Quotes About Submission

La distancia más corta entre tú y Dios es la misma que hay entre tus rodillas y el suelo.

All of us want to do amazing things for God, but that isn't our job; it is God's job. Our job is simply to consecrate ourselves by yielding our will to His will. And if we do our job, God will do His job.

Dale a Jesús un control editorial absoluto sobre tu vida. Tienes que renunciar a tratar de escribir tu propia historia. Y necesitas aceptar a Jesús, no solo como Señor y Salvador, sino también como Autor.

We need to work like it depends on us, but we also need to pray like it depends on God. That's what consecration is all about. It's letting God do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. And that's how God gets all the glory. Consecration is a complete surrender to the lordship of Jesus Christ. We relinquish everything to God - our time, talent, and treasure. It's a complete divestiture. But the exchange rate is unbelievable.

What do you do when God's logic doesn't line up with yours? When the will of God doesn't add up? When you think you know better or know more than God?

Obedience starts with a pierced ear. It's tuning into God's frequency and turning up the volume. It's obeying His whispers, even if a thousand people are screaming something different. 'Tell me to what you pay attention,' said the Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset, 'and I will tell you who are you.' You will eventually be shaped in the image of the loudest voice in your life. Genuine listening is ultimately an act of submission.

Prayer is the way we let go and let God. Prayer is the way we take our hands off and let God put His hands on. Prayer is the difference between you fighting for God and God fighting for you.

The beauty of obedience is this: it relieves us of responsibility.

None of it's about what God wants, it's just about men wanting to run everything and girls like me knowing their place. Behaving PROPERLY.

We are humble because we know we are not the power in salvation. We are obedient because we know we possess the light.

If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.

We don't name God; God reveals His name to us. We don't have the right to exercise authority over God. God copyrights, He trademarks, He patents His name.

God equates spiritual depth with obedience.

God has great plans for you today… creative and unexpected means by which He will make you a saint. He needs only your joyful submission to His plan.

I suspect alligators never get arm-barred; dinosaurs where probably safe from the submission as well, at least the T-rex.

E]very action taken by us, no matter how simple or ridiculous, is regulated under some institutional rule or policy. . . . This is done so we will become pliant and submit to every whimsical command of guards, staff and administrators no matter how perverted or criminal-directed. … This puts the fear of God into the hearts of those prisoners out in the general population.

Working for Mab now, are you, Wolfman?" he smirked. "Like a good little attack dog? Will you also roll over and beg if she asks?

You're gonna sit down. You're gonna shut up. And by the grace of God Almighty, I ain't gonna kill you.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine someone watching a boot stamping on a human face - forever...and 'liking' it.

An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave.

God is not looking for gold vessels or silver vessels. He is looking for willing vessels

The Heavenly Father does not ask for golden vessels. He does not ask for silver vessels. God asks for yielded vessels.

Let me remind you that this is God's universe, and He is doing things His way. You may think you have a better way, but you don't have a universe to rule.

Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him.