Quotes about Devotion

Prayer is not for the enhancement of our comforts but for the advancement of Christ's kingdom.

Whatever it takes, Lord, keep me desperate for You because I tend to wander when I stop feeling my need for You.

We make a god out of whatever we find most joy in. So, find your joy in God and be done with all idolatry."-John Piper

Worship is nothing less than obedience to the command of God: "Delight yourself in the Lord"!

Glorifying God and enjoying Him were one end in their minds, not two.

The key to praying with power is to become the kind of persons who do not use God for our ends but are utterly devoted to being used for his ends

If our effort to know God more clearly is not an effort to love him more dearly, it will be fatal.

will think of the Lord in what we are doing at work. We will ask, Why would the Lord like this done? How would the Lord like this done? When would the Lord like this done? Will the Lord help me do this? What effect will this have for the Lord's honor? Being a Christian at work means radically Lord-centered living.

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.

The faith that justifies gives rise to lives of obedience—not perfection, but growing holiness.

The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. And? Like ham and eggs? Sometimes you glorify God and sometimes you enjoy Him? Sometimes He gets glory, sometimes you get joy?

Third, I define loving  God mainly as treasuring God. That is, it is an experience of cherishing, delighting, admiring, and valuing.