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title: "Famous Discipleship Words"
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> [Many think that the price of discipleship is too costly and too burdensome. For some, it involves giving up too much. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-e-faust/many-think-that-the-price-of-discipleship-is-too-costly-and-too/)

[James E. Faust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-e-faust/)

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> [“The moral crisis she'd just gone through made her feel indulgent toward the faults, the delinquencies of others. How thoroughly a human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baroness-emma-orczy/the-moral-crisis-she-d-just-gone-through-made-her-feel-indulgent/)

[Baroness Emma Orczy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baroness-emma-orczy/)

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> [Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/every-church-needs-to-grow-warmer-through-fellowship-deeper-through/)

[Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/)

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> [...there is still a need for those of us nestled deep within the Christian bubble to look beyond the status quo and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-chan/there-is-still-a-need-for-those-of-us-nestled-deep-within-the/)

[Francis Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-chan/)

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> [“I want every one of our members to grow into maturity more quickly than they seem to, but the Lord has taught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-chandler/i-want-every-one-of-our-members-to-grow-into-maturity-more-quickly/)

[Matt Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-chandler/)

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> [“you don’t have to live in community long to realize that lives which are blessed and instructive are still flawed. The grace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-wilson-hartgrove/you-don-t-have-to-live-in-community-long-to-realize-that-lives-which/)

[Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-wilson-hartgrove/)

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> [“You cannot force people to walk with God. You cannot force them to repent. All you can do is live with integrity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/you-cannot-force-people-to-walk-with-god-you-cannot-force-them-to/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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> [“We have neighbors to bless, children to protect, the poor to lift up, and the truth to defend. We have wrongs to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-holland/we-have-neighbors-to-bless-children-to-protect-the-poor-to-lift-up/)

[Jeffrey R. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-holland/)

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> [“And should any one be ashamed of this public profession and refuse to make it, Jesus clearly tells such an one that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-h-gerberding/and-should-any-one-be-ashamed-of-this-public-profession-and-refuse-to/)

[G.H. Gerberding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-h-gerberding/)

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> [“The evangelical wing of the Church spends a lot of energy on being "born again" but little time on "growing up" again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-stockman/the-evangelical-wing-of-the-church-spends-a-lot-of-energy-on-being/)

[Steve Stockman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-stockman/)

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> [ “(re: Matthew 8) "\[Jesus'\] almost refusal to allow the complications of men to interfere with the loving work of God." \[for the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-kennedy/re-matthew-8-jesus-almost-refusal-to-allow-the-complications-of-men/)

[Eugene Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-kennedy/)

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> [“Most people in America, when they are exposed to the Christian faith, are not being transformed. They take one step into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kinnaman/most-people-in-america-when-they-are-exposed-to-the-christian-faith/)

[David Kinnaman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kinnaman/)

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> [“The call of God is a call according to the nature of God; where we go in obedience to that call depends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-call-of-god-is-a-call-according-to-the-nature-of-god-where-we-go/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [“The author charted the importance of human examples on his spiritual journey, confessing that when harsh and domineering people based their bullying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-wilton/the-author-charted-the-importance-of-human-examples-on-his-spiritual/)

Don Wilton

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> [“Belief and confusion are not mutually exclusive; I believe that belief gives you the direction in the confusion. But you don't see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/belief-and-confusion-are-not-mutually-exclusive-i-believe-that-belief/)

[Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/)

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> [“When in situations of stress, we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-maxwell/when-in-situations-of-stress-we-wonder-if-there-is-any-more-in-us-to-2/)

Neal Maxwell

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> [“The Bible is different because it is the Word of God, by which He speaks to me. Disagreeing with the Bible would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-s-smith/the-bible-is-different-because-it-is-the-word-of-god-by-which-he/)

[Colin S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-s-smith/)

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> [“Being a “Christian” – a word used only three times in the New Testament – is not Jesus’ goal for his people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronnie-mcbrayer/being-a-christian-a-word-used-only-three-times-in-the-new-testament/)

[Ronnie McBrayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronnie-mcbrayer/)

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> [The Bible parable says that while men slept, the enemy sowed tares among the wheat. A boy who rises at 4:30 to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-ravenhill/the-bible-parable-says-that-while-men-slept-the-enemy-sowed-tares/)

