Quotes About Submission

Nicht was wir gerade beten wollen, ist wichtig, sondern worum Gott von uns gebeten sein will. Wenn wir auf uns allein gestellt wären, so würden wir wohl auch vom Vaterunser oft nur die vierte Bitte beten. Aber Gott will es anders. Nicht die Armut unseres Herzens, sondern der Reichtum des Wortes Gottes soll unser Gebet bestimmen.

The only way is by mortifying our own wills which are always obtruding themselves. And the only way to do this is by letting Christ alone reign in our hearts, by surrendering our wills completely to him, by living in fellowship with Jesus and by following him. Then we can pray that his will may be done

There is the question of resistance and of submission in the right place; that is, resistance to the devil is only possible in the fullest submission to the hand of God.

Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.

Those who wish to stand tallest must kneel lowest.

Let us join Him in accomplishing His will today rather than our own.

We must not simply desire God; we must live in total dependence.

Glazunov was the first to convince me that a composer must make the performers submit to his will, and not the other way around (...) The composer must orchestrate in the way he conceived his work, and not simplify his orchestration to please the performers.

Dear Lord put your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth .

Resistance is useless.

Dear Lord, I submit my body to You, the health of every cell, organ and tissue. I acknowledge You alone as my wonderful, divine Creator. Only You have the divine wisdom to bring my body back to health and wholeness. I place myself in Your hands, and I choose now to trust in Your unfailing love. I receive Your healing power. In Jesus' name, amen.

You had to deal with a situation you did not want. Once you are defeated, you have to do what you are told.

The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.

The greatest test of life is obedience to God.

The will of God for your life is simply that you submit yourself to Him each day and say, 'Father, Your will for today is mine. You lead me today and I will follow.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.

If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!

Tell them that everything in their life is going to have to bend to His will. Repent and believe.

True consecration to Christ simplifies life, for it leaves the management to Him.

Whenever you surrender the most precious areas of your life to GOD, it's like trading in a pile of worthless pebbles for a truckload of priceless jewels.

Taking up my cross means a life voluntarily surrendered to God.

If the life we live in this world is wholly for Christ, it is a life of daily surrender.

But the very act of pausing in a busy day to pray is an act of weakening pride in my life, acknowledging that I am a dependent creature. I am not self sufficient.