Quotes about Obedience
Obey your bishop! Obey those set over you [Heb 13:17], the teachers of the Church. I remind you, my dear friends, of what I said when I was with you: do not receive any outside or unknown preacher, unless he be sent by your bishop or preaches with the permission of the pope. For how shall they preach unless they are sent [Rom 10:15]?
— Bernard of Clairvaux
O my God, teach me to be generous to serve you as you deserve to be served to give without counting the cost to fight without fear of being wounded to work without seeking rest and to spend myself without expecting any reward but the knowledge that I am doing your holy will. Amen
— Ignatius of Loyola
Lord, teach me to be generous; Teach me to serve you as you deserve; To give and not to count the cost; To fight and not to heed the wounds; To toil, and not to seek for rest; To labor, and not to ask for reward - except to know that I am doing your will.
— Ignatius of Loyola
O my God, teach me to be generous, teach me to serve you as I should, to give without counting the cost, to fight without fear of being wounded, to work without seeking rest, to labour without expecting any reward, but the knowledge that I am doing your most holy will.
— Ignatius of Loyola
Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
God will never reveal more truth about himself until you have obeyed what you know already
— Oswald Chambers
The success of God's Word in our lives is linked intrinsically to our application of its truth.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone (it always produces fruit, 'good works,'...a transformed life).
— JI Packer
Testimony requires the nurturing by the prayer of faith, the hungering for the word of God in the scriptures, and the obedience to the truth.
— Henry B. Eyring
Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair.
— Elyse Fitzpatrick
The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.
— Joyce Meyer
When God is ready for you to move, He will make your situation uncomfortable.
— Germany Kent