Quotes about Obedience
to domesticate God and so to curb the freedom that belongs to this erupting God (Exod. 20:4
— Walter Brueggemann
If one is linked to a flat, one-dimensional faith, then this verse is a bitter loss of faith . But if we think in terms of obedience on its way to risky imagination, then this verse is an opening for new faith beyond the conventions and routines that secure but do not reckon with God's awefulness .
— Walter Brueggemann
Baptism is faith in action.
— Watchman Nee
Lord, I am willing to break MY heart that I might satisfy THY heart.
— Watchman Nee
Attempting to follow Him without denying the self is the root of all failures.
— Watchman Nee
The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
— Watchman Nee
As William Penn put it: "Those people who are not governed by God will be ruled by tyrants." Remember... that those tyrants are often self-imposed roadblocks of your lower self at work.
— Wayne Dyer
God's call to faithfulness can sometimes be a summons to be still and wait. There is a creative waiting as well as a creative acting.
— Daniel Migliore
We can still fall into the trap of self-deceit today. It always begins through pride and arrogance, somehow thinking that our ways are superior to God's ways. In this season when the church celebrates Jesus' mighty work of redemption, let's not miss the joy of complete obedience to God's will and plans for our life.
— Darlene Zschech
Worship Him in love and obedience, with your whole life.
— Darlene Zschech
Our obedience to God will not always achieve the results we want, but our ultimate call is not to be successful, but to be faithful!
— Darlene Zschech
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Matthew 28:19—20, NKJV
— Darlene Zschech