Luke 14:27 (NKJV) And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
James 4:7-10 (NIV) 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Romans 8:7 (ESV) For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.
Romans 10:3 (ESV) For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
Romans 13:5 (HCSB) Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience.
Hebrews 12:9 (HCSB) Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?
I bend the knee in the eye of the Father who created me, in the eye of the Son who purchased me, in the eye of the Spirit who cleansed me. In love and affection, in wisdom and grace, each shade and life, each day and night I bend the knee in the world of the Three. —From Carmina Gadelica, quoted in "Reflections," Christianity Today, Vol. 44, No. 13. Today's Best Illustrations - Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5.
