Quotes about Submission

Jesus' definition of submission isn't about giving in to the whims and wishes of others. It is rather about giving out from the completeness we have in him and our passion for his kingdom. The submission Jesus models is gospel centered, for he was aligning himself with God's purposes and pouring himself out to rescue a lost humanity (Philippians 2:3-9). Submission for us follows that same trajectory of putting the interests of others ahead of ourselves...

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

If we are to pray aright, perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray is important, but what God wants us to pray. The richness of the Word of God ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.

God's "nothings" are His most positive answers. We have to stay on God and wait. Never try to help God to fulfill His word.

Imagine: to be prepared to yield, to yield, to have nothing more to yield, to be broken, yet to be pressed to yield more!

Spread out your petition before God, and then say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in God's school is to let the Lord choose for me.

I want to encourage you to place yourself totally into God's hands and allow Him to be the Manager of your life.

God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.

If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?

I cannot but think that he who finds a certain proportion of pain and evil inseparably woven up in the life of the very worms, will bear his own share with more courage and submission.

No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!