Quotes about Commitment

Things that are important to us are written in our calendars. If you want to be intentional about setting aside time to pray, you need to plan for it.

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

Discipleship is a commitment to the memory and presence of Jesus Christ that makes a difference in how a life is lived, driving thought and behavior week in and week out.

Anyone can believe God exists but still maintain a life apart from him.

You can't teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something.

Remember, it's not "stand firm for the faith" but "stand firm in the faith." You've got to own it and live it.

Prayer is the easiest thing to assume in church and the hardest thing to maintain. Prayer is the first thing our flesh stops when times get easy, and true prayer is the last thing we resort to when times get tough.

When we want decisions more than we want disciples, we get tares instead of true converts and Ichabod, departed glory for the church.

We must evaluate every person, place, product, perspective, position, or pleasure we have looked to in place of the promises of God, and turn away from those things accordingly.

Too often Jesus Christ was not my Master but a bystander I visited with at church occasionally.

As men we cannot take our eyes off the road for even a second. One bad moment can destroy a lifetime of careful watching. One weak, selfish decision can crash a decade of keeping your eyes on the road. God grant to us Holy Throne-Room clarity at all times in every situation so that what we are really living for doesn't crash before our eyes.

I want nothing to be off-limits to God. He can have free access to all that I am, everywhere I go, all the time.