Quotes about Responsibility

Jesus responded to them, "My Father is still working, and I am working also." John 5:17

Godly accountability is never codependency.

He acknowledged our God-given need to matter by telling us to rule over them and subdue them. Furthermore, God could have made the garden of Eden self-maintaining. Instead, He appointed Adam to work it and take care of it. God could have created the animals with names, but He knew Adam could use the challenge and the satisfaction naming them would bring. In the same way Eve received a purpose that granted significance. No one else was a suitable helper to Adam.

Guys, don't follow Elkanah's example. Get involved at home. If God has given you a wife, put the effort into understanding her. Is it an impossible task? Most assuredly. But sometimes the challenging jobs are the most rewarding. Wives need men who engage and participate, not abdicate as parent and spouse. For too many husbands the lights are on, but nobody is home.

Those that we need to forgive most often grasp the least how much they've hurt us. If they understood and took responsibility, it wouldn't take the cross to forgive them. It could just happen over coffee...'Father I forgive them in Christ's name, for they don't understand what they did.

Surely the greatest callings of God are the gravest as well.

Prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled;...As obedient children, do not conform to the

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." Luke 9:62

What could make a man stands taller than a newborn son?

Have you noticed how people who most ignore God are the first to blame Him in time of tragedy?

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of negligent hands the house leaks. Ecclesiastes 10:18

If I want him to remain until I come," Jesus answered, "what is that to you? As for you, follow Me." John 21:22