Quotes about Longing
No person, possession, profession, or position ever fills the cup of a wounded, empty heart. It's an emptiness only God can fill.
- Lysa TerKeurst
How many people have you made homesick for God?
- Oswald Chambers
Doesn't every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more?
- Francis Chan
Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
- Karl Rahner
Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God.
- AW Tozer
Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God
- John Piper
Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles.
- Peter Kreeft
Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.
- St. Augustine
As we see the beauty of God and feel His weightiness in our hearts, our hearts begin to desire Him more than we desire sin. Before the Bible says,"Stop sinning", it says,"Behold your God".
- JD Greear
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace.
- AW Tozer
All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.
- William Law
When our deepest desire is not the things of God, or a favor from God, but God Himself, we cross a threshold.
- Max Lucado