Commitment as a virtue
Commitment, in context of virtue. is caring deeply about a person, a goal or a belief. Once we discern a direction, we go for it wholeheartedly. We don’t hold back, second-guess our decision or hesitate to act on it fully."[1]
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"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified." - Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NASB)
"Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them - though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me." - Apostle Paul, the hardest working apostle of Jesus Christ, 1 Corinthians 15: 8-10 (NRSV)
“I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth." - Revelation 3:15-16
"But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first." - Revelation 2:4 (NRSV) - Bible verse about the Church at Ephesus
"But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.' - James 1:6-8 (NRSV)
See also
- Love
- Grit (personality trait)
- Persistence
- Courage
- Self-control
- Mental toughness
- Psychological resilience
- Marriage
- Commitment device (Psychology)
External links
- Unlocking Success: The Power of Psychological Commitment
- The Value of Commitment and Committed People
- The Virtue of Commitment
- Commitment is a Virtue and a Necessity in Building Your Personal Brand (Business)
Videos:
- Commitment as a virtue, Video playlist
- Commitment sermons, video playlist
