“The man that believes will obey; failure to obey is convincing proof that there is not true faith present. To attempt the… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“People rely too much on their lifelong instincts. Their perception is divided by necessary obedience, which they themselves have become too weak… — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
But ask yourself this Eragon: If gods exist, have they been good custodians of alagaesia? Death, sickness, poverty, tyranny and countless other… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
Even in this secular country, the threat posed by religious fundamentalists is never very far away. Every major religious text exhorts the… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Be very vigilant over thy child in the April of his understanding, lest the frost of May nip his blossoms. While he… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
LIFE is that existence that is given to man to live for a purpose, to live to his own satisfaction and pleasure,… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
The life function of [the local church] is to love the God who created it - to care for others out of… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
The Lord commands the wife to be submissive. Refusal to submit to the husband is therefore rebellion against God Himself. Submission to… — Wayne Mack Copy Share Image
And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
When you suffer and lose, that does not mean you are being disobedient to God. In fact, it might mean you're right… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
If you have nothing of the spirit of prayer, nothing of the love of the brotherhood, nothing of mortifying the spirit of… — Gardiner Spring Copy Share Image
“We are afraid of religion because it interprets rather than observance. Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the… — Dorothee Sölle Copy Share Image
In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The truth is evident. There is no freedom but instead bondage and control in rebellion. It is the opening of the soul… — John Bevere Copy Share Image
The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more… — Walter Rudolf Hess Copy Share Image
With an abstract idea it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge, to become enthusiastic about it, and perhaps… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The suicide committed by Sampson was partly determined by the craftiness of Delilah and partly decided by the disobedience of Sampson. Satan… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
Medication alone is not to be relied on. In one half the cases medicine is not needed, or is worse than useless.… — Harriot Kezia Hunt Copy Share Image
“There is a biblical benchmark I now use. We will refer to this criterion for every hard question, big idea, topic, assessment… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“According to nature, then—that is, according to creation, so to speak—we are all sons of God, because we have all been created… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure. This is good news, because it means very simply… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Whenever the conviction of God’s Spirit comes there is the softening of the whole nature to obey; but if the obedience is… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
A God must have a God for company. And lo! thou hast the Son-God to thy friend. Thou honour'st his obedience, he… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Wherever there is a desire to have power over another person, it is politics. Power is always political, even on small children.… — Osho Copy Share Image
All men who give up themselves in obedience unto God, they are received in Christ's obedience, viz. in the fulfilling of the… — Jakob Bohme Copy Share Image
Something extraordinary is happening. Do you sense it? Truly, as obedience and morality decline in the world, the Lord is sending more… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Finding a proper husband is rather like selecting a hound. They all have more bark than bite, my girl. One day you'll… — Emma Jane Holloway Copy Share Image
Lord, if Thou knowest that I shall find, on leaving the house, even through obedience, an occasion of offending Thee, I conjure… — Alphonsus Rodriguez Copy Share Image
We must become a people who are in submission, that is, submitted completely to the mission of the Church, 'in statu missionis.'… — Michael O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Men are not corrupted by the exercise of power, or debased by the habit of obedience; but by the exercise of a… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I have somewhere heard or read the frank confession of a Benedictine abbot: "My vow of poverty has given me a hundred… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
One misconception is that if we follow God in the life of faith, and that means obedience - that we read His… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
“We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success;… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Society really seems to have developed an unquestioning obedience towards spooky types… Did we get to where we are today via a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
![“The life function of [the local church] is to love the God who created it - to care for others out of obedience to Christ, to heal those who hurt, to take away fear, to restore community, to belong to one another, to proclaim the Good News while living it out. The church is the invisible made…” quote by Charles Colson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/778/charles-colson-7127_care_the-life-function-of-the-local-church-is_963816.jpg)
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