Quotes about Obedience

Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence. It is not what we have to acquire in order to experience life in Christ; it is what comes to us when we are walking in the way of faith and obedience.

Our faith is released as we say, pray and do the Word.

Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.

He who allows me to rule is in fact my master.

Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you.

God surpasses our dreams when we reach past our personal plans and agenda to grab the hand of Christ and walk the path he chose for us.  He is obligated to keep us dissatisfied until we come to him and his plan for complete satisfaction.

Have ya ever thought that it's not what we think we ought to do that's essential for happiness, but what the Lord's leading us to do . . . and to be?" She smiled. "Ofttimes that can be two very different things.

It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.

It's not the things I don't understand about the Bible that bother me; it's the things I understand with perfect clarity and don't comply with that keep me up at night.

doing God's will, eating the meat of the Word, is not listening to a Bible teacher, but going and doing what it says, especially as it relates to working in the harvest fields.

Clarity comes to the one who is willing to do the will of God. The willingness to obey attracts revelation, because God is the ultimate steward, sowing His treasures into fertile ground—surrendered hearts.

The notion that "our thoughts are not His thoughts" is an Old Testament statement about a rebellious Israel whom the prophet was beseeching to repent (see Isa. 55:8). To the obedient Christian, that statement should be changed to "Our thoughts are His thoughts.