Quotes About Obedience

live only to do your bidding.

alliance of the patriarchy and capitalism that wants us to be obedient, submissive and quiet.

God wants us to walk humbly with him. To live in this way is to have the praise of God on our lips and a settled determination to be obedient to God in our hearts.

Our task is to encourage our husbands to obey God's Word and will for their lives.

to a viewpoint that was contrary to God's word put Eve on a slippery slope that led to disobedience

if it is contrary to the Word of God, it isn't right.

Please work out that surrender in my life—every day, in every matter, until I bow before You in eternity. Amen.

Surrender to the will of God is a mark of the truly converted.

The Gospel is not health and wealth in this life, but a call to follow in Jesus Christ's footsteps.

listen for the Lord's will in everything; and don't lean on your own understanding.

Most of the early modern scientists were Christians; they believed that matter was *not* preexisting, but had come from the hand of God. Thus, it had no power to resist His will but would obey he rules He had laid down- with mathematical precision.

Much of our media now are so image-rich and content-poor that they just serve to capture the eye, manipulate our emotions, and short-circuit our impulses. The propaganda and advertising industries therefore function increasingly like adult obedience industries. They instruct their audiences in how to feel and what to think, and increasing numbers of people seem to accept and follow the cues without question.

When we refuse to obey God, when we are driven by our own desires, it is no surprise that rest and contentment elude us. When we follow Christ in obedience and humility, we find rest for our souls.

When women devote themselves to their husbands, children, and building their house, the whole church is strengthened. This is actually their 'ministry' to the church: being obedient wives who are raising godly children. Obviously, when a church is full of healthy families, the church will be healthy and stable.

We are not ruled by blind instinct like the beasts. Uniquely, we can listen to the commands of God, can understand them, yet can choose disobedience. It is this, and only this, which gives our obedience its value.

It wasn't really as though I wanted either of them. I just expected them to be there when I needed them. I just expected that they'd stay where I put them, wouldn't cause trouble. They were both so obedient.

A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.

Go, sir, gallop, and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything you like, except time.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

We, the women, who rule the house But ours is not to question why… Ours is but to do and die and Husband never to defy.

Some man of powerful character to command a person, morally subjected to him, to perform some act. The commanding person suddenly to die; and, for all the rest of his life, the subjected one continues to perform that act.

She replied that it was precisely men well versed in religion who beat their wives. The precepts of religion permitted such punishment. A virtuous woman was not supposed to complain about her husband. Her duty was perfect obedience.