Quotes about God's presence

Christianity has its roots in the deep, firm soil of history. Jesus' incarnation—God invading human history with His presence in the form of man—is on the record. Every time you write the date, you attest to the fact that God entered human history.

However, the Bible teaches that God does not always deliver His saints from adversity. A careful reading of Hebrews 11 shows that "others'" were just as faithful as Abraham, Moses, Daniel, or David; they, too, walked with God—but they perished. God has not promised to deliver us from trouble, but He has promised to go with us through the trouble.

What makes Christians different from everyone else is that God Himself lives within them by His Holy Spirit. When we come to Christ and give our lives to Him, God actually takes up residence within us.

We enjoy the sense of God's presence in the midst of suffering here and now. I have talked to people who are experiencing deep pain or severe difficulties, and they have said, "I feel God is so close to me".

Sin is like a cancer; God's presence is like radiation on that cancer.

My confession then, O my God, in Thy sight, is made silently, and not silently. For in sound, it is silent; in affection, it cries aloud.

He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.

Only when we are captured by an overwhelming sense of awe and reverence in the presence of God, will we begin to worship God in spirit and in truth.

The way to have God near to you is to be humble and broken. As long as we are stubborn and hard and unbending, He will be far from us.

God's signature is not just in the cell, it's in all of creation. God is as necessary to the universe as a band is to music. Once the band stops playing, the music is over.

Getting answers to my questions is not the goal of the spiritual life. Living in the presence of God is the greater call.

Marriage is not that two people love each other so much that they can find God in each other, but that God loves them so much that they can discover each other as living reminders of God's presence.