Quotes about Surrender
God is not a genie in a bottle, and your wish is not His command. His command better be your wish.
- Mark Batterson
God gave me Parkinson's syndrome to show me I'm not 'The Greatest' - he is.
- Muhammad Ali
The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.
- Rick Warren
It is right to submit to a higher authority whenever a command of God would be violated.
- St. Basil
...the person who surrenders absolutely to God, with no reservations, is absolutely safe. From this safe hiding-place he can see the devil , but the devil cannot see him.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Idols aren't stone statues. They are thoughts, desires, and longings that we worship in the place of the true God
- Elyse Fitzpatrick
God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.
- Hudson Taylor
Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.
- Jim Elliot
God orders what we cannot do, that we may know what we ought to ask him.
- John Calvin
Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you.
- Beth Moore
My only joys therefore are that when God has given me a work to do, I have not refused it.
- CT Studd
God's grace is freely available but in order to receive it you have to realize you are lost without it.
- David Jeremiah