Quotes About Obedience

Ex. 19:17–19 NLT)

But sacrifices are useless when unaccompanied by hearts that love and fear God.

The accurate measurement of our true spiritual condition lies in our actual obedience to His will.

When we pester the Lord after He has already clearly shown His will, He may step back and allow us to have our way even though it does not correspond with His original plan. When our hearts are set on a course of action, God will grant us permission, though He knows we will later answer for the course we choose.

Never forget: it is not just outward obedience that God desires, but a broken and contrite heart, one that thirsts and hungers for the will of God.

Quando você está fora da vontade de Deus, você não será uma bênção, nem será auxílio em nenhuma igreja. Quando você está fora da vontade de Deus, até os bons relacionamentos ficarão estremecidos. Nós estávamos fora da vontade de Deus.

John, I'm not saying that if you keep My commandments, you prove to Me that you love Me," He said. "I already know whether you love Me or not! What I'm saying is if a man falls head over heels in love with Me, he will be the one enabled to keep My commandments!

Our lives must be submitted to and built upon His position of lordship, not upon His work as Savior. Another

Mas agora, sejam santos em tudo quanto fizerem, tal como é santo o Senhor, que os convidou para serem seus filhos. O próprio Senhor disse: 'Vocês têm de ser santos, pois Eu Sou santo'" (1 Pe 1:15-16, ABV). Ser santo não é uma

When we fear God, we will… • Obey Him instantly • Obey Him even if it doesn't make sense • Obey Him even if it hurts • Obey Him even if we don't see the benefit • Obey Him to completion

In the Scriptures, the only people I see God calling His friends are those who tremble at His Word and presence and are quick to obey, no matter the cost.

Spoiled children lack a true respect for authority, especially when they do not get what they want when they want it. Their lack of reverence for authority sets them up to be easily offended with God.

Grace enables and empowers us to live a life of holiness and obedience to the authority of God.

The Lord your God will then make you successful in everything you do" (Deuteronomy 30:9 NLT). Notice the word everything, not some things!

The proof that we believe something isn't when we agree with what someone teaches us, it's when we act on it.

In God's eyes, partial or selective obedience is the same as rebellion to His authority. It is the evidence of a lack of the fear of God!

When Jesus questioned, "Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?" He was actually saying, "Do not deceive yourself by calling Me 'Lord' while you continue to live your life as if you owned it.

We don't have the luxury of thinking ... Some people make all the decisions for us

He pushed his two feet together and shot his right arm in the air before clicking his two heels together and saying in a deep and clear voice as possible the words he said every time he left a soldiers presence. 'Heil Hitler,' he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, 'Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon'.

You are most welcome,' replied Hitler. 'But remember, the boy who wears this uniform must obey our rules and seek nothing more from life than the advancement of our party and our country. That is why we are here, all of us. To make Germany great again.

You were cruel.' 'I was obedient.

My new book on moral intelligence calls these patriarchies "cultures of obedience," and presents an ethics of virtues as a way to avoid such moral totalism.

Best if the driver didn't have to get hurt. Though having been fool enough to volunteer for army service, of course, and worse still, having been fool enough to accept orders unquestioningly from a machine... But everybody did that. Everybody, all the time. Otherwise none of this would have been possible. Similarly, none of it would have had to happen.

I see now that the wind must have veered to the south-east, and that my plan was leading me into the fastnesses of the hills; but I would have wandered for weeks sooner than disobey the word of the girl who sang in the rain.