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.

He desires for us to understand His plans.

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.

Love of novelties has been the shipwreck of many a soul.

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.

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.

Inspire them to want so much more than what's normal.

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have

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.

You must long for God more than normal. You must be willing to live to give, not live to gain.

It simply means that within every man, God has planted a divine desire to fight for righteousness.

Having more of this world never fulfills. Only more of Christ does.