Commandments Of God Quotes:

The most important of all the commandments of God is that one that you are having the most difficulty keeping today.

- Harold B. Lee

topic: Important, Today, Difficulty, Commandments Of God, Commandments

If you desire the spirit of God you must keep the commandments of God.

- Heber J. Grant

topic: Desire, Spirit, Commandments Of God

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, for there are plenty of others.

- Otto Rank

topic: Wife, Neighbor, Plenty, Stranger In A Strange Land, Coveting

Faith and character are intimately related. Faith in the power of obedience to the commandments of God will forge strength of character available to you in times of urgent need.

- Richard G. Scott

topic: Character, Needs, Obedience, Strength Of Character, Commandments Of God

You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is because God rested, not because Jesus was resurrected.

- Alan Dershowitz

topic: Christian, Jesus, School, Ten Commandments, Commandments Of God

Happiness is the object and design of our existence.

- Joseph Smith, Jr.

topic: Happiness, Design, Joy, Commandments Of God, Uprightness

In contrast to the institutions of the world, which teach us to KNOW something, the gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to BECOME something...The gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan by which we can become what children of god are supposed to become...Charity is something one becomes.

- Dallin H. Oaks

topic: Jesus, Children, Challenges, Celestial, Child Of God

Keeping the commandments of God is not a difficult burden when we do it out of love of him who has so graciously blessed us.

- Delbert L. Stapley

topic: Love, Blessed, Burden, Commandments Of God

Keep the commandments of God. If you have sinned, the sooner you begin to make your way back, the sooner you will find the sweet peace and joy that come with the miracle of forgiveness. Happiness comes from living the way the Lord wants you to live and from service to God and others.

- Thomas S. Monson

topic: Sweet, Joy, Miracle, Commandments Of God, Peace And Joy

What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power of God not praised. The truth of God not sought. The wisdom of God not esteemed. The beauty of God not treasured. The goodness of God not savored. The faithfulness of God not trusted. The commandments of God not obeyed. The justice of God not respected. The wrath of God not feared. The grace of God not cherished. The presence of God not prized. The person of God not loved. That is sin.

- John Piper

topic: Greatness, Wrath, Justice, Wrath Of God, Holiness Of God

I too believe that God will always make a way where there is no way. I believe that if we will walk in obedience to the commandments of God, if we will follow the counsel of the priesthood, he will open a way even where there appears to be no way.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

topic: Believe, Way, Obedience, Priesthood, Commandments Of God

We need to accept that the commandments of God aren't just a long list of good ideas. They aren't 'life hacks' from an Internet blog, or motivational quotes from a Pinterest board. They are divine counsel, based on eternal truths.

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

topic: Ideas, Long, Boards, Commandments Of God, Pinterest

God hears and fulfills the prayer of a man who fulfills His commandments. "Hear God in His commandments," says St. John Chrysostom, "So that He might hear you in your prayers." A man who keeps the commandments of God is always wise, patient, and sincere in his prayers. Mystery of prayer consists in the keeping of God's commandments.

- Justin Popovic

topic: Inspirational, Wise, Christian, Commandments Of God

Tolerance is the last virtue of a depraved society. When you have an immoral society that has blatantly, proudly, violated all of the commandments of God, there is one last virtue they insist upon: tolerance for their immorality.

- D. James Kennedy

topic: Tolerance, Dying, Lasts, Commandments Of God, Immorality

I say to you with all the fervor of my soul that God intended men to be free. Rebellion against tyranny is a righteous cause. It is an enormous evil for any man to be enslaved to any system contrary to his own will. For that reason men, 200 years ago, pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor. No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood - human blood - will win it back.

- Ezra Taft Benson

topic: Winning, Men, Blood, Commandments Of God

The most important message that I can give to you and to all the world is to keep the commandments of God.

- Harold B. Lee

topic: Giving, Important, World, Commandments Of God

The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought. In all our heart; that is, in all our understanding without erring. In all our soul; that is, in all our will without gainsaying. In all our their ought; that is, that we think on Him without forgetting. In this manner is very love and true, that is work of man's will. For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.

- Richard Rolle

topic: Jesus, Heart, Love Is, Stirring, Lasting Love

The Parliament in Canada and the Congress in Washington do not have the authority to revoke the commandments of God, or to modify or amend them in any way.

