Quotes about Obedience

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.

God wants us to serve willingly and obediently.

To feel not only submitted but willing to be anything or nothing as the Lord wills it - this is, in truth, to sing a song to our Well Beloved.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

While salvation is a free gift, the 'winning Christ' can only be through unreserved consecration and unquestioning obedience. Nor is this a hardship, but the highest privilege.

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

Perhaps the secret of living a holy life is to avoid every thing which will displease God and grieve the Spirit, and to be strictly attentive to the means of grace.

The one who obeys God's instruction for today will develop a keen awareness of His direction for tomorrow.

Only obedience,' he said aloud to the room, as though to convince himself, 'is perfect freedom.

Every providence is God's will; whatever happens, meet God in it in humble worship. Every precept is God's will; meet God in it with loving obedience. Every promise is God's will; meet God in it with full trust. A life in the will of God is rest and strength and blessing. [. . .] The will of God must first live in us, if it is to be done by us.

It is not the law, and not the book, not the knowledge of what is right, that works obedience, but the personal influence of God and His living fellowship. And even so it is not the knowledge of what God has promised, but the presence of God Himself as the Promiser, that awakens faith and trust in prayer.