John Owen Quotes

God made our souls to long for Him, and we are not fully satisfied without His presence in our lives.

I'm convinced we all have a God-shaped space in us, and until we fill that space with God, we'll never know what it is to be whole.

God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.

Where love is, there God is also.

Maharaj-ji, in my first darshan, my first meeting with him, showed me his powers. At that point I was impressed with the power. But subsequently, I realized that it was really his love that pulled me in. His love is unconditional love.

When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.

I experience God as the power of love.

In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel.

O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you.

I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.

It doesn't matter if they're in this block or that block: my heart is for all people to know and encounter the love of God.

I am not asking whether you know things about Him but do you know God, are you enjoying God, is God the centre of your life, the soul of your being, the source of your greatest joy? He is meant to be.

I did not read the Bible today. I am not very good at being religious and don't really feel too bad about not being too good. I do wish that I loved God and His creatures more.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.

God will look to every soul like its first love because He is its first love.

That with him were, what time the Love Divine

God is the one goal of all our passions and emotions. If you want to be angry, be angry with Him. Chide your Beloved, chide your Friend. Whom else can you safely chide? Mortal man will not patiently put up with your anger; there will be a reaction. If you are angry with me I am sure quickly to react, because I cannot patiently put up with your anger. Say unto the Beloved, "Why do You not come to me; why do You leave me thus alone?" Where is there any enjoyment but in Him? What enjoyment can there be in little clods of earth?

The Lord is always there waiting to give us his love: it is an amazing thing, one which never ceases to surprise us!

Oh Agnes, Oh my soul, so may thy face be by me when I close my life indeed; so may I, when realities are melting from me, like the shadows which I now dismiss, still find thee near me, pointing upward!

Heavenly Father hears your prayers, He loves you. He knows your name. He loves you beyond your ability to comprehend.

If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love.