Therese of Lisieux Quotes

I have continued systematically to study the Book of Mormon and Bible to understand even more deeply what God expects of me and my family while on this earth.

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.

Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in moving mountains - if moving mountains accomplishes God's purposes and is in accordance with His will.

God wants us to serve willingly and obediently.

As a child of God, your destiny, if you work hard enough and are faithful, is to become like Him. That means that there is nothing that is true that you cannot learn, because He knows all truth.

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.

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

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

He that serves God is resigned up into him, and in all things has respect to truth and righteousness, and will promote that.

No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws.

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.

Jesus showed me what it means to be holy - he did his father's will no matter how difficult it was to accomplish.

My heart's desire is that people will listen to the Lord and his leading and really dive into the fullness of what He's called them to do, whatever that looks like.

Purity doesn't happen by accident; it requires obedience to God.

God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience.

Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile.

I just want to do God’s will.

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.

Holiness is not a series of do’s and don’ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God.

Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills.

‎What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We should accustom ourselves to think of our position and work as sacred and well-pleasing to God, not on account of the position and work, but on account of the word and faith from which the obedience and work flow.

I am Thy servant to do Thy will, and that will is sweeter to me than position or riches or fame, and I choose it above all things on Earth or in Heaven.

If you truly love God and His will, then doing what you will, will, in fact, be doing what God wills.