Quotes about Longing
As we see the beauty of God and feel His weightiness in our hearts, our hearts begin to desire Him more than we desire sin. Before the Bible says,"Stop sinning", it says,"Behold your God".
— JD Greear
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace.
— AW Tozer
All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.
— William Law
When our deepest desire is not the things of God, or a favor from God, but God Himself, we cross a threshold.
— Max Lucado
To truly know God we must long for Him without any other motive than reaching God Himself.
— AW Tozer
... our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.
— Julian of Norwich
All desire the gifts of God, but they do not desire God.
— Hannah More
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
— Teresa of Avila
God is waiting to satisfy us, yet His goodness will not satisfy us if we are already full of other things.
— John Bevere
God made our souls to long for Him, and we are not fully satisfied without His presence in our lives.
— Beth Moore
Are you satisfied being filled with good information about God, or do you long to burst into His manifest presence?
— AW Tozer
Down inside we have a longing for God-what Pascal called "the vacuum which God left behind".
— Billy Graham