- Dallin H. Oaks

source: Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

topic: Canada, Way, Authority, Commandments Of God

Young people, if you honor your fathers, you will love them, respect them, confide in them, be considerate of them, express appreciation for them, and demonstrate all of these things by following their counsel in righteousness and by obeying the commandments of God.

- Dallin H. Oaks

topic: Appreciation, Father, People, Commandments Of God

Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure.

- John Piper

source: John Piper (2012). “The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God”, p.250, Multnomah

topic: Treasure, Pleasure, Obedience, Commandments Of God, Commandments

There is a big difference between an honest mistake made in a moment of spiritual weakness and a willfull decision to disobey persistently the commandments of God. Those who deliberately choose to violate God's commandments or ignore the standards of the Church, even when promising themselves and others that someday they will be strong enough to repent, are stepping into a dangerously slippery slope upon which many have lost their spiritual footing.

- M. Russell Ballard

topic: Spiritual, Strong, Mistake, Commandments Of God, Slopes

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

- Thomas Paine

topic: Motivation, Ideas, Justice, Commandments Of God

Patience means accepting that which cannot be changed and facing it with courage, grace, and faith. It means being “willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon [us], even as a child doth submit to his father.” Ultimately, patience means being “firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping the commandments of the Lord” every hour of every day, even when it is hard to do so. In the words of John the Revelator, “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and … faith [in] Jesus.”

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

source: "Continue in Patience". Dieter F. Uchtdorf's address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2010.

topic: Jesus, Children, Father, Faith And Patience, Faith In Jesus

One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom and limit happiness.

- Ezra Taft Benson

topic: Deception, Limits, Satan, Commandments Of God, Commandments

Baptism into this Church is a serious thing. It represents a covenant made with our Heavenly Father. It is much more than a right of passage. It is a gateway to a new manner of living, and a new road on which to walk that leads to immortality and eternal life. It was never intended as a dead end. It was intended to open a glorious and wonderful way of life to all who would walk in obedience to the commandments of God.

- Gordon B. Hinckley

topic: Father, Baptism, Church, Serious Things, Commandments Of God

If we are practicing our faith and seeking the companionship of the Holy Spirit, his presence can be felt in our hearts and in our homes. A family having daily family prayers and seeking to keep the commandments of God and honor his name and speak lovingly to one another will have a spiritual feeling in their home that will be discernible to all who enter it.

- Dallin H. Oaks

topic: Spiritual, Prayer, Home, Family Prayer, Commandments Of God

The Lord is in control. He knows the end from the beginning. He has given us adequate instruction that, if followed, will see us safely through any crisis. His purposes will be fulfilled, and someday we will understand the eternal reasons for all of these events. Therefore, today we must be careful to not overreact, nor should we be caught up in extreme preparations, but what we must do is keep the commandments of God and never loose hope!

- M. Russell Ballard

topic: Preparation, Purpose, Adequate, Commandments Of God

Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.

- John Tillotson

source: John Tillotson (1720). “The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: Containing Fifty Four Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions. Together with the Rule of Faith”, p.69

topic: Happiness, Pain, Men, Commandments Of God, No Pain

Have faith to keep all the commandments of God, knowing that they are given to bless His children and bring them joy. [You] will encounter people who pick which commandments they will keep and ignore others that they choose to break. I call this the cafeteria approach to obedience. This practice of picking and choosing will not work. It will lead to misery. To prepare to meet God, one keeps all of His commandments. It takes faith to obey them, and keeping His commandments will strengthen that faith.

- Russell M. Nelson

topic: Children, Practice, Knowing, Cafeteria, Picking And Choosing

Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient.  They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . . We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see

- Boyd K. Packer

source: Boyd K. Packer (1998). “The shield of faith”, Bookcraft, Incorporated

topic: Spiritual, Agency, Expression, Spiritual Truth, Latter Day Saints

Enduring to the end is a process filling every minute of our life, every hour, every day, from sunrise to sunrise. It is accomplished through personal discipline following the commandments of God.

