Quotes About Nearness

We, in games, are not fascinated by death, its nearness and its avoidance. We are fascinated by victory and we replace the avoidance of death by the avoidance of defeat.

Worship is not something we are called to so that God can reinforce his status. It is his way of calling us near.

Do we need distance to get close?

Philippians 4:5 Let your graciousness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. – Hebrews 10:22

But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works. – Psalm 73:28

Nuestro Dios no está más cerca de ti en un monte, en una ciudad o ni siquiera en una iglesia. Ningún individuo puede alejarte de su presencia.

the distance fills and nearness is a void

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works

Sometimes you do find what you're looking for closer than you think

You don't serve God by saying: the Church is ineffective, I'll have none of it. Your pain at its lack of effectiveness is a sign of your nearness to God. We help overcome this lack of effectiveness simply by suffering on account of it.

The nearness I mean comes after death perhaps. It is what we are struggling for and if I found it either I would be dead or I would have seen it for a second and life would be intolerable.

Faith is that movement whereby we accept God's nearness, and his nearness must always mean the death of the ego.

Do you wish to roam farther and farther?See! The Good lies so near.Only learn to seize good fortune,For good fortune's always here.

I think - I think - I think how little they think what lies so near them.

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

We [God] created Man, and We know what his soul whispers within him; and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

we only lived about fifteen minutes apart, which made the emotional distance between us all the more striking.

Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.

Jesus does love you. He does not wish to be separated from you one minute. We want to believe in the love of Jesus. No mother ever delighted in the baby in her arms as much as Jesus delights in you. He wants to be near you and to have unceasing fellowship with you. Take that in, beloved believer, and say, "If that is possible, God helping me, I must have this filling of the Holy Spirit, so I may always have Jesus dwelling in my heart.

And yet it is the highest privilege of a child of God, the mark of greatest nearness and likeness to Him, as he ever lives to make intercession (Hebrews 7:25). Do you doubt that this is so? Think of what constitutes Christ's role as our High Priest. First, there is the work of the Old Testament priesthood. This has two sides: one is Godward, the other manward.

We know why: He who prays is our Head and our Life. All He has is ours and is given to us when we give ourselves all to Him. By His blood, He leads us into the immediate presence of God. The inner sanctuary is our home where we dwell. And He that lives near God and knows that He has been brought near to bless those who are far away cannot but pray.

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