Might Quote by Anonymous

We may think God wants actions of a certain kind, but God wants people of a certain kind.

— C. S. Lewis

God doesn't want us to obey Him just because we're afraid of punishment.He longs for obedience that comes from our hearts.

— Anonymous

If men would as fervently seek after love and righteousness as they do after opinions, there would be no strife on earth, and we…

— Jakob Bohme

God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.

— Martin Buber

To allow God to be God we must follow Him for who He is and what He intends, and not for what we want…

— Ravi Zacharias

It was God who dictated what man should believe and do, leaving man the freedom to accept or scoff, to obey or disregard.

— Israel Shenker

God leads His people whether they are obedient or rebellious, but His leading is far more pleasant when they obey.

— Max Anders

I think I grew up with the idea that God was a punishing being, constructed around rules.

— Jim Gaffigan

“God made man a free [agent] from the beginning, possessing his own power, even as he does his own soul, to obey the behests…

— The Church Fathers

God does not require us to understand His will, just obey it seems unreasonable.

— Anonymous

God chooses people not for what He can do for them, but for the good they can do for others.

— Max Anders

Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God

— Timothy Keller