Quotes About Obedience

Love exercised while duty is neglected will make children headstrong, willful, perverse, selfish, and disobedient. If stern duty is left to stand alone without love to soften and win, it will have a similar result. Duty and love must be blended in order that children may be properly disciplined.

I am more willing to come out when I get my message from my commander.

Say to all small and great, and that often, that fully, quickly and willingly, without grumbling and contradiction, they do all your commands that are not against God.

Remember that the essence of authority is that people willingly follow your lead.

Will it please you to answer me this and to give me a rule for then I will willingly submit to any truth.

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.

Jesus went to the cross for sins He didn't commit. Hello! You can carry a grudge just thinking about that, but don't do it. He knew what He was doing. It was His choice, and He did it willingly. It was the will of the Father, and He always did the will of God without complaint. So what is it that we have to complain about?

God wants us to serve willingly and obediently.

Willingness to be damned for the glory of God.

Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter; how Isaac meekly submitted; how the farce went on till the lad was bound and laid on the altar, and how God then stopped the murder, and blessed the intending murderer for his willingness to commit the crime.

To feel not only submitted but willing to be anything or nothing as the Lord wills it - this is, in truth, to sing a song to our Well Beloved.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.

While salvation is a free gift, the 'winning Christ' can only be through unreserved consecration and unquestioning obedience. Nor is this a hardship, but the highest privilege.

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.

Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.

I don't care what position I'm at. I'm on the floor, I'm playing, I'm thankful for that, so whatever coach tells me to do, I'm going to do.

It really comes down to God opening the doors for me, and I'm trying to walk through them doing the best I can.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

Perhaps the secret of living a holy life is to avoid every thing which will displease God and grieve the Spirit, and to be strictly attentive to the means of grace.

Keep the masses fed and entertain them to keep them in line.

Submitting to rules one doesn't understand is difficult, but it's a good way to counteract the carnal desire for personal independence. There may not be spiritual merit in choosing to eat two dishes instead of three at a meal, but the humility that comes with agreeing to submit to another's decision that one do so is transformative.

The royal bodyguard, ordered by Philip to hang back for the occasion, followed at a discreet distance.