Quotes about Commitment

Do I have a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one true sign of discipleship is intimate oneness with Him—a knowledge of Jesus that nothing can shake.

He says, "If you want to be My disciple, you must give up your right to yourself to Me." And once this is done, the remainder of your life will exhibit nothing but the evidence of this surrender, and you never need to be concerned again with what the future may hold for you.

The basis of prayer is not what it costs us, but what it costs God to enable us to pray.

My unrestrained commitment of myself to God gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to grant to me the holiness of Jesus Christ.

Do I really dare to let God be to me all that He says He will be?

Do we appreciate the miraculous salvation of Jesus Christ enough to be our utmost for His highest—our best for His glory?

Our ordinary and reasonable service to God may actually compete against our total surrender to Him.

Paul was devoted to a Person, not a cause.

Beware of surrender that is motivated by personal benefits that may result.

Genuine total surrender is a personal sovereign preference for Jesus Christ Himself.

Beware of not acting upon what you see in your moments on the mountaintop with God.

Today we have substituted doctrinal belief for personal belief, and that is why so many people are devoted to causes and so few are devoted to Jesus Christ. People do not really want to be devoted to Jesus, but only to the cause He started.