Quotes about Surrender
If you will remain at rest and hold your peace, then the battle is not yours, but the battle is the Lord's.
- Joel Osteen
God's way is better than your way. His plan is bigger than your plan. His dream for your life is more rewarding, more fulfilling, better than you've ever dreamed of. Now stay open and let God do it His way.
- Joel Osteen
A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. PROVERBS 16:9 NKJV
- Joel Osteen
God will give us a peace that passes understanding." You're not going to figure everything out. If you let go of the questions of life, you will have a peace that goes beyond what you can understand.
- Joel Osteen
If you hold on to what you want so tightly, it almost becomes an idol.
- Joel Osteen
When we run to Him with open arms, casting our cares aside, He will embrace us. By having simple, childlike faith, we don't have to figure everything out. We don't have to have all the answers. We just trust Him. Won't you let that be you today?
- Joel Osteen
God's plan is better than your plan. The beauty is you don't have to figure it all out. All you have to do is commit your ways to God, keep Him first place, and He'll guide you down the best path for your life.
- Joel Osteen
When you understand that everything serves His plan, you won't live frustrated by things that aren't fair, stressed over things you don't like, upset because it's taking too long.
- Joel Osteen
Be comfortable not knowing. Quit being worried over what you can't figure out. God has you in the palm of His plan.
- Joel Osteen
It's not your battle; the battle is the Lord's. He's your defender. He's your vindicator, your healer, your provider, your way-maker.
- Joel Osteen
I love what Jesus said in Luke 19:29-30: "Everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God, will be repaid many times over in this life" (NLT). Notice it doesn't say when you get to heaven God will bless you. It says, right here on the earth, if you give up anything for God's sake, He will reward you more than you can even imagine.
- Joel Osteen
The how is not up to us. The how may look impossible. If you stay focused on how, you're going to live worried and discouraged. Your job is not to figure everything out; your job is to honor God. Be your best, and He will take care of the how.
- Joel Osteen