Quotes about Submission

Come unto Me." When you hear those words you will know that something must happen in you before you can come. The Holy Spirit will show you what you have to do, anything at all that will put the axe at the root of the thing which is preventing you from getting through. You will never get further until you are willing to do that one thing. The Holy Spirit will locate the one impregnable thing in you, but He cannot budge it unless you are willing to let Him.

The statement we so often hear, "Make a decision for Jesus Christ," places the emphasis on something our Lord never trusted. He never asks us to decide for Him, but to yield to Him—something very different.

Will is the whole man active. I cannot give up my will, I must exercise it. I must will to obey, and I must will to receive God's Spirit.

PRAYER THOUGHT: Through Your mercy and grace, Lord, I truly and completely yield myself to You.

Am I fully prepared to allow God to grip me by His power and do a work in me that is truly worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not my idea of what I want God to do for me—sanctification is God's idea of what He wants to do for me. But He has to get me into the state of mind and spirit where I will allow Him to sanctify me completely, whatever the cost

Will we remain faithful in our obedience to God and be willing to suffer the humiliation of refusing to be independent?

If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

Is the Son of God praying in me, bringing honor to the Father, or am I dictating my demands to Him?

We have no right to decide where we should be placed, or to have preconceived ideas as to what God is preparing us to do. God engineers everything; and wherever He places us, our one supreme goal should be to pour out our lives in wholehearted devotion to Him in that particular work.

Never consider whether or not you are of use—but always consider that "you are not your own" (1 Corinthians 6:19). You are His.

Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him.