Quotes about Submission
In cold and heat, in rain and wind, the soul united to God says, "I want it to be warm, to be cold, windy, to rain, because God wills it."
— Alphonsus Liguori
Radical obedience always gives priority to what God has said over what He hasn't said.
— Bill Johnson
It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God's will - that is my whole business.
— Brother Lawrence
We do not come to God as bad people trying to become good people; we come as rebels to lay down our arms.
— CS Lewis
If you don't surrender to God, don't think you don't surrender. Everybody surrenders -- to something.
— E Stanley Jones
I have surrendered to God; therefore I surrender to nothing else.
— E Stanley Jones
Less, less of self each day, And more, my God, of Thee!
— Horatius Bonar
Only they who fulfill God's commands have a claim on the Lord.
— Leonard Ravenhill
There may be some issue where God is calling you to surrender. I don't know what you may be struggling with, but whatever it is, let me just encourage you: Don't delay obedience.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.
— Oswald Chambers
God's will is hard only when it comes up against our stubbornness, then it is as cruel as a ploughshare and as devastating as an earthquake.
— Oswald Chambers
Prayer is a silent surrendering of everything to God.
— Soren Kierkegaard