Top 100 God Is Near Quotes

#1. Let us love silence till the world is made to die in our hearts. Let us always remember death, and in this thought draw near to God in our heart - and the pleasures of this world will have our scorn.

Isaac Jogues

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#2. The flesh on the nape of my neck did the crawly thing that it does so well. Some people say this is God's warning that the devil is near, but I've noticed I also experience it when someone serves me Brussels sprouts.

Dean Koontz

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#3. If you're anxious about the state of the world, that's understandable. But trade your anxiety for the blessing of hearing the words of Scripture, keeping them in faith and obedience, and remembering the time is near.

David Jeremiah

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#4. When we're in the middle of a difficult time, we have to speak against that lie that says, "God is not here." We have to draw near to God.

Max Lucado

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#5. When we learn to read the story of Jesus and see it as the story of the love of God, doing for us what we could not do for ourselves
that insight produces, again and again, a sense of astonished gratitude which is very near the heart of authentic Christian experience.

N. T. Wright

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#6. 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

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#7. 7For c what great nation is there that has d a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?

Anonymous

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#8. The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day.

Thomas S. Monson

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#9. We must worship in truth. Worship is not just an emotional exercise but a response of the heart built on truth about God. "The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth" (Psm. 145:18). Worship that is not based on God's Word is but an emotional encounter with oneself.

Erwin W. Lutzer

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#10. How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit, he cannot resign himself to this difference unless there is an authority which declares 'God wills it thus.' Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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#11. The time has come. The holy nation of God is near. Be sorry for your sins, turn from them, and believe the Good News.

Anonymous

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#12. But the best reason to pray is that God is really there. In praying, our unbelief gradually starts to melt. God moves smack into the middle of even an ordinary day. He is no longer someone we theorize about. He is someone we want to be near.

Emilie Griffin

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#13. As you thus take "sweet counsel" with others in the ways of God, take care that the theme of your converse is the Lord Jesus. Let the eye of faith be constantly looking unto him; let your heart be full of him; let your lips speak of his worth. Friend, live near to the cross, and thou wilt not sleep.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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#14. The now wherein God made the world is as near this time as the now I am speaking in this moment, and the last day is as near this now as was yesterday.

Meister Eckhart

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#15. Ah little recks the laborer,
How near his work is holding him to God,
The loving Laborer through space and time

Walt Whitman

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#16. God is love, and when we pray we are drawing near to love, and all our hatred must melt away like the snow melts when the sun shines on it in spring. Leave Lucien to God, Annette. He rewards both good and evil, but remember, He loves Lucien just the same as He loves Dani.

Patricia St. John

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#17. See to whom Jesus is drawing near, three kinds of people: to those who make peace with him, to those who are devoted to God, and to those who are kind to their neighbors.

Thomas Aquinas

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#18. Life from nonlife, like wine from water, has long been considered a miracle wrought by gods or God. Now it is seen to be the near-inevitable consequence of our thermal and chemical circumstances.

Ursula Goodenough

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#19. God is near you, is with you, is inside you.

Seneca The Younger

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#20. Maybe poetry is the only way we can get near the truth of God. ... And when the metaphors fail, we think it's God who's failed us!

Mary Doria Russell

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#21. Jesus' response to suffering people and to "nobodies" provides a glimpse into the heart of God. God is not the unmoved Absolute, but rather the Loving One who draws near.

Philip Yancey

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#22. Think not thou canst sigh a sigh
And thy maker is not by;
Think not thou canst weep a tear
And thy maker is not near.

William Blake

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#23. Is important that we get still to wait on God. And it is best that we get alone, preferably with our Bible outspread before us. Then if we will we may draw near to God and begin to hear Him speak to us in our hearts.

A.W. Tozer

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#24. 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.

Meister Eckhart

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#25. God is both transcendent (beyond us) and immanent (near us).

Dennis P. Hollinger

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#26. 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

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#27. There is not a minute of time in all of our life but we must either be near to God or we will be undone.

Richard Sibbes

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#28. God is always near His people, but their sinful behavior may cause His presence to be grievous.

Max Anders

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#29. The best religion is the religion that brings you closest to God.

Howard Storm

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#30. But it is none the less true that men do not come to God by way of their own reason; neither do they in this way get near to him, because all their intelligence is but vanity. Whence

John Calvin

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#31. We can't always make life work. But we can always draw near to God. There is a different way to approach our problems. There is a NEW WAY to live.

Larry Crabb

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#32. PSA73.28 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 thy works.

Anonymous

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#33. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone. This is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless.

Christopher McCandless

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#34. The lessons near and far have taught us that our truth is Kuwait, and our involvement with this fact is what created for us, with God's graciousness, our victory set.

Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

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#35. Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

Gordon B. Hinckley

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#36. Even the devils are theists. I am of all people one of the least qualified to judge, but I do believe that some atheists are closer to God than are some theists. With Him, it is better to be distant in the mind but near in the heart than it is to be distant in the heart but near in the mind.

Criss Jami

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#37. Worship is not an external activity precipitated by the right environment. To worship in spirit is to draw near to God with an undivided heart. We must come in full agreement without hiding anything or disregarding His will.

Erwin W. Lutzer

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#38. We are, all of us, growing volcanoes that approach the hour of their eruption, but how near or distant that is, nobody knows- not even God.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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#39. Without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

Chris Fabry

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#40. 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

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#41. There was genuine affection. Mom knew all this. "Thank God Eloise is uglier than a cow living near Chernobyl," Mom liked to say. "Or I might wonder." Dad

Harlan Coben

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#42. 6Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. 7Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.

Anonymous

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#43. What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? (Deut 4:7).

Timothy Keller

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#44. Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.

Arvo Part

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#45. The men that will change the colleges and seminaries here represented are the men that will spend the most time alone with God ... It takes time for the fires to burn. It takes time for God to draw near and for us to know that He is there. It takes time to assimilate His truth.

John Mott

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#46. When you see one of these graceful crafts sailing over your head, and possibly over your home, as I expect you will in the near future, see if you don't agree with me that the flying machine is one of God's most gracious and precious gifts.

David McCullough

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#47. I promote reading. I travel anywhere any time. In my books the indivuals face fears, issues, love, friendships, and are reminded qently that God is near! Great reads by Linda Green, Rosemary barkes,Liz Thompson, Richard Paul Evans

Susan Kay Box Brunner

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#48. When he turned on the tape-transport once more, Arctor was saying, "
as near as I can figure out, God is dead."
Luckman answered, "I didn't know He was sick.

Philip K. Dick

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#49. Dear friends, we may well sing to our Beloved when it is near the time of our departure. It draws near, and as it approaches, we must not dread it, but rather thank God for it.

Charles Spurgeon

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#50. Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu,
very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand when we want anything, but far away out of sight when we have a mind to do wrong. Such a God is as much an idol as if he were an image of stone.

Julius Charles Hare

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#51. However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.

Teresa Of Avila

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#52. Because we follow Christ and are citizens in the kingdom of God, the rationale "that's just the way it is," is not near enough motivation or excuse to keep going with the flow.

Ronnie McBrayer

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#53. Today the heart of God is an open wound of love. He aches over our distance and preoccupation. He mourns that we do not draw near to Him. He grieves that we have forgotten Him. He weeps over our obsession with muchness and manyness. He longs for our presence.

Richard J. Foster

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#54. We shall then have joy without sorrow, and rest without weariness ... Be of good cheer, Christian, the time is near, when God and thou shalt be near, and as near as thou canst well desire. Thou shalt dwell in his family.

Richard Baxter

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#55. God is reveaing Himself in this hour as the supreme elation of the soul. True love of God is evident in those whose only pleasure is derived fom drawing near to Him.

John Crowder

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#56. 6And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God m must believe that he exists and m that he rewards those who seek him.

Anonymous

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#57. God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us. We may forget him, but God will never forget us.

Max Lucado

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#58. God doesn't want to overwhelm us with a lot of theology in order to receive our healing. He keeps it simple. Nonetheless, there is great power to be found in these simple and easily implemented truths. The first of them is to "draw near to God and He will draw near to you" (James 4:8).

Dutch Sheets

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#59. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The youth whispers, 'I can.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#60. S.O.S. I NEED YOUR HELP. I AM INJURED, NEAR DEATH, AND TOO WEAK TO HIKE OUT OF HERE. I AM ALL ALONE, THIS IS NO JOKE. IN THE NAME OF GOD, PLEASE REMAIN TO SAVE ME. I AM OUT COLLECTING BERRIES CLOSE BY AND SHALL RETURN THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, CHRIS MCCANDLESS. AUGUST?

Jon Krakauer

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#61. God is with me. Jesus is near. The Spirit is greater than my fear.

Ted Dekker

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#62. A worshipper perceives that he is near to God because he is awake all night worshipping God. But after worship, your prayers are for health, long life, wealth, and for the damsels and slaves of the Paradise. Ponder! Did you ever pray to God, 'O' God, I desire from Thee nothing but Thee'?

Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi

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#63. For every man may sin, and yet again may sin; yet still is he God's handiwork, and still God is near by His handiwork to aid him ever to a fresh endeavour to righteousness.

Howard Pyle

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#64. O, beautiful rainbow; - all woven of light! There's not in thy tissue, one shadow of night; Heaven surely is open when thou dost appear, And, bending above thee, the angels draw near, And sing, - The rainbow! the rainbow! The smile of God is here.

