Quotes about Sovereignty

Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.

God sometimes answers our prayers by giving us what we would have asked for had we known what He knows.

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.

Anything under God's control is never out of control.

No nation is fit to set in judgment upon any other nation

Turbulence means nothing if God is the pilot.

A young woman asked the great preacher Charles Spurgeon if it was possible to reconcile God's sovereignty and man's responsibility. "Young woman," said he. "You don't reconcile friends".

If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look "little" or "big.

Just start thanking God in advance because no matter what is about to happen, you already know that God is in charge. You are not adrift in a sea of chaos.

The God who controls the wheeling galaxies and who spoke before the foundation of the world must be the God who holds the smallest circumstance of your life in His hands.

If He is God, He is still in charge.

There is an active practice of holiness as we carry out, for the glory of God, the ordinary duties of each day, faithfully fulfilling the responsibilities given us. The passive practice consists in living acceptance of the unexpected, be it welcome or unwelcome, remembering that we have a wise and sovereign Lord who works in mysterious ways and is never taken by surprise.