want? What do you know about it? What are you talking about? Everything belongs to Him, just as I do. But I, I love Him. I worship Him, I serve Him. Do you think you can oppose Him, poor creatures like you? He's all-powerful. He's above all of you. Everything we have comes from Him. Everything that lives or grows comes from Him.

The only freedom the gods grant usIs this: to submitOf our own free will to their sovereignty.We should do just that,Since only in the illusion of freedomDoes freedom exist.

I now place my personal will upon the altar. Your will, not my will; Your way not my way; Your time not my time—and in the twinkling of an eye it is done!

She was standing at the door defenseless, dressed like a queen and yet completely vulnerable and submissive, her pride relinquished. She had exposed herself in an act of pure courage, and that made him love her even more.

Acceptance is a deceptive word. It suggests compliance, a consenting to my condition and to who I have become. This form of acceptance is often seen as weakness, submission. We say I accept my punishment. Or I accept your decision. But such assent, while passive in essence, does provide the stable, rocklike foundation for coping with a condition that will not go away. It is a powerful passivity, the Zen of Illness, that allows for endurance.

Thus men, according to Bossuet, derive nothing from themselves; patriotism, wealth, inventions, husbandry, science—all come to them by the operation of the laws, or by kings. All they have to do is to be passive.

Porque también entonces se puede decir que la tiranía, en el fondo, es la construcción de una sumisión piramidal

Every area of our lives is to be under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. And that means the searchlight of God's Word must penetrate every corner of our lives.

Don't miss what the Lord has in store for those who love Him and are willing to let Him be the Master of their lives.

Joy is not gush; Joy is not jolliness. Joy is simply perfect acquiescence in God's will, because the soul delights itself in God Himself.

The greatest barrier to knowing God's will is simply that we want to run our own lives. Our problem is that a battle is going on in our hearts—a battle between our wills and God's will.

What greater glory can we anticipate than to stand before the throne of God, to humble ourselves before His great and incomparable majesty.

Submission . . . involves getting rid of everything which hinders God's control over our lives.

God knows far better than we do what is best for us. Thank God even when He says "No" or "Wait." His answer is always perfect.

We can be convicted of sin—we can pray and confess our sin—we can repent—but the real test is our willingness to obey.