Sarah Josepha Hale

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#65. When I don't know where to turn, You always draw me near; when I start to feel alone, I can feel Your presence here, reminding me of everything I ever need to have or be has already found a place somewhere inside of me.

Lisa Mischelle Wood

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#66. God is equally near to everything and every place and is equally ready to give himself, so far as in him lies, and therefore a person shall know him aright who knows how to see him the same, under all circumstances.

Meister Eckhart

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#67. Since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with

Anonymous

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#68. Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.

Edith Stein

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#69. Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God's near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow.

J.I. Packer

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#70. The light of God's presence in our lives is a purifying flame that will draw us near to Him.

Billy Graham

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#71. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.

James Montgomery

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#72. Very often it happens that prayer is on the lips, but in the heart cunning, incredulity or unbelief, so that by the lips the man seems near to God, whilst in his heart he is far from Him.

John Of Kronstadt

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#73. For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it not merely a hard word for 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within'? Heaven is neither a place nor a time.

Florence Nightingale

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#74. Christ is the great masterkey of all the chambers of God: there is no treasure-house of God which will not open and yield up all its wealth to the soul that lives near to Jesus.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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#75. I ought to pray before seeing any one. Often when I sleep long, or meet with others early, it is eleven or twelve o'clock before I begin secret prayer. I feel it is far better to begin with God-to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another.

Robert Murray M'Cheyne

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#76. God is near whether you sense His presence or not.

Max Lucado

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#77. Think often on God, by day, by night, in your business and even in your diversions. He is always near you and with you; leave him not alone.

Brother Lawrence

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#78. One of the things pleasing in God's sight is that his people keep on drawing near to him forever and ever. And so he is working in us this very thing.

John Piper

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#79. Prayer is a rising up and a drawing near to God in mind and in heart, and in spirit.

Alexander Whyte

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#80. Prayer is not so much a way to find God as a way of resting in him ... who loves us, who is near to us ...

Thomas Merton

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#81. I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else.

Edward McKendree Bounds

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#82. The true Christian can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ he has become our travelling companion.

Pope John Paul II

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#83. is the work of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the living God , to give us to know a God who lives and acts and speaks to-day, a God who is ready to come as near to us as He came to Abraham, to Moses or to Isaiah, or to the Apostles or to Jesus Himself.

R.A. Torrey

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#84. Be near me. The world is rowdy and nothing is certain. Do not stray. None of us was meant to face the day and the night alone, though that is what we do and memory now is a place of fading togetherness. Be near me. True love is what God intends.

Andrew O'Hagan

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#85. How wholesome winter is, seen far or near; how good, above all mere sentimental, warm-blooded, short-lived, soft-hearted, moral goodness, commonly so called. Give me the goodness which has forgotten its own deeds,
which God has seen to be good, and let be.

Henry David Thoreau

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#86. 25Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost [2] k those who draw near to God l through him, since he always lives m to make intercession for them.

Anonymous

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#87. To hunger and thirst after righteousness is when nothing in the world can fascinate us so much as being near God.

Smith Wigglesworth

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#88. Christmas is an invitation by God to say: Look what I've done to come near to you. Now draw near to me ... I want to be a friend.

Timothy Keller

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#89. Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly and the conventional, into the very realities of being, not consciously always; seldom, perhaps; the simplicity of loving grows by living simply near nature and God.

Lucy Larcom

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#90. The law perfected nothing, but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7:19

Beth Moore

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#91. This is the centre of the gospel - this is what the Garden of Gethsemane and Good Friday are all about - that God has done astonishing and costly things to draw us near.

John Piper

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#92. It is when we are up against death, when we find ourselves in despair, that the God of cross is near to us. It is through suffering and despair that God is made known to us, for God is found on the cross.

Andrew Root

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#93. When we ask God to draw near, what we're really asking is for Him to make us aware of Him.

Mike Donehey

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#94. 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.

R.C. Sproul Jr.

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#95. God is equally near in all creatures.

Meister Eckhart

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#96. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; He is just as near to wood and stone, but they do not know it.

Meister Eckhart

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#97. It is impossible to draw near to God without sorrows, without which human righteousness cannot remain unchanged ... If you desire virtue, than give yourself to every affliction, for afflictions produce humility. If someone abides in virtue without afflictions, the door of pride is opened to him.

Isaac Of Nineveh

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#98. 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

Adam Houge

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#99. Hence monastic prayer, especially meditation and contemplative prayer, is not so much a way to find God as a way of resting in him whom we have found, who loves us, who is near to us, who comes to us to draw us to himself.

Thomas Merton

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#100. It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.

Matthew Henry

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