Quotes related to Jeremiah 29:13
When our purpose is to seek God and to discover His will for us, daydreaming is right and acceptable. But when our inclination is to spend time daydreaming over what we have already been told to do, it is unacceptable and God's blessing is never on it.
- Oswald Chambers
O Lord, I would seek Thy face now, but what avail is my seeking if Thou revealest not Thyself? Show me Thy face, O Lord. Keep me ever seeing Thee.
- Oswald Chambers
Many of us have merely added Christ to our lives as another interest in an already busy and otherwise overcrowded schedule. This sort of thinking has watered down the meaning of a personal relationship with Christ. The problem is that we often seek the God we want, but do not know the God who is.
- Patrick Morley
There is a God we want, and there is a God who is. They are not the same God. The turning point of our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want and start seeking the God who is.
- Patrick Morley
One of the most important questions you could ask is: "What is God doing in the here and now?
- Paul David Tripp
from birth we are all philosophers, we are all theologians, and we all function like archeologists, digging through the mound of our existence to make sense of it all.
- Paul David Tripp
The transcendent glory that every human being quests for, whether he knows it or not, is not a thing; it is a person, and his name is God.
- Paul David Tripp
There is woven inside each of us a desire for something more—a craving to be part of something bigger, greater, and more profound
- Paul David Tripp
Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.
- Paul Tillich
God is far too real to be met anywhere other than in reality.
- Pete Greig
When the dust clears and in the quiet of your own heart, what kind of God do you believe in, really? And why?
- Peter Enns
Our experiences of God matter—those sacred moments that defy the very rational capabilities we are so keen to rely on.
- Peter Enns