35th Week of the Year

O B E D I E N T

From your Pocket to your Heart!

Defined as ... Quickly and cheerfully carrying out the direction of those who are responsible for me.

“He that cannot obey cannot command, and obedience always commands respect.”
~  Benjamin Franklin  ~

“Obedience leads to true freedom. The more we obey revealed truth, the more we become liberated.”
~  James E. Faust  ~

“Blind obedience is a sign of weakness. Faithful obedience is a sign of strength.”
~  Bob Lonsberry  ~

OBEDIENCE EXEMPLIFIED

1. Abraham & Isaac
(Genesis 22)
2. Saul
(1 Samuel 15)
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OBEDIENCE
SCRIPTURALLY TAUGHT

“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.”
Hebrews 13:17

“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.”
1 Samuel 15:22-23

“Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.”
Romans 13:1-2

“But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.”
Jeremiah 7:23

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.”
2 Corinthians 10:5-6