“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.” -Hebrews 12:14
“We forget that God’s primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy.” -Paul David Tripp
“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” -Hebrews 10:22
“There are three effects of nearness to Jesus: humility, happiness, holiness.” – Spurgeon
“You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” -Psalm 16:11
“If we look to created things to give us the meaning, hope & happiness that only God Himself can give, it will eventually break our hearts.” -Tim Keller via Twitter
For He Himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility. -Ephesians 2:14
“God can’t give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.” -C. S. Lewis
“You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” -Psalm 16:11
“God designed us to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way…God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.” -C.S. Lewis
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