Quotes about Desire

It's not the "how to" I'm missing. It's the "want to" . . . really wanting to make changes and deciding that the results of those changes are worth the sacrifice.

Yes, we were made to crave — long for, want greatly, desire eagerly, and beg for—God. Only God. But Satan wants to do everything possible to replace our craving for God with something else.

I believe God made us to crave. Now before you think this is some sort of cruel joke by God, let me assure you that the object of our craving was never supposed to be food or other things people find themselves consumed by, such as sex or money or chasing after significance.

We were made to crave— long for, want greatly, desire eagerly, and beg for— God. Only God.

My soul felt free. I was amazed that I ever desired to satisfy my taste buds over satisfying my desire to break free from all the guilt, all the destruction, all the defeat.

Eve was saturated in the object of her desire. Jesus was saturated in God's truth.

Cravings. Are they a curse or a blessing? The answer to that depends on what we're craving. And what we're craving will always depend on whatever we're consuming . . . the object of our desire or God and His truth.

That's how God created us -- with a longing to be filled. It's a longing God instilled to draw us into deep intimacy with Him.

How we spend our souls matter...We have to desire to become fearless with these moments [of decision]. Fight through the doubt and discouragement and awkwardness of new. (32)

In addition to helping you find the desire to conquer your unhealthy cravings, it also holds the key to something very significant for most of us women—spiritual malnutrition. We feel overweight physically but underweight spiritually.

The enemy uses disappointments to cause so much trouble in an unsettled heart. A heart hungry for something to ease the ache of disappointment is especially susceptible to the most dangerous forms of desire.

Each day God can be the perfect portion of everything we need -- every longing we have, every desperate desire our souls cry out for. God will be our portion.