Quotes about Commitment

The holiness described in the Bible calls us to do more than separate ourselves from the moral pollution of the world around us. It calls us to obey God even when that obedience is costly, when it requires deliberate sacrifice and even exposure to danger.

But this is what servant-hood within the fellowship of believers is all about: being alert to the little things that need to be done and then doing them.

We need to work at ensuring that our commitment to holiness is a commitment to God, not to our own self-esteem.

victory is a byproduct of obedience.

Fellowship is not just a social privilege to enjoy; it is more basically a responsibility to assume.

Make His purpose your purpose.

Because we know God is directing our lives to an ultimate end and because we know He is sovereignly able to orchestrate the events of our lives toward that end, we can trust Him. We can commit to Him not only the ultimate outcome of our lives, but also all the intermediate events and circumstances that will bring us to that outcome.

Just as the airplane must have both wings to fly, so we must exercise both discipline and dependence in the pursuit of holiness. Just as it is impossible for an airplane to fly with only one wing, so it is impossible for us to successfully pursue holiness with only dependence or discipline. We absolutely must have both.

God has called every Christian to a holy life. There are no exceptions to this call.

If we think about it, we realize that obedience that is not delighted in is not perfect obedience.

We might agree with what the Bible says about a certain sin, "and even make a commitment of sorts to put it out of our lives…..We would like to be rid of that sin, and even pray to God to take it away, but are we willing to say no to it?

Any sex outside of the marriage bond between a man and a woman is violating God's law.