Quotes About Obedience

A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

When I have a kid, I want to buy one of those strollers for twins. Then put the kid in and run around, looking frantic. When he gets older, I'd tell him he used to have a brother, but he didn't obey.

Self-indulgence stays in safe harbor. Obedience always leaves self behind and sails out in faith....Waves present opportunity!

Self control leads to obedience and obedience leads to dedication.

Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God.

Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.

When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said, "Go throughout the earth!" So they went throughout the earth.

A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all."[77]

The real cause for Paul's rejection of the 'works of the law' lies beyond both self-understanding and ethics. As we shall see, faith for Paul is the correlate to Christ's cross and resurrection. It is obedience to the promise of God fulfilled in that event (see e.g. Rom. 4:13–25). One is justified not because of a mere inward disposition, but because of Christ in whom God has atoned for sin and effected a new creation.

Many people never see God part the Jordan River in their lives because their feet are firmly planted on dry ground. We're waiting for God to make a move while God is waiting for us to make a move. We say to God, "Why don't you part this river?" And God says to us, "Why don't you get your feet wet?" But if you make a move, you'll see God move. And He can move heaven and earth.

Most God-ordained dreams die because we are not willing to do something that seems illogical

God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called. -The Circle Maker-

Those who dance are thought mad by those who hear not the music. That old adage is certainly true of those who walk to the beat of God's drum. When you take your cues from the Holy Spirit, you'll do some things that will make people think you're crazy. So be it. Obey the whisper and see what God does.

When we violate our conscience by compromising our integrity, we put our reputation at risk. We also become our own advocate because we step outside the boundaries of God's good, pleasing, and perfect will. But when we obey God, we come under the umbrella of His protective authority. He is our Advocate. And it's His reputation that is at stake. If we don't give the Enemy a foothold, God won't let him touch a hair on our head.

Courage doesn't wait until situational factors turn in one's favor. It doesn't wait until a plan is perfectly formed. It doesn't wait until the tide of popular opinion is turned. Courage only waits for one thing: a green light from God. And when God gives the go, it's full steam ahead, no questions asked.

Following Jesus is a verb.

We want everything God has to offer without giving anything up.

Every divine appointment is preceded by a season of preparation. And if we submit to the preparation, God will fulfill His promise. If we don't, He won't. Why? Because God never sets us up to fail.

Never underestimate the ripple effect of one act of obedience. It will never be all for nothing.

God doesn't always call us to win. Sometimes He just calls us to try. Either way, it's obedience that glorifies God.

We need to study the Word of God diligently. But we don't need to know more. We need to do more with what we know. At the end of the day, God will not say, "Well thought, Intellectual," or "Well said, Orator." There is only one commendation: "Well done, good and faithful servant!

We'll never see God part the Jordan River if our feet are firmly planted on dry ground. But if we step into the river, God will part it.