Quotes about Following
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
- Revelation 14:4
As we seek Christ, as we find Him, as we follow Him, we shall have the Christmas spirit, not for one fleeting day each year, but as a companion always.
- Thomas Monson
Jesus' kingdom calls us to another way, one that depends not on our performance but his own. We do not have to achieve but merely follow.
- Philip Yancey
The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
- Dallas Willard
If anyone intends to come after Me, let him deny himself [forget, ignore, disown, and lose sight of himself and his own interests] and take up his cross, and [joining Me as a disciple and siding with My party] follow with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me]." (Mark 8:34 AMP)
- John Bevere
When people respect you as a person, they admire you. When they respect you as a friend, they love you. When they respect you as a leader, they follow you.
- John Maxwell
A believer may as soon expect to feel the sun's rays upon a dark and cloudy day, as to feel strong consolation in Christ while he does not follow Him fully.
- JC Ryle
We cannot do better than follow His plan.
- JC Ryle
A believer may as soon expect to feel the sun's rays on a dark and cloudy day as to feel strong consolation in Christ while he does not follow Him fully.
- JC Ryle
Jesus didn't mean this as a sweeping command for everyone who has a lot of money. Jesus meant this for any of us who wallow in whatever abundance we have. I imagine Jesus looked straight into this young man's soul and said, "I want you to give up the one thing you crave more than me. Then come, follow me.
- Lysa TerKeurst
When Jesus says, "Follow me," it's not an invitation to drag our divided heart alongside us as we attempt to follow hard after God.
- Lysa TerKeurst
To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice.
- CS Lewis