Willingness...

"If you are willing to trust and follow, there's no point in guiding you. Willingness is the key! Maybe that's why God remains so hidden. Surely God could make us do his will if he wanted--right? But why doesn't he make us do his will? Because he's waiting for our willingness."

"God has a plan to restore what has been lost and broken relationally, one willing life at a time."

"Jesus says, it's not religious observance, but willing relationship that God's after. What you must do is repent and trust in this good news."

"It's not religion that God wants. Relational revolution is what he's after. It's not about jumping through spiritual hoops; it's about living in intimacy with God and others, so that God can begin to heal and restore what's broken in our world. Life in God's kingdom is relational. The means and the measure of maturity is relationship! That's why spiritual maturity is not measured with how religious or outwardly righteous we behave. It's measured in how willing we are to trust God, do what he says, and let him lead us to become loving life-giving people to one another. God lives his life of love in us and through us as we're willing.

All quotes taken from Soul Revolution, by John Burke.