Obedience
* All obedience is based on faith and love.
* alone is That for which faith aspires.
* always involves the human element of intellect and ability.
* becomes a reflex, strengthened by instant rewards or positive reinforcement.
* carries in it the life-blood of religion.
* change in belief or behavior in response to pressure from an authority figure.
* complicated act of virtue, and many graces are exercised in one act of obedience.
* corollary of faith, and generous giving is an act of worship.
* direct result of selflessness and humility.
* does provide help in the storms of life.
* focuses on respecting authority.
* form of guidance.
* helps faith, and faith, in turn, helps obedience.
* implies subordination to a higher rule or authority.
* is always the outward manifestation of faith.
* is an abandonment of discernment in a wealth of discernment
  - act, but submission characteristic of the heart
  - especially important concept for housewives
* is an essential evidence of sanctification or holiness
  - expression of faith
* is an essential part of faith
  - military life
  - important military virtue because it is intrinsic to the military function
* is an outward act that is predicated on an inward attitude
  - sign of an agreement
  - another area where dogs are tested
  - as basic an element in the structure of social life as one can point to
* is both the manifestation and evidence of faith
  - way and the means to reach the goal
  - capable of transforming the social order
  - compliance
  - dangerous, and blind obedience is evil
  - faith in motion
  - feminine
  - for doing every good deed and showing every consideration for all men
  - from our own mind and heart
  - hard work
  - healing and refreshment
  - important in monasticism
  - included in justification by faith
  - love doing what it is told
  - more important than love and compassion
  - necessary for a proper relationship with other human beings
  - never a flight of responsibility, but rather being plunged into greater responsibility
  - obedience and disobedience is disobedience
  - one's prior duty
  - our witness to the world that our faith is genuine and real
  - proof of love
  - simply a matter of doing the right acts
* is the ability to hear
  - action of putting our faith into work
  - appropriate response of a servant to their master's orders
  - basis upon which a successful Christian witness can be built
  - confirmation of belief
  - core of all spiritual life, it alone can overcome the craftiness of our ego
  - cornerstone to all aspects of dog training
  - criterion of faith
  - evidence of reality of the covenant relationship
* is the first degree of humility according to the Rule of Saint Benedict
  - vow of releigion
  - food of all the saints
  - form of change in behavior when commanded by a higher authority
* is the foundation for character
  - from which all other virtue is built
  - fruit of love
  - gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child
  - highest dictate of reason as well as of conscience
* is the key to a close relationship
  - climbing in faith
  - order and peace
  - the sanctified life
  - mark and confirmation of one who is truly redeemed
  - means of walking in the light
  - mother of all kinds of virtue
  - one key of life
  - only true form of success
  - opener of eyes
  - outward evidence of genuine trust
  - path to life
  - prerequisite to power and effectiveness
  - proof of love Love proves itself through actions
  - root of much evil
  - stone Despised by all the world
  - surrender of personal power
* is the test of love and love is the content of obedience
  - one's love
  - orthodoxy
  - token of our faith, and acceptance of forgiveness
  - voluntary slave's lifeblood
  - when each dog is judged against a scorecard
* leads to obedience as surely as sin leads to sin.
* long-term commitment.
* mark of conversion.
* means doing what parents say
  - shifting our expectations to being a blessing instead of just being blessed
* occurs when people follow a direct command.
* produces order and orderly behavior replaces all chaos.
* promise to be a faithful listener.
* relates directly to the blessings and cursings.
* response to grace.
* setting in which freedom can more easily and more perfectly operate.
* sign of faithfulness.
* stems from control and control from obedience.
* subject that requires careful thought.
* takes the place of disobedience, faith makes up for faithlessness.
* way of life for the missionary priest.
* wonderful sport where dogs love to demonstrate their abilities.
* word that holds a lot of connotations, some negative.