Quotes About Desires

When God works in us, the will, being changed and sweetly breathed upon by the Spirit of God, desires and acts, not from compulsion, but responsively.

He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.

What would really satisfy us would be a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, 'What does it matter so long as they are contented?'

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

Idols aren't stone statues. They are thoughts, desires, and longings that we worship in the place of the true God

God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and the governing power of our whole souls.

When we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, something wonderful happens: God begins to change our desires, and we want to be more like Him.

Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.

God promises to meet our needs, not our greeds.

The magistrate is the servant not of his own desires, not even of the people, but of his God

The day we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior is one of the greatest days of our lives. Not only are our sins washed away, but God puts His Spirit inside of us and gives us new desires.

Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

When we submit to God's plans, we can trust our desires. Our assignment is found at the intersection of God's plan and our pleasures.

The good God would not inspire unattainable desires.

God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me.

Dear God, I do not ask for health or wealth. People ask you so often that you can't have any left. Give me, God, what else you have. Give me what no-one else asks for. Amen.

We do not fear the loss of God's favor, for either we have it not. We cannot lose it. What we fear is the loss of our idols.

You should not begin to pray for all you want until you realize that in God you have all you need.

The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.

We are more than a collection of appetites - we are of God.

I also try to weigh my motives. Am I doing what I'm doing because it's what God desires, or because I'm afraid people will be disappointed if I don't?

It's only with that absolute humility and purity that you can make friends with God; because, otherwise, you're just too busy with all your desires.

If you hate yourself and your desires, well, you know, God is your desires and God is your self. As long as you hate God, you'll never realize God.

As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. I Peter 4:2