Joshua’s Obedience
He obeyed God wholeheartedly. That means doing whatever God asks without reservation or hesitation. You don’t procrastinate and say, “I’ll pray about it.” You do it without delay. Every parent knows that delayed obedience is really disobedience.
Rick Warren • The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Believer! would you abide in Jesus, be very careful to keep His commandments. Keep them in the love of your heart. Be not content to have them in the Bible for reference, but have them transferred by careful study, by meditation and by prayer, by a loving acceptance, by the Spirit's teaching, to the fleshy tables of the heart.
Andrew Murray • Abide in Christ
Independence is never the pathway to glory in God’s kingdom. The road of submission and obedience is the way to the abundant life that God desires for us.
Andrew Murray • Seeing The Church: When your purpose collides with God's passion
Am I ready to listen to the voice of God? Is my heart open to spiritual instruction? Are my ears attentive to the message I will hear from the Bible?
Philip Graham Ryken • Ecclesiastes: Why Everything Matters (Preaching the Word)
Jesus is obedient because God’s being is found in God’s act and this God of Israel is a minister (the being of God is revealed as minister, as one who reaches out to embrace and be with humanity—“ministry” and “minister” throughout the rest of this project will mean this act of sharing in the life of another for the sake of love and communion). Jes
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