Longing For God Quotes

Consumerism is the worship of the god of quantity; advertising is its liturgy. Advertising is schooling in false longing. — John O'Donohue

All my life the god of the Mountain has been wooing me. — C.S. Lewis

Down inside we have a longing for God-what Pascal called the vacuum which God left behind. — Billy Graham

God wants everyone to be saved. Fostering a longing for the coming of Christ can only happen if we believe that it is for our good. — Michael Dubruiel

True worship that is pleasing to God creates within the human heart a spirit of expectation and insatiable longing. — A.W. Tozer

The deepest longing of the human heart is to know and enjoy the glory of God. We were made for this. — John Piper

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God. — Ramakrishna

If the entire divinity and domain of God sits in the heart of a person, and his longing becomes timeless, then man can develop the capacity to love. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi

The longing of my soul is to know and obey the Supreme-being,God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Try claiming God's blessings instead of merely longing for them. — Henry Jacobsen

Mysticism is the passionate longing of the soul for God ... — Evelyn Underhill

The Holy Spirit will not allow you to live satisfied on the rubbish heap; he will nurture a longing for the City of God to beat in your heart. — Gloria Furman

Prayer is humbly longing to know the Father's will. — Lailah Gifty Akita

None but God can satisfy the longings of an immortal soul; that as the heart was made for Him, so He only can fill it. — Richard Chenevix Trench

Incessant inner prayer is a continuous longing of the human spirit for God. But — Nina A Toumanova

Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee. — Augustine Of Hippo

If there was a God, he'd guide the winds, let them blow for me so that, with a tug of my string, I'd cut loose my pain, my longing. — Khaled Hosseini

The heartbeat of God burns with longing for the redemption of every individual — Sunday Adelaja

What are stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror and longing? — Lawrence Durrell

Longing for God's love help us to earn peace, joy and strength that educates us how to pull through vicious storms of life. — Euginia Herlihy

More of anything other than God will never fill that longing for fulfillment He has placed within you and me. — James MacDonald

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God. — Martha McSally

I want a heart which is split, part by part, because of the pain of separation from God, so that I might explain my longing and complaint to it. — Rumi

We are beautiful because we are sons and daughters of God, not because we look a certain way. — Kate Wicker

All I ever wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing and then made me mute. — Peter Shaffer

With God, being lost is nothing more than an idea that never has and never will be anything more than an idea. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

I've often thought, I'm nobody. Why would God answer my prayer? But God's not impressed by eloquence; he's impressed by our longing for him. — Stormie O'martian

The longing in a single person's heart for a wife or a husband finds its root in God's glory. — Matt Chandler

Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

God, you smell nice," he whispered. "I've missed that smell. I've missed everything about you, little Ann. — Wendy Higgins

Desire and longing are the whips of God. — Anna Wickham

Inside the inner core of God's heart were the thoughts of you and me, which transcended into a deep longing to be a heavenly Daddy to all mankind. — Hank Kunneman

My God, how I burned, how I burned with longing to leave earthly and fly back to you. — Augustine Of Hippo

I still believe that many Americans have a deep longing for that glorious moment when a sermon is more Biblical than American. — Criss Jami

Oh, God, give us a longing - not for the sin of this world to be judged - but for the sinners of this world to be forgiven. — Beth Moore

Longing gives you the power to bless. Bless the entire creation. For, the longing in you is God. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

What are the stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror and longing?
Gravity's Rainbow, V699 — Thomas Pynchon

A man can never fill the longing for my one true God. — Mesu Andrews