Quotes related to Philippians 4:4
Our loving God wills that we eat, drink and be merry.
- Martin Luther
God is not a God of sadness, death, etc., but the devil is. Christ is a God of joy, and so the Scriptures often say that we should rejoice ... A Christian should and must be a cheerful person.
- Martin Luther
Worship is God's enjoyment of us and our enjoyment of him.
- Graham Kendrick
The apex of glorifying God is enjoying Him with the heart. But this is empty emotionalism where that joy is not awakened and sustained by true views of God for who He really is
- John Piper
True joy comes only from God and He shares this joy with those who walk in fellowship with Him.
- Jerry Bridges
It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him.
- John Piper
If you remove enjoyment of God from faith in God, it ceases to be faith.
- John Piper
God, deliver me from sullen saints.
- Teresa of Avila
Laugh more. Don't forget to enjoy the blessings that God bestows on this beautiful planet.
- Desmond Tutu
In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).
- John Piper
Our happy God should be worshiped by a happy people.
- Charles Spurgeon
God's creative design was that your ravenous appetite for pleasure find fulfillment in Him, for nothing more wonderfully reveals His glory than the joy the creature has in its Creator.
- Sam Storms