Quotes about Submission
The secret of every discord in Christian homes and communities and churches is that we seek our own way and our own glory.
- Alan Redpath
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be on the Lordship of Christ. When we get right on that point we are right all down the line. God honors the exaltation of His Son.
- Vance Havner
Christ honors our submission even when our only motivation is obedience.
- Beth Moore
To honor God as God, we must worship Him as He and He alone decrees.
- RC Sproul
When your will is God's will, you will have your will.
- Charles Spurgeon
Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.
- Jim Elliot
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'
- CS Lewis
Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.
- Corrie Ten Boom
The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is the hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ.
- CS Lewis
He must put aside his pride, his virtue, beauty and life and bow or submit to the absolutely intolerable.
- Joseph Campbell
It is not trying that is ever going to bring us home. All this trying leads up to the vital moment at which you turn to God and say, 'You must do this. I can't.
- CS Lewis
Praying is not telling God what to do. It's trusting that God knows what to do.
- Stormie Omartian