Presence Of God Quotes

• We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, God, Religion

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.75, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We cannot attain the presence of God. We're already totally in the presence of God. What's missing is awareness.

  David Brenner

  Missing, Awareness

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• Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.

  Alexander MacLaren

  God, Christian, Peace

  Alexander MacLaren “MacLaren's Commentary- Expositions of Holy Scripture”, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.

  Max Lucado

  Good Mood, Temperament, Pleasant

  Twitter post from Sep 07, 2013

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• The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you

  Brother Lawrence

  Spiritual, Practice, Important

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• Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Simple, World, Pleasure

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• We (Christians) are always in the presence of God. There is never a non-sacred moment! His presence never diminishes. Our awareness of His presence may falter, but the reality of His presence never changes.

  Max Lucado

  Christian, Reality, May

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• We rarely think of the air we breathe, yet it is in us and around us all the time. In similar fashion, the presence of God penetrates us, is all around us, is always embracing us.

  Thomas Keating

  Fashion, Thinking, Air

  Thomas Keating (2002). “Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel”, p.44, A&C Black

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• There is a strain of loneliness infecting many Christians, which only the presence of God can cure.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  God, Christian, Religious

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• Believe that when you come into the presence of God you can have all you came for. You can take it away, and you can use it, for all the power of God is at your disposal in response to your faith.

  Smith Wigglesworth

  Believe, Use, Power Of God

  Smith Wigglesworth (1998). “Smith Wigglesworth on Faith”, p.199, Whitaker House

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• Joy and laughter are the gifts of living in the presence of God and trusting that tomorrow is not worth worrying about.

  Henri Nouwen

  Laughter, Worry, Joy

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• Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.

  Craig Groeschel

  Doubt, Storm, Causes

  Twitter post from Feb 15, 2015

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• If the presence of God is in the church, the church will draw the world in. If the presence of God is not in the church, the world will draw the church out.

  Charles Grandison Finney

  Church, World, Draws

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• The Christian life is to live all of your life in the presence of God.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Life Is, Christian Life

  Twitter post from Jun 03, 2016

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• You can have all of your doctrines right—yet still not have the presence of God.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Doctrine, Stills

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• Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

  God, Faith, Peace

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• God doesn't owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I've found is that explanations don't comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.

  Rick Warren

  Comfort, Found, Explanation

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• You cannot be in the presence of God and be bored at the same time. For that matter, you cannot be in the will of God and be bored at the same time.

  Mark Batterson

  Bored, Matter, Gods Will

  Mark Batterson (2013). “Going All In: One Decision Can Change Everything”, p.10, Zondervan

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• What is sin? It is the glory of God not honored. The holiness of God not reverenced. The greatness of God not admired. The power of God not praised. The truth of God not sought. The wisdom of God not esteemed. The beauty of God not treasured. The goodness of God not savored. The faithfulness of God not trusted. The commandments of God not obeyed. The justice of God not respected. The wrath of God not feared. The grace of God not cherished. The presence of God not prized. The person of God not loved. That is sin.

  John Piper

  Greatness, Wrath, Justice Of God

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• The presence of God calms the soul, and gives it quiet and repose.

  Francois Fenelon

  Giving, Soul, Calm

  Francois Fenelon (2014). “Spiritual Progress”, p.108, Lulu.com

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• The plans of God are only revealed in the presence of God.

  Mark Batterson

  Plans

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• Prayer is simply coming into the presence of God. Because when you come into the presence of God, even the things you don't have matter a lot less.

  Harold S. Kushner

  God, Prayer, Matter

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• We cannot enter into the presence of God while we are rebelling against God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

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• I want the presence of God Himself, or I don't want anything at all to do with religion... I want all that God has or I don't want any.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Want

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• The real test of being in the presence of God is, that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object.

  C. S. Lewis

  Real, Dirty, Tests

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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