Quotes about Submission

Our difficulty is not that we don't know God's will. Our discomfort comes from the fact that we do know His will, but we do not want to do it.

To allow God to be God we must follow Him for who He is and what He intends, and not for what we want and what we prefer.

God has a right to interrupt your life. He is Lord. When you accepted Him as Lord, you gave Him the right to help Himself to your life anytime He wants.

When I see Jesus Christ I simply want to be what He wants me to be.

Outside of the will of god, there is nothing I want. And in the will of god there is nothing I fear.

Jesus wants us to love Him in a way that gives Him full leadership over our lives.

Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do.

The Lord is the General, and he has the right... the sovereign right... to put us where he wants in the battle.

True prayer is asking God what He wants.

We would all worship better, sing better, fellowship better, give better, evangelize better, share better, and behave much better if we were first humbling ourselves, confessing our sins, asking God's Spirit to fill us, and submitting ourselves to Him in prayer.

Ultimately, all prayer is for the glory of God. The best answer He can give to any prayer is whatever answer brings Him the most glory.

Your ways are higher than my ways. What I really want, Lord, is that You receive glory from my life. Maximum glory. The full weight of Your glory. Work in my heart and in each of my situations, Lord, so that You are most glorified. In Jesus' name, amen.