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Quotes About Nearness

Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
~ Dogen
Nearness to God is common to us all, Because we're all created and sustained by God, But only the authentically noble Possess and live that nearness That's a constant upswelling passion of love.
~ Rumi
We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.
~ Samuel Rutherford
God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us. We may forget him, but God will never forget us.
~ Max Lucado
Lay claim to the nearness of God. Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you (Heb. 13.5 NIV).
~ Max Lucado
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him. Psalm 145:18
~ Max Lucado
Eres más fuerte de lo que crees porque Dios está más cerca de lo que piensas.
~ Max Lucado
Learn a lesson from the king. Lead with worship. Go first to your Father in prayer and praise. Confess to him your fears. Gather with his people. Set your face toward God. Fast. Cry out for help. Admit your weakness. Then, once God moves, you move too. Expect to see the God of ages fight for you. He is near, as near as your next breath. Expect to see the God of ages fight for you. He is near, as near as your next breath.
~ Max Lucado
Expect to see the God of ages fight for you. He is near, as near as your next breath.
~ Max Lucado
In our loneliest moments the One who formed our "inmost being and knitted us together in the womb" offers us a friendship, a nearness unlike any other. God created our inmost and our outermost beings. He knows us emotionally, physically, and mentally better than anyone else.
~ Max Lucado
Ask the Lord for greater trust in the nearness of his presence today.
~ Max Lucado
El Señor está cerca! No estás solo. Tal vez te sientes solo. Puedes pensar que estás solo. Sin embargo, no existe ningún momento en el que enfrentes la vida sin ayuda. Dios está cerca.
~ Max Lucado
Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything" (Phil. 4:5–6 NIV).
~ Max Lucado
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.
~ Meister Eckhart
You are near to all who call on You, Lord, to all who call on You in truth (Ps. 145:18).
~ Beth Moore
Draw me near Your presence, Lord, disclose Yourself to me.
~ Beth Moore
A better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7:19
~ Beth Moore
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. James 4:8
~ Beth Moore
The light of God's presence in our lives is a purifying flame that will draw us near to Him.
~ Billy Graham
We must practice the Presence of God. Jesus said, "Lo, I am with you always" [Matthew 28:20]. Remember, Christ is always near us.
~ Billy Graham
Holiness is proximity to the throne.
~ Bob Sorge
Gazing around, looking up at the lofty pinnacles above, which seemed to pierce the sky, looking down upon the world,--it seemed the whole world, so limitless it stretched away at her feet,--feeling that infinite unspeakable sense of nearness to Heaven, remoteness from earth which comes only on mountain heights, she drew in a long breath of delight, and cried: At last! at last, Alessandro! Here we are safe! This is freedom! This is joy!
~ Helen Hunt Jackson
God wants to take you and deliver you from your sin, and put you close to Him."-Skip Heitzig
~ Skip Heitzig
Give us that calm certainty of truth, that nearness to Thee, that conviction of the reality of the life to come, which we shall need to bear us through the troubles of this.
~ Henry Ward Beecher