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“...[A] friend is someone who gives you trust because they want to, not because they have to.”
― D.J. MacHale, The Merchant of Death

“Good works are not the cause of our salvation; good works are the evidence of our salvation. Faith in Christ always results in good works. Obedience to God is the mark of true saving faith.”
― Ibrahim Emile

“God equates spiritual depth with obedience.”
― Mark Hall, Your Own Jesus: A God Insistent on Making It Personal

“For pre-eminently a divine image, resembling God, is the soul of a righteous man; in which, through obedience to the commands, as in a consecrated spot, is enclosed and enshrined the Leader of mortals and of immortals, King and Parent of what is good, who is truly law, and right, and eternal Word, being the one Saviour individually to each, and in common to all.”
― Clement of Alexandria, Volume 12. The Writings of Clement of Alexandria

“Our ability to remain faithful to God,is by itself a miracle. For nothing happens without His Grace that works in us, and His Spirit that perfects us, which urges us to be like Him. For truly ,everything begins with His mercy and ends with His mercy.”
― Henrietta Newton Martin

“Feed on the word, have a listening ear and an obeying heart to have an instructing tongue.”
― Royal Raj S

“How fortunate it is for us all that it is somewhat unnatural for a human being to obey. Universal obedience is universal stagnation; disobedience is one of the conditions of progress.”
― Robert G. Ingersoll, On the Gods and Other Essays

“Good Little Gods (The Sonnet)

A good person once said, to turn the other cheek.
I ain't him, I don't approve of his kind of naivety.
Hurt me all you want, I may still keep quiet but,
Lay a finger on my loved ones, 'n you are history.
Someone once ordered, sacrifice your child for me,
And a spineless patriarch rushed to obey it all.
If god commands to slaughter someone I love,
That stoneage nitwit will return without his balls.
Someone said, strike your partner if she denies coitus,
To which countless bugs still remain obedient.
I ask that moron of a god to come 'n say it to me,
And he won't be left man enough to even get a head.
Humankind ain't no slave to no prehistoric lords.
We may spare them only if they're good little gods.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers

“Sin: Self's will. Holiness: His will.
Sin: Me first. Holiness: God first.
Sin: My way. Holiness: His way.
Sin: Selfish desires. Holiness: Divine purpose.
Sin: Self-centered. Holiness: God-centered.
Sin: Rebel heart. Holiness: Obedient heart.
Sin: My agenda. Holiness: His agenda.”
― Prasanth Jonathan

“Mediate on the word of God day and night, then be careful to write the sacred words on your heart. And find grace to obey it.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Whoever gains good understanding, keeps God's commandment.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Utii kwa Mungu unapokosekana injili ambayo Mungu anataka ihubiriwe haitahubiriwa. Itahubiriwa na manabii wa uongo.”
― Enock Maregesi

“The Guru does not need outer acts of reverence from you. What matters to Him most is your inner attitude of reverence and devotion in acts of obedience.”
― Dada J. P. Vaswani

“Teach of faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy.4 Warn them that they will encounter people who pick which commandments they will keep and ignore others that they choose to break. I call this the cafeteria approach to obedience. This practice of picking and choosing will not work. It will lead to misery. To prepare to meet God, one keeps all of His commandments. It takes faith to obey them, and keeping His commandments will strengthen that faith.”
― Russell M. Nelson, Accomplishing the Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do

“We make each decision to abandon the practice of holiness because we don’t believe that God is present now or because we don’t believe he’ll show up later.”
― Mark E. Moore, Core 52: A Fifteen-Minute Daily Guide to Build Your Bible IQ in a Year

“The cardinal virtue is obedience to keeping God's commandments.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“What is the motivation to obey a law that seems nonsensical? It can only be deep trust in the one who asks.”
― Rachel Gilson, Born Again This Way

“God sees ahead, tells you to prepare ahead, though not knowing what is ahead. Whatever He tells you Do It! Like Mary told the servants at the wedding ceremony.”
― Ned Bryan Abakah

“Many admire Jesus and practice sin: others respect Jesus and practice sin; Some even reverence Jesu and practice sin, but none of this is a passionate love for the Lord Jesus because this kind of love requires obedience.”
― John M. Sheehan

“In his disobedience, your brother is alive. You, in your resentful subservience, are dead. Do you think God wants mindless worshippers who can only follow instructions?”
― Chester Brown, Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus: Prostitution and Religious Obedience in the Bible

“God doesn't call people because they are better, he calls people because they are willing.”
― Andrena Sawyer

“Obedience to God is way to be an overcomer.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Don't measure your spiritual life by how much you know the Word of God, but rather by how much you live it.”
― Prasanth Jonathan

“God's commands are for us to thrive and not to deprive us.
Navaz DCruz - Know Grow Show”
― Navaz DCruz

“As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs of modern life.”
― Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline

“If Our surrender can move the hand of God, imagine what our cooperation can do.”
― Andrena Sawyer

“Our challenge is not to understand God but to obey God. He gives promises, not explanations.”
― T.F. Tenney, The Main Thing...Is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

“Theology is basically the study of the nature of God. A Christian faith that all-out rejects theology is showing not much else other than pride by false humility - as though one's personal relationship with God is closer than that of any other persons, writings, or anything outside of their own experience, and as they interpret that experience. This is often a side-stepping of true obedience to God: How are you wholly and obediently, honestly seeking His will if you are not willing to dig deeper? And how do you genuinely love someone you do not care to know more about? Our Father is everlasting, His history is worthy, His past is vast and His character is real. A sincere theology is not a trap to be avoided, but rather a gift to be opened.”
― Criss Jami

“Obedience is to surrender to God's will and it is a form of worship.”
― Joshua A Adebodun, Re-Exploring Genesis: Uncover the Author's Intents, Gain Clarity, and Deepen Your Faith.

“They say the incubus and succubus are old myths. Night terrors. Sleep paralysis. But I know better. I lived it. I saw it. I felt it.”
― D'los Ángeles