Quotes about Control

Please see how dangerous this assumption was. She got alone with her own thoughts and assumptions. And it led her to doubt God. And take control to get what she wanted. What she thought was best.

And what we think about can consume us if

Yes and No the two most powerful words.

Whenever any kind of relationship conflict arises, my choice is whether to give the other person power to control my emotions.

God has given me power over my food. I hold the power -- not the food. If I'm not supposed to eat it, I won't put it in my mouth.

no matter how well I plan things, I can't control them. No matter how well I think I know the people in my life, I can't control them. No matter how well I follow the rules, do what's right, and seek to obey God with my whole heart, I can't control my life. I can't control God.

After all, I will never be able to control what other people have going on in their heads or in their conversations. But with the help of the Holy Spirit in me, I can absolutely learn to control how much I allow the fear of their opinions to have access to my life.

I can't control the things that happen to me each day, but I can control how I think about them. I can say to myself, "I have a choice to have destructive thoughts or constructive thoughts right now. I can wallow in what's wrong and make things worse, or I can ask God for a better perspective to help me see good even when I don't feel good.

Where there is an abundance of chaos, there is usually a lack of good boundaries.

We consume what we think about. And what we think about can consume us if we're not careful.

it is clear the opposite of trusting God is leaning on our own understanding—trying to figure out things all on our own. And the evidence of whether or not I'm trusting Him is shown by where I place my focus. After all, we steer where we stare.

TO HONOR GOD COMPLETELY, you need enough faith to leave with Him. Leave? Leave and go where, you ask? Leave the way you've always done life and start doing things differently with God. Leave the attitude, leave the stubborn pride, leave the right to be right, leave the control, and biggest of all, leave the unbelief.