Quotes About Obedience

Few indeed are those who get a choice. We do as we are told. We stand or fall beside those who were born near to us, who look as we do, who speak the same words, and all the while we know as little of the reasons why as does the dust we return to.' Her

And they'll follow you?' asked one of Forest's aides. 'They'll follow anyone who feeds them,' said Jurand. 'Especially if he points them in the direction of home.

Perhaps for some men obedience became a habit they could not question. Or perhaps they came to define themselves by their service to a master, and chose to take the short step into death as part of something great, rather than walk the long, hard road of life in insignificance.

Then she thought she had always known, deep down. She had always understood that obedience would be a great comfort to her, and that was in fact exactly why she resisted. She had sensed if she gave in once, just once, the next time would be easy.

Now it was brisk and didactic, like that of an obedience instructor training an obstinant dog, and I hated him for it, the hate momentarily eclipsing all fear and reason.

Well, Jesus also said, 'Why do you call Me, "Lord, Lord," and do not do what I say?' I guess it's always more important to do what Jesus says on a tactical, moment-to-moment basis, than to just do whatever you want, even if it seems like the right thing to do.

Mi Padre es glorificado si dais mucho fruto, mostrando así que sois mis discípulos".

When you understand that God has divine detours, that He uses the wrongs—things we don't understand, delays, setbacks—to move us into our destiny, then you won't fight it; you'll flow with it.

If you want to bless your children, start declaring God's goodness in their lives. Start boldly declaring, "God's face is smiling toward you, and He longs to be good to you. I declare that you are blessed with an obedient heart, with success, with supernatural wisdom, and you have clear direction for your life.

The Scripture says, "It is better to obey God than to obey people." There will be times when you have to make a decision, "Am I going to stick with my convictions, am I going to be who God made me to be, or am I going to let the approval of people determine my destiny?

We think, 'God, when You part the river, I'll go.' God says, "Go, and I'll part the river.

When we are saved by grace, we do not leave behind the commandments of God. On the contrary, we find the power to keep them in love.

You won't do this anymore because I'm telling you that you won't. You belong to someone now. Me. And I take care of you, even if your greatest danger comes from yourself.

Education should aim at destroying free will, so that, after pupils have left school, they shall be incapable, throughout the rest of their lives, of thinking or acting otherwise than as their schoolmasters would have wished.

When state and government have gone, laws must go. People who speak of 'laws' in a communistic society, think perhaps only of those general rules of sensible and noble conduct which every good man finds it easy to observe. But in that case they use a wrong word. A law is a rule connected with an apparatus to compel obedience. Behind the law stand the court, the sheriff, the police, the hangman, etc., and who wants them? None, we guess.

The Christian life is a life that consists of following Jesus.

My life is God's life in me for Him to do with what He wants.

The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!

You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally.

Through my obedience to God, He has been able to use my life to help others. It's been a great journey and I'm looking forward to all the things God has in the future.

We act unbelievingly and disobediently when, for whatever motive, we distort, falsify, or suppress the facts about our life in nature and history.

If the Christian does not know when God is speaking, he is in trouble at the heart of his Christian life!

Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life, I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to be a leader and not a follower. It also helped me stay out of trouble.

We're not called to perfection but to faithfulness. Sinlessness in this life isn't possible, but obedience unto godliness is. Sanctification.