Quotes about Submission

We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the inalienable right to submit ourselves to whichever of those powers we choose.

All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God.

It is not lawful for you to make a compromise with God: to try to fulfill part of your duties and to omit others at your own pleasure.

If God speaks to us about himself and his own glorious greatness, we respond by humbling ourselves before him in worship... If He speaks to us about His commandments, we determine to obey them.

Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God.

When we're not following God's will, our sacrifices aren't acceptable to Him. What God wants most is for us to be broken before Him, walk with Him, know Him, and obey Him.

God isn't a talent scout looking for someone who is "good enough" or "strong enough." He is looking for someone with a heart set on Him, and He will do the rest.