Quotes about Presence

There is no place to which we could flee from God, which is outside of God.

The presence of God is not a burden to bear!

In Ephesians 1:18, Paul prayed that the eyes of your understanding would be opened. Light expels the darkness, and truth from the Word creates light in the human mind. This light is called understanding. True understanding comes only in the presence of God as the Bread of the Word is continually received.

Divine purpose is able to preserve you, if you will find shelter in the ark of God's presence.

In the Holy of Holies is the BEST of God's presence!

But if you read about, talk about, and brag about Jesus, then Jesus will show up.

The best way to start praying, therefore, is actually to stop praying. To pause. To be still. To put down your prayer list and surrender your own personal agenda. To stop talking at God long enough to focus on the wonder of who he actually is. To 'be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him'.

We are qualified for Christian service by our praying not our preaching, by our desire to worship him and not our workload on his behalf, by knowing Jesus personally and not just by knowing a lot of interesting things about him. If you lose God's presence you lose everything, but if you know his presence you already have everything you will ever need.

As the Trappist monk Thomas Merton says: 'God is far too real to be met anywhere other than in reality.

God brings his presence 'into the house', and we are called to release it back out into the world or the blessing will die.

God is far too real to be met anywhere other than in reality.

I'd rather be unhappy and know that God is with me, than be happy, comfortable and unsure of God's presence.