Obedience – Quote Catch

1 Nephi 2:4…Lehi left the things of the world to obey the Lord
1 Nephi 2:3…Lehi is obedient to the Lord’s commandment that his family depart into the wilderness
1 Nephi 3:7…The Lord prepares the way for us to complete his commandments
1 Nephi 17:17-18…There are always people making fun of you when strive to obey the commandments
1 Nephi 17:9-10…Ask the Lord for help and He will help you (Nephi asks where to go to build ship and we need to listen)
Alma 27:10…Obedience to the Lord (If He says go, we will go)
Mosiah 28: 6-8…The Lord will give you an answer, but the final decision is yours (Mosiah granted it, not the Lord. He made the final decision)
Alma 18: 17…When obeying leaders outside the church (jobs, school, etc) do what they say IF IT IS RIGHT.
Alma 15: 1…When the Lord commands, do it. (As Alma/ Amulek told to depart – did it)
Alma 13:4…If we aren’t obedient, there are callings that we could have had if we were obedient
Mosiah 3: 12…Don’t rebel against God
D&C 88: 22…If you can’t abide a celestial law, you can’t abide a celestial glory
D&C 78: 7…We that want a place in the Celestial World must prepare ourselves by doing the things that the Lord has commanded us and required of us.
Alma 27: 23…Obedience gains respect
D&C 29: 34-35…Rules, commandments, & laws are all eternal. Obey now.
Alma 9: 19-24, 28…Rule breakers in trouble
Alma 37: 35…Obey commandments in Youth
1 Nephi 20: 18-19…Obey commandments and will be blessed
2 Nephi 31: 4-7…Christ was baptized to be an example of obedience to the Father
2 Nephi 33: 15…Obey always
1 Nephi 9: 5…Obey! Even if you don’t know why.
Alma 18: 8-10…Complete obedience and service can touch the hearts of others
Mosiah 5: 5…We should make covenants with God to be obedient
“When I was a child I recognized or thought I did, that the commandments of the Lord were His laws and regulations for my guidance. I thought I recognized in the disobedience to those laws that punishment would follow, and as a child, I presume I may have felt that the Lord had so arranged affairs and so ordained matters” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, Chapter 18: Stay on the Lord’s Side of the Line
“No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, [God] will never desert us. He never has, and He never will. He cannot do it. It is not His character [to do so]. He is an unchangeable being; the same yesterday, the same today, and He will be the same throughout the eternal ages to come. We have found that God. We have made Him our friend, by obeying His Gospel; and He will stand by us. We may pass through the fiery furnace; we may pass through deep waters, but we shall not be consumed nor overwhelmed. We shall emerge from all these trials and difficulties the better and purer for them if we only trust in our God and keep His commandments. “ Freedom of the Saints, in Collected Discourses, George Q. Cannon
“The person who does what Jesus says comes to know who Jesus is.” (Keith B. McMullin, Ensign, May 2004, 34)
… Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.
D&C 11:70-72… And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent his servant, and the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him, and brought other servants, and they were few. 71 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them: Go to, and labor in the vineyard, with your might. For behold, this is the last time that I shall nourish my vineyard; for the end is nigh at hand, and the season speedily cometh; and if ye labor with your might with me ye shall have joy in the fruit which I shall lay up unto myself against the time which will soon come.72 And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them, and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in all things.
Mosiah 9: 3… And yet, I being over-zealous to inherit the land of our fathers, collected as many as were desirous to go up to possess the land, and started again on our journey into the wilderness to go up to the land; but we were smitten with famine and sore afflictions; for we were slow to remember the Lord our God.
“The Fall was an essential part of man’s mortal probation. … Had Adam and Eve not partaken, the great gift of mortality would not have come to them. Moreover, they would have had no posterity, and the great commandment given to them by the Lord would not have been fulfilled. 7The fall of Adam brought to pass all of the vicissitudes of mortality. It brought pain, it brought sorrow, it brought death; but we must not lose sight of the fact that it brought blessings also. … It brought the blessing of knowledge and understanding and mortal life.” Chapter 3: The Plan of Salvation, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, (2013), 58–71
“… No man could do what he did for us. He did not have to die, he could have refused. He did it voluntarily. He did it because it was a commandment from his Father. He knew what the suffering was going to be; and yet, because of his love for us, he was willing to do it. …” Chapter 3: The Plan of Salvation, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith, (2013), 58–71
Mosiah 2:22... And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you.
Mosiah 2:41… And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.
Mosiah 2:23 -24… 23 And now, in the first place, he hath created you, and granted unto you your lives, for which ye are indebted unto him. 24 And secondly, he doth require that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you; and therefore he hath paid you. And ye are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be, forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to boast?
Hebrews 11:8….8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Jacob 5: 70 -72 …70 And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent his servant, and the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him, and brought other servants, and they were few. 71 And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them: Go to, and labor in the vineyard, with your might. For behold, this is the last time that I shall nourish my vineyard; for the end is nigh at hand, and the season speedily cometh; and if ye labor with your might with me ye shall have joy in the fruit which I shall lay up unto myself against the time which will soon come. 72 And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them, and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in all things.
1 Nephi 17: 14 -15…14 Yea, and the Lord said also that: After ye have arrived in the promised land, ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God; and that I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction; yea, that I did bring you out of the land of Jerusalem. 15 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did strive to keep the commandments of the Lord, and I did exhort my brethren to faithfulness and diligence.
