“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
Augustine
Category: Quotes
Your Heart
“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.”
Martin Luther
The Highest Good
“God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of any, or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the ocean.”
Jonathan Edwards
Beautiful Paradox
“What I am anxious to see in Christian believers is a beautiful paradox. I want to see in them the joy of finding God while at the same time they are blessedly pursuing Him. I want to see in them the great joy of having God yet always wanting Him.”
A.W. Tozer
The Christian Ideal
“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.”
G.K. Chesterton
Full Custody
“God went so far as to rip the “veil” of His Son’s flesh on Mount Calvary. At the same time unseen hands ripped the veil on Mount Zion, as if to say, “I don’t ever want this thing rewoven again. I am tired of being separated from my children.” God doesn’t just want visiting hours with his children. He wants full custody!”
Tommy Tenney
Worship and Theology
“The closer you get to the truth, the clearer becomes the beauty, and the more you will find worship welling up within you. That’s why theology and worship belong together. The one isn’t just a head-trip; the other isn’t just emotion.”
N.T. Wright
Authentic Worship
“…faith-filled suffering is essential in this world for the most intense, authentic worship. When we are most satisfied with God in suffering, he will be most glorified in us in worship. Our problem is not styles of music. Our problem is styles of life. When we embrace more afflictions for the worth of Christ, there will be more fruit in the worship of Christ.”
John Piper