Quotes about Obedience
The beginning of men's rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.
— Francis Schaeffer
I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.
— J. Gresham Machen
Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Giving thanks to God for both His temporal and spiritual blessings in our lives is not just a nice thing to do - it is the moral will of God. Failure to give Him the thanks due Him is sin.
— Jerry Bridges
Every time you open up your heart in obedience to God and worship Him with all your heart, all your mind, and all your soul, our beautiful Lord responds with His magnificent presence.
— Darlene Zschech
If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
— Corrie Ten Boom
Physical maturity is bound to time. Spiritual maturity is bound to obedience.
— John Bevere
A Christian is not his own master, since all his time belongs to God.
— Ignatius of Antioch
Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy... Don't hedge! Time flies! ... Enlist!
— CT Studd
Every time you and I bow our heads in surrender to the will of God, we embrace the cross and we manifest to the world the heart of Christ who bowed His head to the will of His Father.
— Nancy Leigh DeMoss
God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.
— Francis de Sales
Submission is the willingness to give up our right to ourselves, to freely surrender our insistence on having our own way all the time.
— Myles Munroe