“Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer1
“To be a disciple is to be committed to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and committed to following Him every day. To be a disciple is also to be disciplined in our bodies, minds, and souls.” – Billy Graham
“The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.” – Oswald Chambers
“If we are cut loose from the anchor of God’s Word, we will not be free. We will be slaves of personal passions and popular trends.” – John Piper
“Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man.” – Dwight L. Moody
“His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.” – Charles Stanley
“We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that is free, but they are not interested in discipleship. They will take Christ as Savior but not as Lord.” – Vance Havner
“The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.” – Francis Chan
“Only a disciple can make a disciple.” – A. W. Tozer
“No matter how high the powers of reason, no matter how deep the intellect, no one can discover God’s secret messages without paying the cost of true discipleship.” – Winkie Pratney
“Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“By this may all know that we are not His disciples, because we hate one another.” – Robert Leighton
“If I am to have faith when I pray, I must find some promise in the Word of God to rest my faith on.” – R. A. Torrey
“It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.” – Oswald Chambers
“To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high.” – Billy Graham
“We should be more concerned with reaching the lost than pampering the saved.” – David McGee
“Discipleship involves total dependence on the One who provides our independence.” – Shaun Brooks
“Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.” – Dallas Willard
“Discipleship is a daily discipline; we follow Jesus a step at a time, a day at a time.” – Warren W. Wiersbe
“Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.” – Francis Chan
“God’s ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.” – Rick Warren
“Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is not an effort of once a week or once a day. It is an effort of once and for all.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.” – Charles Studd
“The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.” – James Hudson Taylor
“If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.” – John Piper
“Living for God’s glory is the greatest achievement we can accomplish with our lives.” – Rick Warren
“Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.” – Corrie ten Boom
“Every Christian a missionary; every non-Christian a mission-field.” – Winkie Pratney
1 All of these quotes are from the websites below:
Inspirational Quotes on Discipleship
10 Quotes About Discipleship | ChristianQuotes.info
Thank you for sharing this excellent resource Curt! God bless you and your family today brother 🙏
Here is another quote I found on the Expositors Collective page:
“It appears to me to be the noblest aim in life to live entirely devoted to the one object of bringing others to know Him who has accomplished so much for us. When weighed against the hereafter, earth and its careers sink into insignificance.”
– F.B. Meyer