Quotes About Commitment

You can never be the same after the unveiling of a truth. That moment marks you as one who either continues on with even more devotion as a disciple of Jesus Christ, or as one who turns to go back as a deserter.

There is only one thing God wants of us, and that is our unconditional surrender.

Commit to God whatever burden He has placed on you. Don't just cast it aside, but put it over onto Him and place yourself there with it. You will see that your burden is then lightened by the sense of companionship. But you should never try to separate yourself from your burden.

The thing that really testifies for God and for the people of God in the long run is steady perseverance, even when the work cannot be seen by others.

Make a decision for Jesus Christ," places the emphasis on something our Lord never trusted. He never asks us to decide for Him, but to yield to Him—something very different.

It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires;

God never tells us to give up things just for the sake of giving them up, but He tells us to give them up for the sake of the only thing worth having, namely, life with Himself. It is a matter of loosening the bands that hold back our lives.

Have I been persecuting Jesus by an eager determination to serve Him in my own way?

I have known him as a friend, a diligent student of the Word, and a faithful follower of Christ in his walk and his work.

If, during a prayer meeting, God shows you something to do, don't say, "I'll do it"—just do it! Pick yourself up by the back of the neck and shake off your fleshly laziness. Laziness can always be seen in our cravings for a mountaintop experience; all we talk about is our planning for our time on the mountain. We must learn to live in the ordinary "gray" day according to what we saw on the mountain.

Are you ready to be poured out as an offering? It is an act of your will, not your emotions.

Tell God you are ready to be poured out as an offering, and God will prove Himself to be all you ever dreamed He would be.

We have the idea that we can dedicate our gifts to God. However, you cannot dedicate what is not yours. There is actually only one thing you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself (see Romans 12:1).

In our surrender, we must give ourselves to God in the same way He gave Himself for us—totally, unconditionally, and without reservation. The consequences and circumstances resulting from our surrender will never even enter our mind, because our life will be totally consumed with Him.

Continue to persevere spiritually.

Never dull your sense of being your utmost for His highest—your best for His glory.

Our Lord never lays down the conditions of discipleship as the conditions of salvation.

We say, "But this is so strict. Surely He does not require that of me." Our Lord is strict, and He does require that of us.

Some of us get played out in the first ten yards, because God compels us to go where we cannot see the way, and we say—"I will wait till I get nearer the big crisis." If we do not do the running steadily in the little ways, we shall do nothing in the crisis.

Is God having His way with me, and are people beginning to see God in my life more and more? Be serious in your commitment to God and gladly leave everything else alone. Literally put God first in your life.

It is impossible to carry on your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.

Are you loyal to Jesus or loyal to your notion of Him?

Remember whose you are and whom you serve.

Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ which nothing can shake.