Quotes about Presence
God goes with me everywhere, because God is in my mind.
— Marianne Williamson
Light is to darkness what love is to fear; in the presence of one, the other disappears. All the darkness in my life—the fears, neuroses, dysfunctions, and diseases—are not so much things as the absence of things. They represent not the presence of a problem but rather the absence of the answer. And the answer is love. All fearful manifestations disappear in the presence of love.
— Marianne Williamson
The only thing lacking in any situation is our own awareness of love.
— Marianne Williamson
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
— Marilyn Monroe
One of the most convicting things I have recently come to realize about Jesus is that He was never, not once, in a hurry.
— Mark Buchanan
Practically speaking, we were created to live all of life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, by the Word of God, to the glory of God. We were created to live all of life before the face of God, knowing that nothing in our life is secular or separated from the sight of God because all of life is sacred. To live otherwise is sacrilege
— Mark Driscoll
Only the Eternal is always appropriate and always present, is always true. Only the Eternal applies to each human being, whatever his age may be.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God, here and now.
— Henri Nouwen
Life is not entertainment. Life is not distraction.
— Henri Nouwen
There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed. Our Brilliant Heritage, 946 R
— Oswald Chambers
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
— John Milton
The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father.
— John Ortberg