Quotes about Control

If you want to know what it means to talk about God being 'in charge of' the world, or being 'in control', or being 'sovereign', then Jesus himself instructs you to rethink the notion of 'kingdom', 'control' and 'sovereignty' themselves, around his death on the cross.

The kingdom of God is, at its heart, about God's sovereignty sweeping the world with love and power, so that human beings, each made in God's image and each one loved dearly, may relax in the knowledge that God is in control. Reflecting

The point is this. If you want to know what it means to talk about God being 'in charge of' the world, or being 'in control', or being 'sovereign', then Jesus himself instructs you to rethink the notion of 'kingdom', 'control' and 'sovereignty' themselves, around his death on the cross.

This is the first of the speakers in our sound system that we must turn up to its proper volume.

Secular ideologies preach liberty, but they practice tyranny.

We tend to have a limited concept of spiritual death as saying no only to things we want or covet -- our guilty pleasures and selfish ambitions. But in reality, it means dying inwardly to whatever has control over us. The thing that really controls us may not be what we want. It may be what we fear. Fear can dominate our lives just as strongly as desire.

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

A man's free to do what he wants with his life, until he falls foul of the banks.

God gave animals a lower rank, in the service of man.

It is heaven that rules.

God's end is to enable me to see that he can walk on the chaos of my life just now.

Never believe that the so-called random events of life are anything less than God's appointed order.