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

topic: Discipline, Sunrise, Hours, Enduring To The End, Commandments Of God

Faith in Jesus Christ and a testimony of Him and His universal Atonement is not just a doctrine with great theological value. Such faith is a universal gift, glorious for all cultural regions of this earth, irrespective of language, race, color, nationality, or socioeconomic circumstance. The powers of reason may be used to try to understand this gift, but those who feel its effects most deeply are those who are willing to accept its blessings, which come from a pure and clean life of following the path of true repentance and living the commandments of God.

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

topic: Jesus, Blessing, Race, Faith In Jesus, Commandments Of God

If we are faithful in keeping the commandments of God His promises will be fulfilled to the very letter. . . . The trouble is, the adversary of men's souls blinds their minds. He throws dust, so to speak, in their eyes, and they are blinded with the things of this world.

- Heber J. Grant

topic: Eye, Men, Dust, Commandments Of God, Adversaries

The name, Seventh-day Adventist, is a standing rebuke to the Protestant world. Here is the line of distinction between the worshipers of God, and those who worship the beast, and receive his mark. The great conflict is between the commandments of God and the requirements of the beast.

- Ellen G. White

source: Ellen G. White (1994*). “Spiritual Gifts Vol 3 & 4”, Review and Herald Pub Assoc

topic: Names, World, Lines, Commandments Of God

At the beginning of the struggle the holy commandments of God must be fulfilled with a certain forcefulness of will (cf. Mt. 11:12); then the Lord, seeing our intention and labour, will grant us readiness of will and gladness in obeying His purposes. For 'it is the Lord who makes ready the will' (Prov. 8:35 LXX), so that we always do what is right joyfully. Then shall we truly feel that 'it is God who energizes in you both the willing and the doing of His purpose' (Phil. 2:13).

- Diadochos of Photiki

topic: Christian, Struggle, Cfs, Obeying, Commandments Of God

The Commandments of God are higher than all the treasures of the earth. Whoever has acquired them has received God within himself.

- Isaac of Nineveh

topic: Commandments Of God

To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility. You ask, 'How might we achieve these goals?' I answer, 'By getting a true perspective of who we really are!' We are sons and daughters of a living God in whose image we have been created. Think of that truth: 'Created in the image of God!' We cannot sincerely hold this conviction without experiencing a profound new sense of strength and power, even the strength to live the commandments of God, the power to resist the temptations of Satan.

- Thomas S. Monson

topic: Daughter, Disappointment, Humility, Commandments Of God

When we strive to keep the commandments of God, repenting of our sins and promising our best efforts to follow the Savior, we begin to grow in confidence that through the Atonement everything will be all right.

- Wilford W. Andersen

topic: Best Effort, Sin, Atonement, Commandments Of God

The Holy Apostle John the Theologian says that the commandments of God are not difficult, but easy (I John, 5:3). But they are only easy because of love, while they are all difficult if there is no love.

- Silouan the Athonite

topic: Inspirational, Christian, Religious, Commandments Of God

Through the lens of spirituality, we see all the commandments of God as invitations to blessings.

- Dallin H. Oaks

topic: Blessing, Lenses, Spirituality, Commandments Of God

We have to make a distinction between members of the Jewish community who sincerely are trying to follow the laws, statutes and commandments of God in their covenant relationship with Him, but among them are those who say they are Jews and they are not. And this is why the scripture refers to them as the Synagogue of Satan because their work is an evil work. They are doing exactly what Satan is supposed to do - which is to spread evil, not to contain evil to himself but to spread evil to others and make others deviate from the laws, statutes and commandments of God.

- Louis Farrakhan

source: "Farrakhan: 'I never endorsed Mr. Trump or any of the candidates'". Interview with Richard Muhammad, www.finalcall.com. March 8, 2016.

topic: Law, Evil, Community, Jewish Community, Commandments Of God

Heavenly Father has made each of us unique. No two of us have exactly the same experiences. No two families are alike. ... Yet a loving Heavenly Father has set the same path to happiness for all of His children. Whatever our personal characteristics or whatever will be our experiences, there is but one plan of happiness. That plan is to follow all the commandments of God.

- Henry B. Eyring

topic: Children, Father, Unique, Commandments Of God, Two Of Us

A man who has no part in the grace of God, cannot keep the commandments of God, or prepare himself, either wholly or in part, to receive grace; but he rests of necessity under the power of sin.

- Martin Luther

topic: Men, Grace, Sin, Commandments Of God