We must not mind insulting men, if by respecting them we offend God.
I don't know a single person who truly seems to bear the mark of God's presence and power in his or her life who hasn't been asked by God to be obedient in a way that was dramatically painful.
The wife's submission is not a matter of superior versus inferior; rather, it is self-imposed as a matter of obedience to the Lord and of love for her husband.
A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised.
When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part.
To be worshiped is not freedom.
God not only loves the obedient - He enlightens them.
You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.
Obeying God is listening to God, having an open heart to follow the path that God points out to us.
In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience.
Obey God, obey his Prophet, and obey those in authority over you.
You can't just tip your hat to Jesus; you must bow your knee.
Hudson Taylor said, "The Lord's work done in the Lord's way will never fail to have the Lord's provision." ...The Lord's work done in human energy is not the Lord's work any longer. It is something, but it is not the Lord's work.
Obeying the revealed will of God and trusting Him for the results.
Perhaps the secret of living a holy life is to avoid every thing which will displease God and grieve the Spirit, and to be strictly attentive to the means of grace.
You can't resist the will of God and receive the grace of God at the same time.
The case is this: God offers you one of the greatest mercies on this side of heaven and commands you to accept it. Why do you not accept this mercy in obedience to His command.... God offers you a pardon for all your sins.
Obedience is not measured by our ability to obey laws and principles, obedience is measured by our response to God’s voice.
God gave me this great book to preach from, and if He has put anything in it you think is not fit, go and complain to Him, not to me. I am simply his servant, and if His errand that I am to tell is objectionable, I cannot help it.
I model my life after my Lord and Master Jesus Christ and his life. He has called me into God's family and I am a representative for him so I just try to be obedient to what He asks me to do.
If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.
Only those who obey can believe, and only those who believe can obey.
God just told me to shut up!
Those who forever seek the will of God are overrun by those who do it.
The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom.
