Love withers under constraints. Its very essence is liberty; it is comparable neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear; it is there most pure, perfect, and unlimited where its votaries are in confidence, equality and unreserve.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyTags: love obedience percy-shelley
No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously resisting or disobeying the commandment of Jesus. Is there some part of your life which you are refusing to surrender at his behest, some sinful passion, maybe, or some animosity, some hope, perhaps your ambition or your reason? ... How can you hope to enter into communion with him when at some point in your life you are running away from him?
Dietrich BonhoefferTags: doubt belief christianity faith forgiveness obedience surrender communion
Dare we care at all about current fashions if that means reducing our ability to help hungry neighbors? How many more luxuries should we buy for ourselves and our children when others are dying for lack of bread?
Ronald J. SiderTags: style compassion rich wealth christianity necessity fashion christian poverty hunger obedience neighbors luxury
We can't make you do anything, but we can make you wish you had. - Army saying
Stephen E. AmbrosePeople often find comfort in ignorance of illusions, but rarely find solace in the truth of reality.
Lionel SuggsTags: perception obedience
Legalism is when we try to obtain the result of obedience by our own means and strength. It is self-righteousness, as opposed to God's righteousness covering us, and the two are as different as spirit and flesh.
Kelly MinterTags: god obedience righteousness legalism
..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.
Randy AlcornTags: money stewardship giving obedience tithing
To procrastinate obedience is to disobey God.
Randy AlcornTags: procrastination christianity stewardship obedience discipline tithing
A disciple does not ask, "How much can I keep?" but, "How much more can I give?" Whenever we start to get comfortable with our level of giving, it's time to raise it again.
Randy AlcornTags: christianity faith trust stewardship giving comfort give obedience discipline share disciple keep
There would be no more offerings. Not this day. Not any day. Humankind had suffered enough for its love of gods, its long search for God. He thought of the many centuries in which his people, the Jews, had negotiated with God, complaining, bickering, decrying the unfairness of things but always - always - returning to obedience at whatever the cost. Generations dying in the ovens of hatred. Future generations scarred by the cold fires of radiation and renewed hatred.
Dan SimmonsTags: god religion suffering hatred obedience searching
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