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Husbands and fathers, get on your knees before God and accept your place as head of your household. You are the prophet from God to your family. This is not a lightweight thing; it takes a commitment on your part to fulfill your responsibilities. Get yourself straight before God, then see to your children.
- Kenneth Copeland
In his play Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot describes a martyr as one "who has become an instrument of God, who has lost his will in the will of God, not lost it but found it, for he has found freedom in submission to God. The martyr no longer desires anything for himself, not even the glory of
- Richard Wurmbrand
God is not a cruel slave driver or a bully who uses brute force to coerce us into submission. He doesn't try to break our will, but woos us to himself so that we might offer ourselves freely to him. God is a lover and a liberator, and surrendering to him brings freedom, not bondage. When we completely surrender ourselves to Jesus, we discover that he is not a tyrant, but a savior; not a boss, but a brother; not a dictator, but a friend.
- Rick Warren
Father, if this problem, pain, sickness, or circumstance is needed to fulfill your purpose and glory in my life or in another's, please don't take it away." This
- Rick Warren
God doesn't owe you an explanation or reason for everything he asks you to do. Understanding can wait, but obedience can't.
- Rick Warren
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, said, "The greatness of a man's power is in the measure of his surrender.
- Rick Warren
Obedience unlocks understanding.
- Rick Warren
Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him.
- Rick Warren
Yet partial obedience is disobedience.
- Rick Warren
hand God a blank sheet with your name signed at the bottom and tell him to fill in the details. The Bible says, "Give yourselves completely to God — every part of you … to be tools in the hands of God, to be used for his good purposes."21
- Rick Warren
Obedience unlocks God's power.
- Rick Warren
No deity that ruled with fear and torment could win the hearts of its followers. They became animals themselves, thinking of baser and baser modes of worship until they threw their very infants to the flames. Only in Jesus was submission perfected, God made man. And through Jesus, man committed his heart to the only entity worthy of service—
- Kristen Heitzmann