--- title: "33 Connection God Quotes by 33 authors" description: "Browse 33 Connection God quotes by 33 authors. Discover the best Connection God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_god_prayer-is-the-most-reliable-wireless-con_357690.jpg" --- > [Prayer is the most reliable wireless connection to God..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/prayer-is-the-most-reliable-wireless-connection-to-god/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_god_prayer-is-the-most-reliable-wireless-con_357690.jpg) > [“Your passion is your connection to God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-ray/your-passion-is-your-connection-to-god/) [Amit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-ray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/amit-ray-761_connection_your-passion-is-your-connection-to-god-8_8104.png) > [My connection to God allows me to create all the good in my life. ð](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jhiess-krieg/my-connection-to-god-allows-me-to-create-all-the-good-in-my-life/) [Jhiess Krieg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jhiess-krieg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/jhiess-krieg-1808_god_my-connection-to-god-allows-me-to-create_1682164.jpg) > [“Art is the passion born from a souls divine connection to God”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/la-shea-m-johnson/art-is-the-passion-born-from-a-souls-divine-connection-to-god/) [La Shea M Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/la-shea-m-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a94/la-shea-m-johnson-254927_art_art-is-the-passion-born-from-a-souls-div_2402740.jpg) > [I have a very strong connection with God, very strong sense of my faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lachanze/i-have-a-very-strong-connection-with-god-very-strong-sense-of-my-faith/) [LaChanze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lachanze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/lachanze-13933_connection_i-have-a-very-strong-connection-with-god_2382056.jpg) > [My prayer life and my connection with God are on the highest level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/letoya-luckett/my-prayer-life-and-my-connection-with-god-are-on-the-highest-level/) [LeToya Luckett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/letoya-luckett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/letoya-luckett-3498_connection_my-prayer-life-and-my-connection-with-go_1682803.jpg) > [When you seek a connection to God, you suffer. God is not absent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-whitwell/when-you-seek-a-connection-to-god-you-suffer-god-is-not-absent/) [Mark Whitwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-whitwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/mark-whitwell-51639_absent_when-you-seek-a-connection-to-god-you-su_3080923.png) > [My connection to God allows me to create all the good in my live:)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-laurence-torcuator/my-connection-to-god-allows-me-to-create-all-the-good-in-my-live/) [Mark Laurence Torcuator](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-laurence-torcuator/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/mark-laurence-torcuator-11871_create_my-connection-to-god-allows-me-to-create_266282.jpg) > [I do feel like I have a direct connection with God for some reason; always have since I was a little kid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/queen-latifah/i-do-feel-like-i-have-a-direct-connection-with-god-for-some-reason/) [Queen Latifah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/queen-latifah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/queen-latifah-1560_connection_i-do-feel-like-i-have-a-direct-connectio_2575667.jpg) > [“Healing comes to the soul through the power of connection. Our connection with God is our connection to healing—spirit, soul, and body”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-dickow/healing-comes-to-the-soul-through-the-power-of-connection-our/) [Gregory Dickow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-dickow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ad/gregory-dickow-38781_christian-spiritual_healing-comes-to-the-soul-through-the-po_439585.png) > [I seemed so different from other kids; I grew up in church and felt a connection with God, and a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fantasia-barrino/i-seemed-so-different-from-other-kids-i-grew-up-in-church-and-felt-a/) [Fantasia Barrino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fantasia-barrino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/fantasia-barrino-11037_age_i-seemed-so-different-from-other-kids-i_1127175.jpg) > [You stand in front of a great painting and your heart just opens and your mind expands about what's possible. That, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rosanne-cash/you-stand-in-front-of-a-great-painting-and-your-heart-just-opens-and/) [Rosanne Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rosanne-cash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/rosanne-cash-7972_connections_you-stand-in-front-of-a-great-painting-a_948163.jpg) > [You can just look at a mountain and get a connection with God, you don't have to understand the mountain to feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/you-can-just-look-at-a-mountain-and-get-a-connection-with-god-you-don/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/paulo-coelho-10_connections_you-can-just-look-at-a-mountain-and-get_1497190.jpg) > [Dreaming is my way to be in touch with myself. It's my connection to God. And when I go too long without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-cambage/dreaming-is-my-way-to-be-in-touch-with-myself-it-s-my-connection-to/) [Liz Cambage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-cambage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/liz-cambage-5789_connection_dreaming-is-my-way-to-be-in-touch-with-m_219587.jpg) > [I have been the most religious person since I was 2 years old. I always felt this crazy connection to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-montag/i-have-been-the-most-religious-person-since-i-was-2-years-old-i/) [Heidi Montag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-montag/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/heidi-montag-15420_connections_i-have-been-the-most-religious-person-si_1679995.png) > [I do not believe in a personal connection to God; that's where it gets