Quotes About Nearness

But "To Be Near Unto God" in the midst of busy avocations yields its sweetest blessedness when it is cultivated in the face of sin and the world, as an oasis in the desert of life.

Perhaps the most shockingly transcendent thing about the God we worship is that He is pleased to stoop down to us, to draw near, to know us, love us, walk with us, and call us all by name.

It is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God and made Him my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works. PSALM 73:28

The Holy One's nearness, the readiness to name the Holy One as God, and the recognition of God as Father.

The presence of the Holy Spirit brings life. His nearness is refreshing and restores the vitality of your soul.

Proximity, I have learned, is often as effective as violence.

God is closer to us than water is to a fish.

Nothing is far from God.

As close as you are to God, so close is God to you.

God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us.

We are always searching for God afar off, when all the while He is nearer to us than our own soul.

God is near whether you sense His presence or not.

God is nearer to you than any thought or feeling of yours... Do not be afraid.

I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.

When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be.

God is nearer to us than our own spirit

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand.

I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God.

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real.

As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie times dwell neere to ether.

Do you believe that God is near? He wants you to. He wants you to know that He is in the midst of your world. Wherever you are as you read these words, He is present.

Artists are interpreters for us of richness and meaning. Artists can reinforce a healthy sense of God's grandeur and nearness.

Until God draws you to himself, can you come close to Him.

Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness.