Quotes about Desire
It is not a bad thing to desire our own good. In fact, the great problem of human beings is that they are far too easily pleased. They don't seek pleasure with nearly the resolve and passion that they should. And so they settle for mud pies of appetite instead of infinite delight.
— John Piper
Our mistake lies not in the intensity of our desire for happiness, but in the weakness of it.
— John Piper
And the essence of sin is preferring anything more than God. That is the root we must sever (daily!)—desiring anything more than God.
— John Piper
Most of our life is a gorging of one artificially inflamed appetite after another.
— John Piper
God is our supreme pleasure. We prefer above all else to know him and see him and be with him and be like him.
— John Piper
Every man, whatsoever his condition, desires to be happy. There is no man who does not desire this, and each one desires it with such earnestness that he prefers it to all other things; whoever, in fact, desires other things, desires them for this end alone.
— John Piper
The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night.
— John Piper
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on Earth.
— John Wesley
Give me 100 preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God; such alone will shake the gates of hell.
— John Wesley
The exercise of force is contrary to the principles of God's government; He desires only the service of love; and love cannot be commanded; it cannot be won by force or authority. Only by love is love awakened. To know God is to love Him;
— Ellen White
All over the world men and women are looking wistfully to heaven.
— Ellen White
God does not control our minds without our consent; but if we desire to know and to do His will, His promises are ours: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
— Ellen White