When your heart is broken, it’s easier to follow rules

And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks?

The Christian does not avoid sin to achieve salvation, but rather salvation brings him to a desire not to sin. The closer that one’s spirit is synchronized with the holy knowledge of God, the more...

Our Lord speaks of many coming up to His door confident of admission, whom He yet sends away. Faith is obedience, not confidence.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

Today’s obedience earns tomorrow’s rewards!” (My original quote)

Obedience is to a model … what a huge penis is to a male porn star.

To be all we are designed to be, we must consult the great designer — consistently.

You don’t need anybody’s permission to prove yourself, just prove yourself.

No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously resisting or disobeying the commandment of Jesus. Is there some part of your...

My friend, when you always say “God is in control”, while you have your feet on the brake pad, you are not going anywhere! Wise up!

Storms are not punishment for lack of obedience; oftentimes they are the result of obedience!

No man by mere high human wisdom would dare undertake a step for Jesus’ sake unless he knows that the Holy Spirit has directly spoken to him; and until He comes, I shall not go.

When he thought about how he had been slighted, condescended to, manipulated and deceived, he became angry. Obedience was a monastic virtue, but outside the cloisters it had its drawbacks, he thought bitterly. The world...

There are rules and laws to help ensure our physical safety. Likewise, the Lord has provided guidelines and commandments to help ensure our spiritual safety so that we might successfully navigate this often-treacherous mortal existence...

The sweet spot is where duty and delight converge.

The man who cannot obey God cannot say that he loves or trusts his Master. If God knows best then how dare we interfere with His will?

to listen, or to give ear to.” It was never intended as a militant word, but one of hearing, of understanding. Of getting it. For a world obsessed with staying in constant communication, we aren’t...

Describing Bonhoeffer’s demeanor on returning to danger in Germany rather than safety in America, with “with a strong and joyful firmness such as only arises out of realized freedom.

Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God’s will.

Your directions, your judgment, your disposition to rebel must be subjected and reduced to ashes. How? In the fire of obedience, for it is there that you will find out if you are truly a...

To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.

Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without difficulty.

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to...

Command is a mountaintop. The air breathed there is different, and the perspectives seen there are different, from those of the valley of obedience. The passion for order and the genius for construction, which are...

The unteachable man is sentenced to being taught only by experience. The tragedy is he reaches nothing further than his own pain.

Understanding is the reward of obedience. Obedience is the key to every door. I am perplexed at the stupidity of the ordinary religious being. In the most practical of all matters he will talk and...

The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 … obeyed by faith … obedience is the pathway to holiness … no one will become holy apart from a life of faith. Faith enables us to claim...

Faithfulness to God requires your obedience, even when it’s difficult.

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

Takamasa Saegusa: ‘Seigen, a mere member of the Toudouza, had the effrontery to sully the sacred dueling ground. For that reason, our lord had already decided to subject him to tu-uchi before long. Cut off...

[I]n communism, you’d threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.

The call goes forth, and is at once followed by the response of obedience. The response of the disciples is an act of obedience, not a confession of faith in Jesus.

You can’t live outside the manual of your manufacturer and perform the function He created you for. God’s word is His manual; obey and take the lead!

…it is a mistake to reduce every decision about Christian living to a “Heaven-or-Hell issue.”For example, some ask if the Bible specifically says a certain action is a “sin” or will send them to “Hell.”...

Satan takes occasion of the frailty of the bodily temple and says, ‘Now you know you cannot do that; you are so infirm, you cannot concentrate your mind,’ etc. Never allow bodily infirmities to hinder...

This is what we are made for: promises, pledges, and sworn oaths of obedience.

Humility is a Divine property and the perfection of the Christian life. It is attained through obedience. He who is not obedient cannot gain humility. There are very few in the world today who have...

Larine had a bright future ahead of her, but she had to learn to obey the rules before she could begin learning which could be broken and when.

So many commands in the Bible require obedience without us experiencing any conviction to obey them. That is when our faith is truly tested.

Lord, make me less like Jonah and more like Jesus. Save me from being the kind of person who cares more about my comfort, my reputation, and my success than I do about the people...

If my last name were Bedient, I’d want to Irishize it and have you call me O’Bedient. Of course, just because you call me, doesn’t mean I’ll come.

Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in… You can gain all the spiritual gifts in the world. You can take...

Obedience, to be perfect, must be voluntary; it must be pure and cheerful. But most of all it must be internal. I would add that it must also be blind and persevering.

If the followers of the Oversoul are kept blind, if they can’t judge the Oversoul’s purpose for themselves, then they aren’t freely choosing between good and evil, or between wise and foolish, but are only...

Love withers under constraints. Its very essence is liberty; it is comparable neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear; it is there most pure, perfect, and unlimited where its votaries are in confidence, equality and unreserve.

Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

It may not of happened the way you thought it would, but in the long run it will work out as it should.

Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence. It is not what we have to acquire in order to experience life in Christ; it is what comes to us when we...

The suicide committed by Sampson was partly determined by the craftiness of Delilah and partly decided by the disobedience of Sampson. Satan uses crafty means to set traps for us, but by our obedience of...