Quotes about Commitment

If we would follow Jesus we must take certain definite steps. The first step, which follows the call, cuts the disciple off from his previous existence. The call to follow at once produces a new situation. To stay in the old situation makes discipleship impossible.

Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble; it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.

God is in everything I do and all my work glorifies Him.

The real purpose in living was in giving every part of his life to Christ.

We are not here to loll and frolic but to bring in a harvest for God.

Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.

The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.

Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life.