“All that is required of us to make us perfectly safe under all circumstances of trouble or persecution is to do the will of God, to be honest, faithful and to keep ourselves devoted to the principles that we have received; do right one by another; trespass upon no man’s rights; live by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God and his Holy Spirit will aid and assist us under all circumstances, and we will come out of the midst of it all abundantly blessed in our houses, in our families, in our flocks, in our fields—and in every way God will bless us. He will give us knowledge upon knowledge, intelligence upon intelligence, wisdom upon wisdom.” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow
D&C 46: 10-12… And again, verily I say unto you, I would that ye should always remember, and always retain in your minds what those gifts are, that are given unto the church. 11 For all have not every gift given unto them; for there are many gifts, and to every man is given a gift by the Spirit of God. 12 To some is given one, and to some is given another, that all may be profited thereby.
“October 25th, 1994 – Tuesday. Puyo Ecuador… I tell you what, my Dad is an incredible man. He sent some of his journal entries from Puerto Rico. What he wrote hit me hard. He wrote that he has “Bound” the Lord to do what he asks. My Dad is obeying all of the commandments and denying all chance of Satan to mess with him. Because of this and extreme faith, he prays to God and asks for something. With fasting and faith, he knows he’s going to receive his answer. He bound the Lord twice – to not have a war in Puerto Rico, and to let him be home by a certain Sunday! And they both happened. I need to analyze myself. I need to obey all commandments so that the Lord will be bound. If I could bind the Lord I could be a very successful missionary. My Dad’s a great example. I love my family.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
January 14th, 1995 – Saturday. Quito Ecuador – Jeffrey R. Holland Conference… “I learned of the importance of obedience. He talked about the creation and pointed out that nothing progressed until the things were obedient. I’ll never forget that. I feel that is why Puyo has not progressed very fast. Disobedience. When I’m not progressing, I will re-evaluate my obedience.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal
Jacob 4: 6… Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea.
D&C 130: 19... And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come
D&C 19:16–17…The Savior tells us, “For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer … even as I”. Christ did His part to atone for our sins. To make His Atonement fully effective in our lives, we must strive to obey Him and repent of our sins.
“Blessings depend on truth and obedience to the law. Said Elder Nelson years later, “You can pray all you want, you can hope all you want, but until the law is fulfilled upon which that blessing predicated, it won’t happen.” Insight’s from a Prophet’ Life, Russell M. Nelson, Page 50
“In the early stages of pioneering work in open-heart surgery, Russell was drawn to three verses in the Doctrine and Covenants that seemed to have particular application for his work: “All kingdoms have a law given; And there are many kingdoms; for there is no space in the which there is no kingdom; and there is no kingdom in which there is no space, either a greater or lesser kingdom. And unto every kingdom is a given law; and unto every law, there are certain bounds also and conditions” (Doctrine and Covenants 88:36-38). These verses combined with another clear scriptural promise from the Doctrine and Covenants inspired him- that “when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicted” (Doctrine and Covenant 130:20).” Insight’s from a Prophet’ Life, Russell M. Nelson, Page 48
“We will all be tempted; no man is free from temptation. The adversary will use every means possible to deceive us; he tried to do that with the Savior of the world without success. He has tried it on many other men who have possessed divine authority, and sometimes he finds a weak spot and the individual loses what might have been a great blessing if he had been faithful.” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith, 2010, Page 10
February 20, 1996 – Tuesday – Quito Ecuador… “Right now I’m a little shook up. Emotionally wise. Tonight we went to an FHE at the Melo’s house. The Vallejos & Tipan families went with us. The Spirit was so strong & great there. We then arrived late to the Salas’ house. I’m sure we’re testing their patience. We started and Elder Ponciano started speaking on the importance of obeying parents, etc. Lourdes then went off on Lorena, telling us how bad she was etc. It was very uncomfortable. No Spirit. But the Spirit of contention. We were there 1 ½ hours, and the two of them spoke. Lorena finally spoke which is what she needed to do and Lourdes needed to do. Elder Ponciano & I did our best, trying to help them openly talk and come to conclusions. At the end, the Lord blessed us with such a strong spirit that it brought tears to our eyes. We then left and as we were walking down the street a drunk came up to us, asking for $ for some beer. Then an urgent feeling came over me saying to catch a Taxi & leave!! About 3 or 4 Taxis came by. The empty ones didn’t stop & I started getting scared. The drunk was getting very upset because we didn’t cooperate. We kept trying to walk and the drunk started to look around as if to see if there were people. Well, I looked ahead and there was a Taxi backing up to us. I was so happy because we were in a full on feeling of Satan. We got in the Taxi (Ponciano got in back, entering from the other side) and the drunk wouldn’t allow us to shut the door. I told the chofer to Go, so he did. The Tax driver then told us that he saw us as he passed by. He then went up the hill and came back down in front of us and then backed up. He told us that the drunk was a robber, and that he had a knife on him. We thanked the Taxi driver for stopping, paid him & left. As I said, I’m shooken up. 1st of all because of what COULD’VE happened if we didn’t have the Spirit with us, and to recognize the difference as the drunk came up. 2nd of all, Satan is trying so hard to kick us out of this sector. He has done more things with us this past week that I see that he’s working intensely. He has given us the creeps, etc, but he won’t send us out of here. I know that we are here to kick him out of this sector and zone, and he’s fighting until the end. Stan is testifying to me that Elder Ponciano is a valiant Spirit, that he’s going to be the one to finally overcome this sector. That’s the goal. Kick Satan out through hard work, obedience, studies, positive attitude, Love, Patience, diligence, and the Priesthood of God. I love this work.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal