Quotes about Desire

We were created to be full. When we're not filled with the good things Christ came to bring us, we will grasp at anything as a substitute. An unsatisfied soul is an accident waiting to happen.

Every human being longs for unfailing love. Lavish love. Focused love. Radical love. Love we can count on.

I don't believe God allows surrendered hearts to continue to long for things He will not ultimately grant in one way or another. Our disappointment with God is often the result of our small thinking.

I looked at his hand, my insides wrenched and wrestling with wanting and not wanting to hold it. I'd held the dying hands of perfect strangers. But only strangers are perfect. It's the known ones that muddle.

You can drink from all sorts of wells, but unless the source of your water is the Living Water Himself, you will never be satisfied.

My Father, You are the Lord my God. I desire to love You, listen to Your voice, and hold fast to You, for You, Lord, are my life. (Deut. 30:20)

The thought of the future of the unredeemed makes me shiver. I have no desire for anyone to go there. Not even the vilest sinner. I pray for all to repent! If God was willing to save me, He is willing to save anyone who asks. He does not want "anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance" (2 Pet. 3:9).

We always pray for you that our God will … fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith. 2 Thessalonians 1:11

Oh, but God had a plan. A marvelous plan. He allowed Hannah to be childless so that she would petition God for a child instead of assuming it would be the normal result of marital relations. He also allowed Hannah to be deeply desirous of a child so she would dedicate him entirely to the Lord. He sovereignly planned for His word

God waits, watches, and hopes that the sun will not set on our length of days without our standing on tiptoes at the extremity of life, yelling, "Is there not more than this?

Yes, LORD, we wait for You in the path of Your judgments. Our desire is for Your name and renown. Isaiah 26:8

If you dare to believe and yet don't get your miracle, God has a greater one planned. If what you desperately need or deeply desire is founded in the Word of God, don't let anyone tell you that God can't or that He undoubtedly won't. Remove the wonders from God, and you can no longer call Him wonderful.