Quotes about Submission
Anyone with the maturity to surrender entirely to God is mature enough for God to use.
— Beth Moore
To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything.
— Timothy Keller
God is not a genie in a bottle, and your wish is not His command. His command better be your wish.
— Mark Batterson
It is right to submit to a higher authority whenever a command of God would be violated.
— St. Basil
There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God's sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our obedience.
— John Owen
Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.
— Elisabeth Elliot
We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.
— Jerry Bridges
Do I pray that the Lord gives me the desire to do his will, or do I look for compromises because I'm afraid of God's will?
— Pope Francis
Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.
— John Owen
Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans.
— Beth Moore
If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us.
— Brother Lawrence
I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.
— Corrie Ten Boom