Quotes about Submission
I want to be a part of the grand plan. Being on board with God's objectives means I understand that this is not about me.
- James MacDonald
Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
We unjustly defraud God of his right, unless each of us lives and dies in dependence on His sovereign pleasure.
- John Calvin
The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Colossians 1:16 tells us that everything was created FOR God... don't we live instead as though God is created for US, to do OUR bidding, to bless US, and to take care of OUR loved ones?
- Francis Chan
You are under-qualified for the job of God.
- Timothy Keller
Everything in all creation responds in obedience to the Creator... until we get to you and me. We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, "No."
- David Platt
Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord of heaven taking a towel and washing feet.
- Elisabeth Elliot
God's Will is what we would choose if we knew what God knows.
- Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Anyone with the maturity to surrender entirely to God is mature enough for God to use.
- Beth Moore
To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything.
- Timothy Keller
God is not a genie in a bottle, and your wish is not His command. His command better be your wish.
- Mark Batterson