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title: "34 Control God Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 34 Control God quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Control God sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't have control over everything; God has control over everything and I trust him, so I don't worry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariano-rivera/i-don-t-have-control-over-everything-god-has-control-over-everything/)

[Mariano Rivera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariano-rivera/)

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> [“There are times when we find ourselves pitching downwards, out of control. Yet God is always nearby...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-corder/there-are-times-when-we-find-ourselves-pitching-downwards-out-of/)

[Shirley Corder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-corder/)

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> [Sometimes we have to Learn to Give Up, Give Up all to God and let God take control. God knows the Best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-we-have-to-learn-to-give-up-give-up-all-to-god-and-let-god/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“I give up my control, God guide my step in every circumstance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/i-give-up-my-control-god-guide-my-step-in-every-circumstance/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [We cannot control what others do to us, but through God we can control the way we respond to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/we-cannot-control-what-others-do-to-us-but-through-god-we-can-control/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

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> [YOU might not have everything under control but God DOES! PRAY. There is NO need to worry!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-might-not-have-everything-under-control-but-god-does-pray-there/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [That friend, given to you by circumstances over which you have not control, was God's own gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/that-friend-given-to-you-by-circumstances-over-which-you-have-not/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

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> [SOMETHINGS YOU CAN'T CONTROL, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT IN GOD HANDS FOR HIM TO WORK HIS MAGIC ON YOU &…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brittany-long/somethings-you-can-t-control-you-would-have-to-put-it-in-god-hands/)

[BRITTANY LONG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brittany-long/)

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> [I know you can't control everything, and everything is in God's hands ultimately, but I'm going to fight, go out and perform…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kanye-west/i-know-you-can-t-control-everything-and-everything-is-in-god-s-hands/)

[Kanye West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kanye-west/)

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> [“I learned that within the confines of God’s story, nothing had been stolen from me, but rather everything was given to me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-blight/i-learned-that-within-the-confines-of-god-s-story-nothing-had-been/)

[Wendy Blight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-blight/)

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> [“You control what path you take. Keep doing the right thing and handling the things within your control, and God will take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deatri-king-bey/you-control-what-path-you-take-keep-doing-the-right-thing-and/)

[Deatri King-Bey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deatri-king-bey/)

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> [“If there is a single circumstance that can occur outside of God’s control, then God is not God, and He cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-buzzard/if-there-is-a-single-circumstance-that-can-occur-outside-of-god-s/)

[Justin Buzzard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-buzzard/)

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> [Once we roared like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security! The solution for America's problem is not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/once-we-roared-like-lions-for-liberty-now-we-bleat-like-sheep-for/)

[Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/)

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> [God has given me so many things along the way - a lot of stuff that I had no control over. God's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-dalton/god-has-given-me-so-many-things-along-the-way-a-lot-of-stuff-that-i/)

[Andy Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-dalton/)

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> [Many of us rely on our own illusion of control. But when God makes it known to you that you're not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasmin-mogahed/many-of-us-rely-on-our-own-illusion-of-control-but-when-god-makes-it/)

[Yasmin Mogahed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasmin-mogahed/)

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> [I'm fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of 'powerlessness.' Join the club, we are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-m-fairly-convinced-that-the-kingdom-of-god-is-for-the-broken/)

[Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/)

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> [We have to redefine the sovereignty of GodTheres a difference between being in charge and being in control. God is in charge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-johnson/we-have-to-redefine-the-sovereignty-of-godtheres-a-difference-between/)

[Bill Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-johnson/)

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> [“I am sick and tired of putting all my effort of living; and, at the end of the day. The effort results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temitope-owosela/i-am-sick-and-tired-of-putting-all-my-effort-of-living-and-at-the-end/)

[Temitope Owosela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temitope-owosela/)

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> [Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried; Then ask God's help; it will not be denied. Use thine own sight to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-wheeler-wilcox/lean-on-thyself-until-thy-strength-is-tried-then-ask-god-s-help-it/)

[Ella Wheeler Wilcox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-wheeler-wilcox/)

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> [“As long as we insist on being in control, God will not interfere. He will allow us to go our own way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-hill/as-long-as-we-insist-on-being-in-control-god-will-not-interfere-he/)

[Cherie Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-hill/)

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> [“When God has a plan for your life, I don’t care how much you murmur and complain and kick and fuss and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes-3/when-god-has-a-plan-for-your-life-i-don-t-care-how-much-you-murmur/)

