"You need to seek God....not just what He can give you. Rather than asking for peace, love, joy, etc, you need to seek a closer relationship, and the things you ask for will flow from your relationship. Otherwise, you are asking and seeking something for yourself.
My goal is God Himself, not joy nor peace, nor even blessing, but Himself, my God.
'...that I may know Him.'" (Phil 3:10)
~Oswald Chambers
"I tend to forget that God focuses not on the success of my day, but on the godliness of my character. I focus on the results; He is committed to the process of making me holy. In my frustration and anger I am not just fighting people and situations......but God."
~Paul Tripp
"Sweet friend, I know how it feels to want to completely shut down when
life gets challenging and things happen that we don't understand. But if
we pull away from praying, reading our Bible and going to church in
hard times - we just suffer. If we stay committed to doing those things
that keep us connected with God, we will experience an intimacy and
power in the midst of our suffering we can’t get any other way.” - Lysa TerKeurst
