Edmund Waller Quotes

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

We are to yield to the authority God has in place, and look to Him to find out what He would have us to do about those things that are concerning to us.

The apostle enters upon his subject thus - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers; for there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God.

God knows and sees all. His wisdom and knowledge far outweighs mankind, and whether or not people ever recognize it - He is the creator. He is the giver of life, and only He has the power to take it away. That's why its imperative to submit to Him.

Chop off that head which does not bow to the Lord, O Nanak.

If God can't get you to obey Him concerning your money, he won't get to anything else you got.

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

I will stay faithful to what God has called me to do all the days of my life, and I don't try to figure it out.

Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was kindled in his eyes, and he spoke softly. 'My lord, you called me. I come. What does the king command?

What else should we do with the Word of God but obey?

When God commands, do it!

We have been born under a monarchy; to obey God is freedom.

Whoever has used what means he is capable of, for the informing of himself, with a readiness to believe and obey what shall be taught and prescribed by Jesus, his Lord and King, is a true and faithful subject of Christ s kingdom:;; and cannot be thought to fail in any thing necessary to salvation.

Most Christians don't hear God's voice because we've already decided we aren't going to do what He says.

God does not call us to be successful, but to be obedient.

Let us serve Him faithfully as our Master. Let us obey Him loyally as our King. Let us study His teachings as our Prophet. Let us work diligently after Him as our Example. Let us look anxiously for Him as our coming redeemer of body as well as soul. But above all let us prize Him as our Sacrifice, and rest our whole weight on His death as atonement for sin. Let His blood be more precious in our eyes every year we live. Whatever else we glory in about Christ, let us glory above all things in His cross.

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

Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy, and under its gentle pressure receives the power to persevere in the right way. The command of Jesus is hard, unutterably hard, for those who try to resist it. But for those who willingly submit, the yoke is easy, and the burden is light.

Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the kingdom

As soon as we lay ourselves entirely at His feet, we have enough light given us to guide our own steps; as the foot-soldier who hears nothing of the councils that determine the course of the great battle he is in, hears plainly enough the word of command that they must themselves obey.

Only those who obey can believe, and only those who believe can obey.

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

True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.

God didn't call me to be successful, He called me to be faithful.