Quotes about Desire
God is not a genie in a bottle, and your wish is not His command. His command better be your wish.
- Mark Batterson
Only the redeemed have the ability to like what God likes and to be pleased with what pleases God.
- AW Tozer
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
- Teresa of Avila
People only get in the afterlife what they have most wanted-either to have God as Savior and Master or to be their own Saviors and Masters.
- Timothy Keller
I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
- Francis Chan
Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles.
- Peter Kreeft
The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God.
- Oswald Chambers
Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.
- St. Augustine
A tear is enough water to float a desire to God.
- Charles Spurgeon
If you don't feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.
- Timothy Keller
As we see the beauty of God and feel His weightiness in our hearts, our hearts begin to desire Him more than we desire sin. Before the Bible says,"Stop sinning", it says,"Behold your God".
- JD Greear
God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and the governing power of our whole souls.
- Jean Baptiste Massillon