Mark Batterson Quotes

Beware of the inclination to dictate to God what consequences you would allow as a condition of your obedience to Him.

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

If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God.

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

God's words first... obey God's law first before considering the laws of man.

The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things.

Obey God, obey his Prophet, and obey those in authority over you.

My obedience is not to the law but to the Great Creator.

We must obey God and not man.

My word will never be as strong as God's word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.

No matter who we are, God does not adapt to please us; we always have to adapt to him.

God can do all sorts of things, God does not need me! But He commands me to be like His Son, and that is all.

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

First of all, Scripture draws our attention to this, that if we want ease and tranquility in our lives, we should resign ourselves and all that we have to the will of God, and at the same time we should surrender our affections to him as our Conqueror and Overlord.

Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.

A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.

Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.

Every person in every generation has a choice: to obey God or to do his own thing.

Prayer is a ritual! But at the root of prayer is the idea of complete bowing down in submission to the Will of God.

God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.

Prayer opens our lives for God so his will can be done in and through us, because in true prayer we habitually put ourselves into the attitude of willingness to do whatever God wills.

Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father

Let us be what God likes, so long as we are His, and let us not be what we want to be, if it is against his intention.

Obeying the revealed will of God and trusting Him for the results.

I don't have to explain or defend the will of God. My job is simply to obey it.