Spiritual strength is connected to faithful obedience to God's commands. — Max Anders Copy Share Image
Our obedience to God’s commandments comes as a natural outgrowth of our endless love and gratitude for the goodness of God. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Faith and obedience are inescapably related. There is no saving faith in God apart from obedience to God, and there can be… — John Macarthur Copy Share Image
When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“Legalism is seeking to achieve forgiveness from GOD and acceptance by GOD through my obedience to GOD” — C.J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
Lord sanctify us. Oh! That Thy spirit might come and saturate every faculty, subdue every passion, and use every power of our… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I find the doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about his plans — I do not… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance. — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
“Mediate on the word of God day and night, then be careful to write the sacred words on your heart. And find… — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
I believe Christians often perceive obedience to God as some test designed just to see if we’re really committed to Him. But… — Craig Groeschel Copy Share Image
Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. In order to flourish, the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every time you open up your heart in obedience to God and worship Him with all your heart, all your mind, and… — Darlene Zschech Copy Share Image
“Jesus didn’t come to make us religious, righteous, or moral. Basically, His ethics involved His proclamation of a God-centered, love-filled life lived… — Scott S. Haraburda Copy Share Image
“A believer is drawn into idolatry when he allows his heart to be stirred with discontentment and looks for satisfaction outside of… — John Bevere Copy Share Image
The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given… — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
Evil exists because of the disobedience of Satan. God gave Satan, and the angels, and man free will. Satan used his free… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Did Jesus suffer for his lack of faith? Was he “smitten by God” because he was a bad person or because he… — Will Davis Jr Copy Share Image
Did you ever had a piece of money put away to use to make your dream come trough and God put it… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
We note the increasing coarseness of language and understand how Lot must have felt when he was, according to Peter, "vexed with… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
“The task of liturgy is to order the life of the holy community following the text of Holy Scripture. It consists of… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“But sooner or later we find that not everything is to our liking in this book. It starts out sweet to our… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“And it is said that each one of the numerous “stations” on the mystic path has a light of its own, and… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Since God, therefore, gave [to man] such mental power (magnanimitatem) man knew both the good of obedience and the evil of disobedience,… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“Reproof is unavoidable. God’s Word demands it when a brother falls into open sin. The practice of discipline in the congregation begins… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The right use of the exercise of the will is a condition of salvation, necessary without a doubt, but remote, inferior, very… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Suppose... that you acquit me... Suppose that, in view of this, you said to me 'Socrates, on this occasion we shall disregard… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Al-Ghazzâlî expectedly takes a rather different approach in the preliminaries of his standard work on the principles of jurispru- dence, the Mustasfâ.… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Their concept of knowledge was eloquently expressed, for instance, by Muâdh b. Jabal (d. 18/639, one of the trusted lieutenants of the… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
![“Since God, therefore, gave [to man] such mental power (magnanimitatem) man knew both the good of obedience and the evil of disobedience, that the eye of the mind, receiving experience of both, may with judgment make choice of the better things; and that he may never become indolent or neglectful…” quote by The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/the-church-fathers-1438_better-things_since-god-therefore-gave-to-man-such-men_1003632.jpg)
