Quotes About Obedience

I rather doubt that anyone tells Lord Hylton what to do," she said dryly.

Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it. Albert Einstein

We must speak with honor in the midst of being dishonored. We must speak with peace in the midst of being threatened. We must speak of good things in the midst of a bad situation. We must be obedient to, trust, and believe God and let Him boss around our contrary feelings.

We want big directional signs from God. God just wants us to pay attention.

In God's plan, you've got a part to play. If you know it and believe it, you'll live it.

I don't know all the details entangled in this issue. But You know all. Therefore, You, God, are the only One who can handle all. There are a lot of things my flesh is tempted to seek—fairness, my right to be right, proof of her wrongdoing, to make her see things from my vantage point—but at this point, the only thing healthy for me to seek is You. You alone. I'm going to be obedient to You and let You handle everything else.

Obedience is the daily practice of trusting God.

Ask Jesus to help you fully understand the joys of obedience. Also, ask Him how you can be a woman fully committed to obedience without slipping into a legalistic approach to life. We must always remember our goal is pursuing revelations of Him. Our focus can't be just following rules but following Jesus Himself.

I may not be gentle by nature, but I can be gentle by obedience. If — and only if— I equip myself with predetermined biblical procedures that I can rely on when I start to feel the great unglued coming on.

God calls us to obey Him. God does not call us to obey every wish and whim of other people. God calls us to love other people. God does not call us to demand that they love us back and meet every need we have.

Have you ever dared to ask this? Have you ever dared to say to God, Lord, whatever Your will for my life is, that is what I want? Believing God is not for the weak at heart. It's only for those who want to discover the rich blessings of walking close enough to God to hear the constant drumming of His heartbeat.

The only true satisfaction we can seek is the satisfaction of being obedient to the Lord.

our job is to be obedient to God. God's job is everything else.

Define your week by obedience, not by a number on the scale.

Define your week by obedience, not by a number on the scale. . . .

A person pursuing obedience is able to pause and touch those that He says need our time, in spite of busy schedules.

And I know I can't continue to fully embrace God while rejecting His ways.

The theme of obeying God runs from Genesis to Revelation, and it is vital to our children's success in life. A child who has a heart that is willing to surrender to God and fulfill every divine appointment given to him or her is a success.

To love God is to cooperate with His grace. And

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it' " (30:21)?

I'm not gentle by nature, but I can be gentle by obedience. I'm not patient by nature, but I can be patient by obedience. I'm not peaceful by nature, but I can be peaceful by obedience.

An interesting fact about the Garden of Gethsemane is that it sits at the base of a known escape route from the city over the Mount of Olives toward the Judean desert. This is the route David took when running from his son Absalom. Jesus would have known this. But instead of running, He turned to His Father and said nine hell-shattering, demon-shaking, Devil-killing words: "Yet not what I will, but what you will" (Mark 14:36).

My job is to be obedient to God, to apply His Word, and to walk according to His ways — not according to the world's suggestions.

no matter how well I plan things, I can't control them. No matter how well I think I know the people in my life, I can't control them. No matter how well I follow the rules, do what's right, and seek to obey God with my whole heart, I can't control my life. I can't control God.