David A. Bednar Quotes

For many, living a Christlike life every day may be even more difficult than laying down one's life.

It's very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.

It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.

I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts.

We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.

Know that as a Christian, your destiny is to be Christlike in all of your ways.

Our productivity in the kingdom of God is directly related to our character and our Christ-likeness.

The mark of spirituality is the fragrance of Christ in our lives and the fragrance of Christ in every aspect of who we are as a person.

Were there a Christian so faithful to his God as I was to her we would all be Jesus Christ today.

Lord, enable us to search our hearts and humble ourselves before Thee. Oh, for a closer walk with God, more faith, more sincerity, more earnestness, and more love. I must study more the Word of God. 'If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.' The Master said so, and His words are true.

Be faithful in the little things.

We are to learn our duty from the Lord, and then we are to act in all diligence, never being lazy or slothful. The pattern is simple but not easy to follow. We are so easily distracted.

I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.

What is discipleship? It is primarily obedience to the Savior. Discipleship includes many things. It is chastity. It is tithing. It is family home evening. It is keeping all the commandments. It is forsaking anything that is not good for us.

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

God our Lord would have us look to the Giver and love Him more than His gift, keeping Him always before our eyes, in our hearts, and in our thoughts.

Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.

I love the expression that 'When your Bible is falling apart, the man isn't.'

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.

No, God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how we need to love God! For what we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are - and who we will become.

The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.

I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.

I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.