Quotes about Desire
We think we want peace and silence and freedom and leisure, but deep down we know that this would be unendurable to us.
- Peter Kreeft
He desires for us to understand His plans.
- David Jeremiah
This time the petition rose from deep inside her heart. Asking for the fire of the Holy Spirit to be kindled anew. And for her to reach toward God with that hunger, that yearning, that desire to know and serve and love in His name. All around her shouts of wonder and joy rang out as others received the touch they had requested in their bodies and souls.
- Davis Bunn
Love of novelties has been the shipwreck of many a soul.
- Horatius Bonar
if it happens that the soul is attached or inclined to a thing inordinately, that one should move himself, putting forth all his strength, to come to the contrary of what he is wrongly drawn to.
- Ignatius of Loyola
David cuts through all the many needs, wants, and desires that may have been bouncing around inside him and essentially says, "If I could have only one thing, I want to be with God, to be in His presence, to know that he is always with me." Whether in good times or bad times, David knew the thing he needed most: to feel God's presence close by, intimately, through worship.
- Craig Groeschel
Inspire them to want so much more than what's normal.
- Craig Groeschel
Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have
- Craig Groeschel
But the Bible teaches us that our heart deceives us and is desperately wicked. At its core, our heart is all about self—not Christ. It's about what's temporary—not eternal. It's about what's easy—not what's right. It's obsessed with what we want—not what God wants.
- Craig Groeschel
You must long for God more than normal. You must be willing to live to give, not live to gain.
- Craig Groeschel
It simply means that within every man, God has planted a divine desire to fight for righteousness.
- Craig Groeschel
Having more of this world never fulfills. Only more of Christ does.
- Craig Groeschel