Quotes About Obedience

I'm just waiting for God to tell me what to do, but whatever it is, I want to be doing something like I am doing now-serving God and helping people.

I just want to do God's will.

We must never allow the majority to overrule the clear teaching of the Word of God.

To stay here and disobey God - I can't afford to take the consequence. I would rather go and obey God than to stay here and know that I disobeyed.

When we resist God, we draw near to Satan.

God doesn't work for us; we work for God.

I don't have to explain or defend the will of God. My job is simply to obey it.

If God has positioned us in a certain place, we must leave all the details to Him.

The right attitude is this: that I have my own will, yet I will the will of God.

No matter how high the powers of reason, no matter how deep the intellect, no one can discover God's secret messages without paying the cost of true discipleship.

If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.

It is the task of youth not to reshape the church, but rather to listen to the word of God.

If God has given you a message, go and give it to the people as God has given it to you. It is a stupid thing to try to be eloquent.

A little quiet reflection will remind me that yes to God always leads in the end to joy.

A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'

God's people, in God's place, under God's rule

Regardless of what we say, it's what we do that reveals what we as a church or individual actually believe about God and His will for us.

Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.

If we are to receive the blessings God wants to bestow upon us, we must be willing to give Him the messes in our lives.

Trying to please others before pleasing God is inverting the first and second great commandments.

Unbroken companionship helps us hear His instruction so then we can see His direction. We must not seek direction before obeying His instruction.

I've discovered that if I don't take the first step, God generally won't reveal the next step.

The key to getting out of the boat is hearing the voice of God.