Quotes about Obedience
Anyone with the maturity to surrender entirely to God is mature enough for God to use.
- Beth Moore
Some unanswered prayers are only because God doesn't want to do something for us. He wants to do something through us.
- Bill Johnson
God will never violate His Word, but He doesn't seem to mind violating our understanding of His Word.
- Bill Johnson
Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.'
- Timothy Keller
God is not a genie in a bottle, and your wish is not His command. His command better be your wish.
- Mark Batterson
It is right to submit to a higher authority whenever a command of God would be violated.
- St. Basil
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.
- Elie Wiesel
God's promises are all on condition of humble obedience.
- Ellen White
To live outside of God's will puts us in danger; to live in his will makes us dangerous.
- Erwin McManus
God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.
- Hudson Taylor
Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.
- Jim Elliot
God orders what we cannot do, that we may know what we ought to ask him.
- John Calvin