Quotes about Obedience

If we bow down before the truth of Christ's prophetic ministry and then stand up on our feet ready to serve the Lord, something will happen.

It's never too late for repentance. With God's help we can chart a new course and set our sails in the direction of obedience to God.

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God's will.

He's dangerous because when God talks to him Bob will do whatever God asks him to do at great cost, even if no one agrees, if it's contrary to the way the stream is going, if Bob feels God is in it he will do it.

Moses, without any mercy, breaks all bruised reeds, and quenches all smoking flax. For the law requires personal, perpetual and perfect obedience from the heart, and that under a most terrible curse, but gives no strength. It is a severe task master, like Pharaoh's, requiring the whole tale ofbricks and yet giving no straw. Christ comes with blessing after blessing, even upon those whom Moses had cursed, and with healing balm for those wounds which Moses had made.

If you haven't been baptized as an expression of your faith in Christ, do so as soon as possible, as Jesus commanded.

God often calls surrendered people to do battle on his behalf.

God doesn't owe you an explanation or reason for everything he asks you to do. Understanding can wait, but obedience can't.

William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, said, "The greatness of a man's power is in the measure of his surrender.

Obedience unlocks understanding.

When you decide to live a totally surrendered life, that decision will be tested. Sometimes it will mean doing inconvenient, unpopular, costly, or seemingly impossible tasks. It will often mean doing the opposite of what you feel like doing.