Quotes about Submission
The other men came in and somehow Lou got the same order across to them. We all went to comply—like so many dumb sheep.
- Janette Oke
She prayed. Not merely for wisdom, but for submission. Would she ever be ready—and willing—to let God work out the details of her future?
- Janette Oke
To let go of even life, if need be, and accept his calling.
- Janette Oke
I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do with it.
- Mother Teresa
God asks for men who are totally broken and who will follow Him even to death to work for Him.
- Watchman Nee
Baptism is bowing before the Father and letting him do his work.
- Max Lucado
God's Will is what we would choose if we knew what God knows.
- Nancy Leigh DeMoss
We need to learn how to deny ourselves, so we can do that which does not come naturally—to truly love God and others.
- Nancy Leigh DeMoss
But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact pleases You.
- Thomas Merton
Those who imagine that they can discover special gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God's will and his grace.
- Thomas Merton
As soon as one is conscious of the presence of the Master, one must, in all passivity, abandon the work to Him.
- Thomas Merton
There is therefore one fundamental religious experience which the Psalms can all teach us: the peace that comes from submission to Gods will and from perfect confidence in Him.
- Thomas Merton