Quotes about Sovereignty

God's ownership and sovereignty offer a life-changing and freeing perspective when the house is robbed (or burns to the ground), the car is totaled, the laptop computer is stolen . . . or the diagnosis is terminal cancer.

God is the owner of all things, and we are simply his stewards.

Everyone deserves Hell. No one deserves Heaven. Jesus went to the cross to offer salvation to all (1 John 2:2). God is absolutely sovereign and doesn't desire any to die without Christ (1 Timothy 2:3-4; 2 Peter 3:9). Yet many will perish in their unbelief (Matthew 7:13).

The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling. The circumstances surrounding our lives are no accident: they may be the work of evil, but that evil is held firmly within the mighty hand of our sovereign God." —Margaret Clarkson

It is a self-evident truth that a person who truly prays and seeks God's wisdom in life recognizes the sovereignty of God and is committed to seeking God's wisdom in life's important choices.

The rule of God comes to us as individuals, one by one. We invite his reign; we obey his voice.

What is a country? A country is a piece of land surrounded on all sides by boundaries, usually unnatural.

We must remember that people are not our source - God is.

People need freedom.

The bottom line is that God is holding everything together.

Good is not always God's will, but God's will is always good.

Nowhere does that moment become more real to me than in worship. That's when I realize in every fiber of my being that the Maker of heaven and earth has reached down to me, His servant. That's when I realize how unworthy and powerless I am to experience the magnitude of His sovereignty, power, and might in my own strength. But His grace is abundant toward me, each and every moment.