Rob Bell Quotes About Surrender

Quotes about: Surrender

• If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

  Rob Bell

  Loving Someone, Desire, Serious

  Rob Bell (2010). “Sex God”, p.70, Harper Collins

• If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody. And this is because the most powerful things happen when the church surrenders its desire to convert people and convince them to join. It is when the church gives itself away in radical acts of service and compassion, expecting nothing in return, that the way of Jesus is most vividly put on display.

  Rob Bell

  Jesus, Powerful, Compassion

  Rob Bell (2006). “Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith”, p.167, Harper Collins

• Love is giving up control. It’s surrendering the desire to control the other person. The two—love and controlling power over the other person—are mutually exclusive. If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

  Rob Bell

  Sex, Giving Up, Love Is

  Rob Bell (2010). “Sex God”, p.70, Harper Collins

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