Quotes about Longing
My soul was this day, at turns, sweetly set on God. I longed to be with Him that I might behold His glory. I felt sweetly disposed to commit all to Him, even my dearest friends, my dearest flock, my absent brother, and all my concerns for time and eternity. Oh, that His kingdom might come in the world; that they might all love and glorify Him, for what He is in Himself; and that the blessed Redeemer might 'see the travail of his soul, and be satisfied! Oh, come, Lord Jesus, come quickly! Amen.
— David Brainerd
Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.
— John Piper
The soul's deepest thirst is for God Himself, who has made us so that we can never be satisfied without Him.
— FF Bruce
The deepest longing of the human heart is to know and enjoy the glory of God. We were made for this.
— John Piper
No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It's an emptiness only God can fill.
— Lysa TerKeurst
How many people have you made homesick for God?
— Oswald Chambers
Doesn't every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more?
— Francis Chan
Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
— Karl Rahner
Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God.
— AW Tozer
Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God
— John Piper
Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles.
— Peter Kreeft
Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.
— St. Augustine