[T.D Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes-3/)

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> [“You can’t control God with a time clock. God moves in His own time. He knows what’s best for us even when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wanda-b-campbell/you-can-t-control-god-with-a-time-clock-god-moves-in-his-own-time-he/)

[Wanda B. Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wanda-b-campbell/)

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> [“We don’t have to say “If the Lord wills” after every sentence, but it must be in our heads and hearts. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/we-don-t-have-to-say-if-the-lord-wills-after-every-sentence-but-it/)

[Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/)

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> [“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/come-now-you-who-say-today-or-tomorrow-we-will-go-into-such-and-such/)

[Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/)

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> [“Sunlight poured through the jailhouse window. A breeze that carried a hint of lilac on it rustled the papers on Tony’s table.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deeanne-gist/sunlight-poured-through-the-jailhouse-window-a-breeze-that-carried-a/)

[Deeanne Gist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deeanne-gist/)

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> [Prayer is not a means by which I seek to control God; it is a means of putting myself in a position…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-l-allen/prayer-is-not-a-means-by-which-i-seek-to-control-god-it-is-a-means-of/)

[Charles L. Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-l-allen/)

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> [“And since God can't control us, all God does is watch and change channels when He gets bored.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/and-since-god-can-t-control-us-all-god-does-is-watch-and-change/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“The devil uses fear as means to control us, but God uses our faith to free us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-wright/the-devil-uses-fear-as-means-to-control-us-but-god-uses-our-faith-to/)

[Kimberly Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-wright/)

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> [And if you believe that we really have free will, then you know that God can't really control us. And since God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/and-if-you-believe-that-we-really-have-free-will-then-you-know-that/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“Never allow your desires to lead you away from God; allow nothing else to control you other than God and His Word.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agu-jaachynma-n-e/never-allow-your-desires-to-lead-you-away-from-god-allow-nothing-else/)

[Agu Jaachynma N.E](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agu-jaachynma-n-e/)

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> [“She’d never been taken before, he realized. Not like this, where her surrender was complete, not when she couldn’t separate some small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/she-d-never-been-taken-before-he-realized-not-like-this-where-her/)

[Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/)

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> [It is so often self who tries to live the Christian life. No wonder we need breaking. As long as self is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hession/it-is-so-often-self-who-tries-to-live-the-christian-life-no-wonder-we/)

[Roy Hession](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hession/)

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> [We don't have control over who God is going to place in and out of our life, and this should never be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/we-don-t-have-control-over-who-god-is-going-to-place-in-and-out-of/)

[Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/)

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> [“No matter how many precautions we take, none of us are truly in control. Only God can claim that kind of authority.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-witemeyer/no-matter-how-many-precautions-we-take-none-of-us-are-truly-in/)

[Karen Witemeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-witemeyer/)

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                        "text": "“Sunlight poured through the jailhouse window. A breeze that carried a hint of lilac on it rustled the papers on Tony’s table. Rubbing his forehead, he tried to concentrate on his work, but his grandmother’s ring—Essie’s ring—kept distracting him. He’d found it in the corner of his cell and had set it on his desk. Picking it up for the hundredth time, he discovered he enjoyed touching it simply because she’d touched it, too. Melvin’s words kept ringing in his head, but he had a hard time accepting them. Because if what Melvin said was true, then Tony had nothing and God had everything. And there were some things Tony wanted. He wanted to be proven innocent and freed from jail. He wanted his inheritance. He wanted his father to be proud of him. He wanted his wife to be pure. No, he wanted Essie to be pure. But he would never have his father’s approval and he would never be Essie’s first. He might never win his freedom and, thus, never be able to enjoy his inheritance. So he was back where he started. With him having nothing and God having everything. Don’t you have enough already, Lord? Do you have to have what belongs to me, too? But deep down he knew no matter what he did or didn’t do, he had no control over any of it. But God did. And the only viable solution was to give it up to Him. And why not? How much worse could it get? He swallowed, immediately realizing it could get a whole lot worse. He could lose Essie for good. Lose his life for good. But even if he didn’t get her back, or if he hanged for the murder of his brother, he would at least have the comfort of knowing he’d left the decision-making up to God and not to himself. Blowing out a breath, he silently relinquished his control and laid it at Christ’s feet. And in doing so, realized he might not ever have made his earthly father proud, but perhaps he had his heavenly Father.”",
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