How do I know that I am in Christ? Because of my trusting, costly obedience to the Word.
The first great law is to obey.
Faith and character are intimately related. Faith in the power of obedience to the commandments of God will forge strength of character available to you in times of urgent need.
God will always make a way where there is no way.
Faith implies four things: self-renunciation, reliance with utter confidence on Christ, obedience, and a changed life.
A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God.
It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
Obedience is the crown and honour of all virtue.
Obedience is the path to freedom.
This is what we are made for: promises, pledges, and sworn oaths of obedience.
The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is that there should be a long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.
Grace does not lead us to overlook obedience. Grace compels and empowers us for obedience.
The uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire. . .
Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.
Obedience is your responsibility, the outcome is God's!
My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.
So live your life of obedience and of war! What matter about long life! What warrior wisheth to be spared!
There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love knows when to break them. '
There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.
Physical maturity is bound to time. Spiritual maturity is bound to obedience.