Quotes About Obedience

God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don't have the license to define love according to our standards.

The love of the Bible will show itself in a believer's actions.

Love to Christ is proved by doing the things which He commands, and not merely saying, Lord, Lord.

Our obedience to God's commandments comes as a natural outgrowth of our endless love and gratitude for the goodness of God.

There can be no true discipline without love...only compliance.

Discipline will never bring about love for God, but love for God will bring about discipline.

Faith is the power, obedience the sacrifice, love the means, Christ the reason.

Love is the measure of our faith, the inspiration for our obedience, and the true altitude of our discipleship.

Love naturally reverses the idea of obedience, and causes the struggle between any two who truly love each other to be, not who shall command, but who shall yield.

Love is the root; obedience is the fruit.

Do not disdain the commandment to love, for through it you become a son of God, and when you break it, you become a son of Gehenna.

Love is the foundation of all obedience.

We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors.

Holiness is not to love Jesus and do whatever you want. Holiness is to love God and do what He wants.

Do not ask directions from the people around you. Ask directions from the person who called you.

You do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but you have lost love because you never attempted obedience.

The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

When you truly love God, you obey Him.

Live the law of love. We encourage obedience to the laws of life when we live the laws of love.

If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.

Trying to obey and serve God before we've come to love Him can be exhausting.

With a dog, people are not disciplined. They think that by spoiling a dog the dog is going to love them more. But the dog misbehaves more because they give affection at the wrong time.

It is tougher for a dog to live without rules because he doesn't know what is expected of him. It is the mind, the body, the heart, not just the heart. Love is not enough.

What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience.