Quotes about Responsiveness

Just because I have listened carefully and intently to one thing from God does not mean that I will listen to everything He says.

The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God's call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude.

The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God's call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude.

Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.

but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.

The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

Make every effort to come to me quickly,

The old man woke up at once. "Ay, ay!" cried Whitefield, fixing his eyes on him, "I have waked you up, have I? I meant to do it. I am not come here to preach to stocks and stones: I have come to you in the name of the Lord God of Hosts, and I must, and will, have an audience.

I was so caught up in the rush of superficial things in my world that I missed hearing the cries for help in someone else's world.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

The word of God can require something of me today that it did not require yesterday; this means that, if I am to hear this challenge, I must be fundamentally open and listening.