Quotes about Desire

Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

I was always going to the bookcase for another sip of the divine specific.

God's purpose for my life was that I have a passion for God's glory and that I have a passion for my joy in that glory, and that these two are one passion.

Life's a university that'll teach you lessons, regardless of your desire to pass the "class" or not, there is always something else to learn

Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.

If you want your own way, God will let you have it. Hell is the enjoyment of one's own way forever.

The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want.

The one encouragement we can always give our children (and one another) is that God is more powerful than our sin, and He's strong enough to make us want to do the right thing.

The gospel frees us from demanding our own way, because nothing we desire to obtain is worth sinning against such love and kindness.

Let us be so taken up with the knowledge of God's goodness and the desire to fellowship with Him that our emotions are warmed and our outer man reflects great love. Although we must not seek emotional experiences for their own sake, we must not shun them merely because others misuse them or ignore God's instructions on worship.