John Wooden Quotes

In many cases, our need to wonder about or be told what God wants in a certain situation is nothing short of a clear indication of how little we are engaged in His work.

..tithing isn't something I do to clear my conscience so I can do whatever I want with the 90 percent--it also belongs to God! I must seek his direction and permission for whatever I do with the full amount. I may discover that God has different ideas than I do.

Resign every forbidden joy; restrain every wish that is not referred to God's will; banish all eager desires, all anxiety; desire only the will of God; seek him alone and supremely, and you will find peace.

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

God's mark is on everything that obeys Him.

When we realize and embrace the Lord's will for us, we will love to do it. We won't want to do anything else. It's a passion.

Woe to that man who runs when God has not sent him; and woe to him who refuses to run, or who ceases to run, when God has sent him.

Sometimes God allows us to explore the 'whys' of His instructions. Other times He wants us to obey 'because He said so.' Has God asked you to obey in a specific matter that still awaits your obedient response?

God wants us to make Jesus Christ the central figure in our church--not just say that we do, but actually do it.

Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need

A person God himself deems as wise is one who not only hears His voice, but immediately begins to act upon His instruction.

You cannot obey God without your obedience spilling out in a blessing to all those around you.

People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.

To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel.

In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience.

I am a servant, taking orders and receiving orders. What God tells me, I say, and what He shows me, I see. His will must always supersede.

Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment.

Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God.

Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do.

One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.

I have a suggestion: When a temple is conveniently nearby, small things may interrupt your plans to go to the temple. Set specific goals, considering your circumstances, of when you can and will participate in temple ordinances. Then do not allow anything to interfere with that plan.

No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God's will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not.

If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want do when you want to do them.

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.

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