Quotes about Desires

Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.

The pretended desires of many to behold the glory of Christ in heaven, who have no view of it by faith while they are here in this world, are nothing but self-deceiving imaginations.

Distinguish between real needs and artificial wants and control the latter.

When you know that the kingdom is God's alone (though he gives it to us), that is the only thing that can lead to peace and rest. Owners are the ones who do all the worrying; stewards simply listen to the owner's desires and work to implement them. Owners are responsible for the outcome; stewards strive to be faithful.

Beneath our questions about God's generosity and his care for our needs is something darker. What we really care about is our wants.

My wants are what concern me. That's where the battle must be fought.

Since the desires for power and control are in every heart, you don't have to look overseas for lawless brutality. It happens every day between parents and children, boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives. Where there is injustice, shame will be part of its fallout.

When you look at it closely, drunkenness is a lordship problem. Who is your master, God or your desires? Do you desire God above all else, or do you desire something in creation more than you desire the Creator? At root, drunkards are worshipping another god—alcohol. Drunkenness violates the command "You shall have no other gods before me".

But the point is that we live in a culture that idolizes happiness, and if we idolize happiness, it will always elude us.

Selfcontrol is the skill of saying "no" to sinful desires, even when it hurts.

If the temptation hooks our desires, we go public. We confess it to a friend, we confess it to the Lord, we get other people praying for us, we ask for counsel that helps us to see that the Serpent is dangerous. Above all, we remember that God's commands are good. They are intended to bless us.

For man as an historical creature has desires of indeterminate dimensions.