Quotes about Yearning
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
A tear is enough water to float a desire to God.
— Charles Spurgeon
May God grant us a desire for God that supersedes all other desires.
— AW Tozer
When our deepest desire is not the things of God, or a favor from God, but God Himself, we cross a threshold.
— Max Lucado
To truly know God we must long for Him without any other motive than reaching God Himself.
— AW Tozer
... our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.
— Julian of Norwich
All desire the gifts of God, but they do not desire God.
— Hannah More
Faith means wanting God and wanting to want nothing else.
— Brennan Manning
I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there.
— Robert Frost
Most Christians are satisfied living as common Christians, without an insatiable hunger for the deeper things of God.
— AW Tozer
God made our souls to long for Him, and we are not fully satisfied without His presence in our lives.
— Beth Moore