Quotes about Desire

When I fall in love I'm obsessed.

In the vacuum of the heart love falls forever.

My love is my weight. Because of it, I move.

The sinful nature is all about self: pleasing self, promoting self, preserving self. Sin is selfish.

The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity. [ 1 John 2:17 MSG

The snake pulled back the curtain to the throne room and invited Eve to take a seat. Put on the crown. Pick up the scepter. Put on the cape. See how it feels to have power. See how feels to have a name. See how it feels to be in control! Eve swallowed the hook. The temptation to be like God eclipsed her view of God.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

WHEN OUR DEEPEST DESIRE IS NOT THE THINGS OF GOD, OR A FAVOR FROM GOD, BUT GOD HIMSELF, WE CROSS A THRESHOLD.

Sin wants you, but you must rule over it.

He gives us more than we request by going deeper than we ask. He wants not only your whole heart; he wants your heart whole.

Once you have seen his face you will forever long to see it again.

He motions for you to lean forward. "I have a secret to tell you," he whispers, "the secret of satisfaction. 'The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want'" (Ps. 23: 1 NKJV). David has found the pasture where discontent goes to die. It's as if he is saying, "What I have in God is greater than what I don't have in life.