Quotes about Search

Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and hope, at the disposal of those who want to join this search but do not know how.

Even in my despair, I knew in a vague way that the Bible held hope for me in its pages. I just didn't know where to begin.

With Late Night Show I can begin the search for the real Stephen Colbert.I just hope I don't find him on Ashley Madison.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

God can most easily be lost by being thought found.

Contemplation is waiting patiently for the gaps to be filled in, and it does not insist on quick closure or easy answers. It never rushes to judgment, and in fact avoids making quick judgments because judgments have more to do with egoic, personal control than with a loving search for truth.

Ask, and it will be given to you; search and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one who asks always receives; the one who searches always finds; the one who knocks will always have the door opened." —Matthew 7:7—8

The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That's because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

Those who attempt to search into the majesty of God will be overwhelmed with His Glory!

Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience.

I don't know what is behind the curtain; only that I need to find out.