John C. Maxwell Quotes

God has never given a dream that could be fulfilled at step one. So start walking, be obedient, and watch God fulfill that dream in your life.

God gives us the vision, then He expects us to walk in obedience. As we do, the resources we need come to us.

I just live my life. I go where I feel God is calling me.

We are to yield to the authority God has in place, and look to Him to find out what He would have us to do about those things that are concerning to us.

I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.

I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God's bidding.

Passion without purpose is kind of pointless. I think God gives us the vision and wisdom to help enforce what he sees for us. You don't just sit at home and end up on 'Empire.'

I will stay faithful to what God has called me to do all the days of my life, and I don't try to figure it out.

I never understand the plan that the Lord has given me. But it's so cool, because He keeps reminding me that I am on the right path. He reminds me with little things and big things.

I believe it's easy to serve God if we learn to hear from Him before we struggle to do things for Him that He never asked us to do.

When God gives a vision, transact business on that line, no matter what it costs.

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.

Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God’s will.

The vision that God gives is not some unattainable castle in the sky, but a vision of what God wants you to be down here.

When you keep God in first place, He will take you to places you've never dreamed of

That's what this thing called Christian life is all about, isn't it. Going . . . yet not knowing. As followers of our Lord we believe He leads us in a certain direction . . . or in pursuit of a precise goal.

I don't know every step I'm supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.

When people ask me how they can know Gods plan for their lives, I tell them the best first step is to know God.

We often can't see what God is doing in our lives, but God sees the whole picture and His plan for us clearly.

Beware of giving over to mere dreaming when once God has spoken. Leave him to be the source of all your dreams and joys and delights, and go out and obey what He has said. If you are in love, you do not sit down and dream about the one you love all the time, you go and do something for him; and that is what Jesus Christ expects us to do. Dreaming after God has spoken is an indication that we do not trust Him.

God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.

The first step in our walk of faith is to stop our own works and rest in God's love, wisdom and power.

God doesn't call the equipped, son. God equips the called. And you have been called.

Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.

Today let me reassure you, God knows right where you are and He knows how to get you to where you need to be. Even when things don’t go the way you planned, His hand is on you.