[Leonard Ravenhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-ravenhill/)

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> [... I gave as an offering my all to Him Who had won me and saved me, my property, my fame, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-of-nazianzus/i-gave-as-an-offering-my-all-to-him-who-had-won-me-and-saved-me-my/)

[Gregory of Nazianzus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-of-nazianzus/)

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> [The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-murray/the-only-humility-that-is-really-ours-is-not-that-which-we-try-to/)

[Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-murray/)

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> [“The humble man feels no jealousy or envy. He can praise God when others are preferred and blessed before him. He can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-murray/the-humble-man-feels-no-jealousy-or-envy-he-can-praise-god-when/)

[Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-murray/)

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> [We believers do need to be challenged to a life of committed discipleship, but that challenge needs to be based on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-bridges/we-believers-do-need-to-be-challenged-to-a-life-of-committed/)

[Jerry Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-bridges/)

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> [“The most tragic thing anyone could ever say to us is “Oh – you're a Christian? I had no idea!” It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pastor-steve-bainbridge/the-most-tragic-thing-anyone-could-ever-say-to-us-is-oh-you-re-a/)

Pastor Steve Bainbridge

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> [“Peter warming himself at the world’s fire and trying to seem unconcerned is an example of the kind of halfway discipleship too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-w-tozer/peter-warming-himself-at-the-world-s-fire-and-trying-to-seem/)

[A.W. Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-w-tozer/)

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## Top authors on Discipleship

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-rohr-78871.jpg) Richard Rohr 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/richard-rohr/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oswald-chambers-72884.jpg) Oswald Chambers 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/oswald-chambers/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-howard-g-hendricks-42414.jpg) Howard G. Hendricks 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/howard-g-hendricks/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dallas-willard-26056.jpg) Dallas Willard 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/dallas-willard/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-n-t-wright-1173.jpg) N.T. Wright 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/n-t-wright/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-miller-30027.jpg) Donald Miller 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/donald-miller/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brennan-manning-19369.jpg) Brennan Manning 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/brennan-manning/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-watchman-nee-94607.jpg) Watchman Nee 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/watchman-nee/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neal-a-maxwell-70598.jpg) Neal A. Maxwell 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/neal-a-maxwell/)

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                        "text": "“Most people in America, when they are exposed to the Christian faith, are not being transformed. They take one step into the door, and the journey ends. They are not being allowed, encouraged, or equipped to love or to think like Christ. Yet in many ways a focus on spiritual formation fits what a new generation is really seeking. Transformation is a process, a journey, not a one-time decision.”",
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                        "text": "“The call of God is a call according to the nature of God; where we go in obedience to that call depends entirely on the providential circumstances which God engineers, and is not of any moment. The danger is to fit the call of God into the idea of our own discernment and say, “God called me there.” If we say so and stick to it, then it is good-bye to the development of the life of God in us.”",
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                        "text": "“The author charted the importance of human examples on his spiritual journey, confessing that when harsh and domineering people based their bullying on Christ's authority, he rebelled. But when his wife represented the gracefulness of Christ's character, he was drawn back to know Christ more fully.”",
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                        "text": "“Belief and confusion are not mutually exclusive; I believe that belief gives you the direction in the confusion. But you don't see the full picture. That's the point. That's what faith is. You can't see it. It comes back to instinct. Faith is just up the street. Faith and instinct, you can't just rely on them. You have to beat them up. You have to pummel them to make sure they can withstand it, to make sure they can be trusted.”",
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                        "text": "“When in situations of stress, we wonder if there is any more in us to give, we can be comforted to know that God, who knows our capabilities perfectly, placed us here to succeed. No one was foreordained to fail or to be wicked. When we have been weighed and found wanting, let us remember that we were measured before and were found equal to our tasks; and therefore, let us continue but with a more determined discipleship.\" (Ensign, Feb. 1979, 73.)”",
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                        "text": "... I gave as an offering my all to Him Who had won me and saved me, my property, my fame, my health, my very words... In considering all these things, I preferred Christ. And the words of God were made sweet as honeycombs to me, and I cried after knowledge and lifted up my voice for wisdom. There was moreover the moderation of anger, the curbing of the tongue, the restraint of the eyes, the discipline of the belly, and the trampling under foot of the glory which clings to the earth.",
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