Quotes about Seeking
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.
- John of the Cross
My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one life. That's all. You were made for God. Don't waste it.
- John Piper
the main reason God has given us minds is that we might seek out and find all the reasons that exist for treasuring him in all things and above all things.
- John Piper
Delighting in God was not a mere preference or option in life; it was our joyful duty and should be the single passion of our lives. Therefore to resolve to maximize his happiness in God was to resolve to show him more glorious than all other sources of happiness. Seeking happiness in God and glorifying God were the same.
- John Piper
The coming of Jesus was a search-and-save mission. "The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
- John Piper
If we are seeking to serve the God of truth then we should really welcome truth from whatever source it comes. We shouldn't fear the truth. Some of it will be from science, obviously, but by no means all of it. It will sometimes by perplexing, how this bit of truth relates to that bit of truth; we know that within science itself often enough and we find it outside of science as well. The crucial thing is to be honest.
- John Polkinghorne
All over the world men and women are looking wistfully to heaven.
- Ellen White
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
- Ellen White
The last thing any of us needs is more information *about* God.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
We wanted More. We wanted a deeper sense of purpose. We wanted a stronger sense of God's presence.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
Because we cannot stand the God-shaped hole inside of us, we try stuffing it full of all sorts of thing, but only God may fill.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
To find Me and hear My voice, you must seek Me above all else. Anything that you desire more than Me becomes an idol.
- Sarah Young