Quotes about Desire

We pray pious blether, our will is not in it, and then we say God does not answer; we never asked Him for anything. Asking means that our wills are in what we ask.

If there be any thing a man might well pray against, that thing is the responsive gratification of some of the devoutest prayers of his youth.

Prayer bends omnipotence of heaven to your desire. Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.

Before we can pray "Lord Thy Kingdom come " we must be willing to pray "My Kingdom go."

Prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned God-ward.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.

What else do we all want, each one of us, except to love and be loved, in our families, in our work, in all our relationships?

For everything that God desires to do in the earth, He enters into partnership with those to whom He has already given dominion.

I have come to the conclusion that the greatest obstacle to getting what we really want in life is not the other party, as difficult as he or she can be. The biggest obstacle is actually ourselves.

I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out" (Rom. 7:18). As someone has said, even the spirituality we do possess is corrupted by our nature. We have nothing to brag about. On the contrary, God must always give us grace to bear with our faults and mercy to forgive our sins.

Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.