Quotes about Commitment

I have chosen you." Keep that note of greatness in your creed. It is not that you have got God, but that He has got you.

Never dull your sense of being your utmost for His highest—your best for His glory.

Our Lord never lays down the conditions of discipleship as the conditions of salvation.

We say, "But this is so strict. Surely He does not require that of me." Our Lord is strict, and He does require that of us.

Some of us get played out in the first ten yards, because God compels us to go where we cannot see the way, and we say—"I will wait till I get nearer the big crisis." If we do not do the running steadily in the little ways, we shall do nothing in the crisis.

Is God having His way with me, and are people beginning to see God in my life more and more? Be serious in your commitment to God and gladly leave everything else alone. Literally put God first in your life.

It is impossible to carry on your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.

Are you loyal to Jesus or loyal to your notion of Him?

Remember whose you are and whom you serve.

Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ which nothing can shake.

When we think seriously about what it will cost others if we obey the call of Jesus, we tell God He doesn't know what our obedience will cost.

If we obey God, it is going to cost other people more than it costs us, and that is where the pain begins. If we are in love with our Lord, obedience does not cost us anything--it is a delight.