Quotes about Place
God commands us to make Him our absolute priority. Even attempting to place Him beside those other things we reverence most means dishonoring Him.
— Beth Moore
Lord, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides. Psalm 26:8
— Beth Moore
There could not be a restoration of the gospel without freedom. God provided this country as the base of his operations in these the last days, a place where there would be freedom, where he could restore his gospel.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!
— Billy Graham
Some may contend that the way for the Church to make the world a better place is to become like it. But whenever the Church does this, it ends up compromising its spiritual authority and losing its influence. Instead of changing the world, the world changes it.
— Billy Graham
Rather than being purpose-driven, I prefer to be presence-centered. All our efforts in God's Kingdom must originate from the place of rest, the place of His presence.
— Heidi Baker
Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone.
— Mae West
And . . . the place that Jesus taketh in our Soul he shall never remove it, without end, as to my sight: for in us is his homeliest home and his endless dwelling
— Julian of Norwich
Solitude begins with a time and a place for God, and God alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that God is actively present in our lives-- healing, teaching and guiding-- we need to set aside a time and space to give God our undivided attention. (Matt 6:6)
— Henri Nouwen
You have to acknowledge where you are and affirm that place. You have to be willing to live your loneliness, your incompleteness, your lack of total incarnation fearlessly, and trust that God will give you the people to keep showing you the truth of who you are.
— Henri Nouwen
Evil is the chronic malady of the universe, and checked in one place, breaks forth in another.
— Herman Melville
If they had connived a scheme, and Christ had not been raised from the dead, where would have been the hardest place on the face of the earth to convince anyone? In Jerusalem.
— Josh McDowell