Quotes about Sovereignty

The time and intelligence that our ancestors spent on understanding the sovereignty revealed in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are directed by our contemporaries in affirming and validating the sovereignty of our needs, wants, and feelings.

The basic conviction of a Christian is that God intends good for us and that he will get his way in us. He does not treat us according to our deserts, but according to his plan. He is not a police officer on patrol, watching over the universe, ready to club us if we get out of hand or put us in jail if we get obstreperous. He is a potter working with the clay of our lives, forming and reforming until, finally, he has shaped a redeemed life, a vessel fit for a kingdom.

Know this well, then. Take it to heart right now: GOD is in Heaven above; GOD is on Earth below. He's the only God there is.

I'm in charge of all this—I run this universe!

I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

If you are not royalty, He is not King.

Nothing was going to happen to any of them that was a surprise to their heavenly Father.

Jesus rebuked a storm. If that storm was the will of God the Father, then Jesus is fighting the will of God.

by yielding to His will by dipping into the stream. My concern has little to do with anyone agreeing with me on the subject of sovereignty. My concern is that we will miss the heart of God for His people, for He is much more extravagant in His will for us than we have an imagination to capture. The bottom line is that many wait for Him to act. And oftentimes it is He who is waiting for us. We must learn to respond to what He's given us with acts of faith.

I honor You for the fact that of the increase of Your government there will be no end!

Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king.

Take a firm grasp on God's sovereignty and trust His love even when you don't understand His purpose.