Quotes About Obedience

The Bible recognizes no faith that does not lead to obedience, nor does it recognize any obedience that does not spring from faith. The two are at opposite sides of the same coin.

The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.

Very few of us know anything about loyalty to Christ -- For My Sake. It is that which makes the iron saint.

Faith without works is dead.

Wie lustig, « fuhr sie fort, »dass du selbst nach so langer Zeit immer noch erwartest, dass man dich belohnt, nur weil du gehorsam warst. Ich dachte, du hättest diese Lektion im Palast unseres Vaters gelernt. Niemand war so unterwürfig und ein-faltig wie du, und trotzdem trat der mächtige Helios dich umso rascher mit Füßen, denn du kauertest ja bereits da unten.«

Misericordia», era una; otra fue «sí», y también «por favor». Y también conocía la frase «¿Qué ordena?». El padre le había enseñado a ser una esclava.

Wie lustig,' fuhr sie fort, 'dass du selbst nach so langer Zeit noch immer erwartest, dass man dich belohnt, nur weil du gehorsam warst. Ich dachte, du hättest deine Lektion im Palast unseres Vaters gelernt. Niemand war so unterwürfig und einfältig wie du, und trotzdem trat der mächtige Helios dich umso rascher mit Füßen, denn du kauertest ja bereits da unten.

and I took hers, it was as simple as that, but Father said I must never say, that—

Mother and Father had said one night, just before my wedding, that her name would not be mentioned again and that they would thank me if I would act accordingly. And I did, act accordingly, that is, although I thought about her a great deal more than they realised. So I pulled out the letters and—

Responda ao chamado de Deus e dê espaço em sua vida para a oração em grupo.

Be not as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held with bit and bridle" (Psalms 32:9).

You've got him trained well. It's kind of sexy.

This world is full of sheeple, not people, all longing to be told what to do, how to think. Sheeple who are lost without someone to follow. And you know the best part? Even when most of them know they're being led over a cliff, they'll still follow because it's less effort than thinking for themselves. It's the human condition.

Das Wort Gottes verbündet sich nicht mit dem Aufruhr des Mißtrauens, dem Aufruhr von unten. Sondern es regiert.

Gott gibt uns die Gebote, damit wir bei ihm, für ihn und mit ihm sein und bleiben können. Er bekennt sich zu uns, indem er uns sein Gebot wissen läßt als Herr und als Helfer.

Es bedarf ernstlicher Aufmerksamkeit, unermüdlichen Fragens und Lernens, um das rechte Gebot zu vernehmen und so die unerschöpfliche Güte Gottes in allen seinen Geboten zu erkennen.

Moltes coses havien estat possibles perquè ell no havia dit no. Perquè els altres que eren com ell no havien dit que no. No n'hi havia prou de refusar-se interiorment i obeir de mala gana. Calia dir que no.

Questions. Teresa's communities, like any group, were composed of both introverts who gravitated toward solitude and extroverts who had a proclivity to make beelines to the front parlor. She also knew that we all tend to justify our natural bent. However, to do God's will, sometimes demands that we go against the grain of our personalities. In what ways does God frequently ask you to do things that go against your temperament?

It is the way of spiritual childhood, the way of trust and absolute surrender.

Perfection consists in [20]doing His will, in being what He wills us to be.

Perfection consists in doing His will, in being what He wills us to be

Indeed, the point of the famous story about the king and the waves, as originally told, was not to illustrate his stupidity, but rather to prove what a good Christian he had been. 'Let all the world know', says a damp Cnut, having conspicuously failed to stop the tide from rising, 'that the power of kings is empty and worthless, and there is no king worthy of the name save Him by whose will heaven, earth and sea obey eternal laws.'2

Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey.

that melancholy which we feel when we cease to obey orders which, from one day to another, keep the future hidden, and realise that we have at last begun to live in real earnest, as a grown-up person, the life, the only life that any of us has at his disposal.