Quotes about Commands

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the LORD'S commands and obey them. Numbers 15:39

God keeps His gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commands. Deuteronomy 7:9

You can't live an obedient life and miss an adventure. Following the commands of Christ is not just about behavior. Behavior modification is not an end in itself in the New Testament. Transformation is about knowing the truth and the truth setting you free.

This is what love for God is: to keep His commands. Now His commands are not a burden. 1 John 5:3

We shouldn't refer to the Spirit as "it"; instead we should always refer to the Spirit as "He"—because the Holy Spirit is a Person. He speaks to us, He commands us, He intercedes for us, He hears us, He guides us.

Whenever God reveals His nature in a new way, it is always for a purpose. He created you for a love relationship with Him. When He encounters you, He is allowing you to know Him by experience. Encounters with God are always an expression of God's love for you. Jesus said: "The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him" (John 14:21).

We live under the new covenant. But the mark of that new covenant is not the absence of commands, but the blood-bought power to obey them.

Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions... Keep me from lying to myself... Help me abandon my shameful ways... I believe in your commands; now teach me good judgment and knowledge.

The extent of our love to the Lord is shown by the way we obey His commands. Love does all that it can to make the loved one happy.

Yet our Lord really meant it, for in the last night with His disciples He promised them that the power of the Spirit would enable them to live a life of obedience. Lord, I do love You and it is my greatest desire to obey Your commands. Please help me to do Your will.

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.

It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God.