transcendental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orhan-pamuk/i-do-not-believe-in-a-personal-connection-to-god-that-s-where-it-gets/) [Orhan Pamuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orhan-pamuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/orhan-pamuk-500_believe_i-do-not-believe-in-a-personal-connectio_483795.jpg) > [“When people find God, Jesus or the Divine, they are merely allowing the connection that was always there. You are God/the Universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-anthony-gibbs/when-people-find-god-jesus-or-the-divine-they-are-merely-allowing-the/) [Russell Anthony Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-anthony-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/russell-anthony-gibbs-19771_quote_when-people-find-god-jesus-or-the-divine_1839981.jpg) > [I really comprehend the fact that some of what I have to say sounds a little weird. But the more and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-baldwin/i-really-comprehend-the-fact-that-some-of-what-i-have-to-say-sounds-a/) [Stephen Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-baldwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/stephen-baldwin-10013_connections_i-really-comprehend-the-fact-that-some-o_794372.jpg) > [I believe in the goodness of man, and I believe we're all connected and that connection is through God. We have our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corbin-bernsen/i-believe-in-the-goodness-of-man-and-i-believe-we-re-all-connected/) [Corbin Bernsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corbin-bernsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/corbin-bernsen-12392_believe_i-believe-in-the-goodness-of-man-and-i-b_34244.png) > [Both of my parents would say they were atheists, so where I inherited my connection to God I don't know. But it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-bonet/both-of-my-parents-would-say-they-were-atheists-so-where-i-inherited/) [Lisa Bonet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-bonet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/lisa-bonet-18747_atheist_both-of-my-parents-would-say-they-were-a_2107379.png) > [One day I was in church, and I felt a real connection with God. I've no clue how old I was. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bukayo-saka/one-day-i-was-in-church-and-i-felt-a-real-connection-with-god-i-ve-no/) [Bukayo Saka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bukayo-saka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7c/bukayo-saka-6395_church_one-day-i-was-in-church-and-i-felt-a-rea_1431524.jpg) > [The closest you'll get to God, ever, in your existence, is measured by how close you get to yourself. Because your connection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haaz-sleiman/the-closest-you-ll-get-to-god-ever-in-your-existence-is-measured-by/) [Haaz Sleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haaz-sleiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/haaz-sleiman-24085_closest_the-closest-you-ll-get-to-god-ever-in-yo_292997.jpg) > [“If you pull a plant out of the soil, you dont need to kill it. It will wither on its own. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mlungisi-simelane/if-you-pull-a-plant-out-of-the-soil-you-dont-need-to-kill-it-it-will/) [Mlungisi Simelane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mlungisi-simelane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/312/mlungisi-simelane-16438_leadership_if-you-pull-a-plant-out-of-the-soil-you_258601.jpg) > [Sometimes I was too tired, other times just lazy. Now and then, I was frustrated because nothing seemed to be happening -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristiane-backer/sometimes-i-was-too-tired-other-times-just-lazy-now-and-then-i-was/) [Kristiane Backer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristiane-backer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/kristiane-backer-20317_buddhism_sometimes-i-was-too-tired-other-times-ju_1629351.jpg) > [That experience showed me that I-from moment to moment-am the only person in control of my connection to God. It's not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-de-angelis/that-experience-showed-me-that-i-from-moment-to-moment-am-the-only/) [Barbara De Angelis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-de-angelis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/barbara-de-angelis-9171_awareness_that-experience-showed-me-that-i-from-mo_2699416.png) > [You’ve got to fight for that connection with God all the time no matter what you're going through in life. I'm growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-clark/you-ve-got-to-fight-for-that-connection-with-god-all-the-time-no/) [Kelly Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-clark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/kelly-clark-19744_backbone_you-ve-got-to-fight-for-that-connection_361506.png) > [“Your soul is what integrates, what connects, what binds together your will, then your mind (those thoughts, feelings, and desires going on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ortberg/your-soul-is-what-integrates-what-connects-what-binds-together-your/) [John Ortberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ortberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/john-ortberg-932_habits_your-soul-is-what-integrates-what-connec_1804742.jpg) > [We have to start at ground zero and ask what it means to have a real connection with God and what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/we-have-to-start-at-ground-zero-and-ask-what-it-means-to-have-a-real/) [John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/john-shelby-spong-1488_asks_we-have-to-start-at-ground-zero-and-ask_1209719.png) > [“Our prayer life and rule of prayer will be shaped by the different stages of our spiritual journey as well. Many people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-shigematsu/our-prayer-life-and-rule-of-prayer-will-be-shaped-by-the-different/) [Ken Shigematsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-shigematsu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/ken-shigematsu-42688_christ_our-prayer-life-and-rule-of-prayer-will_2661962.jpg) > [My own personal connection with God was not in a religious sense, so I wasn't really thinking in that way when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-tamblyn/my-own-personal-connection-with-god-was-not-in-a-religious-sense-so-i/) [Amber Tamblyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-tamblyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/amber-tamblyn-13021_catholic_my-own-personal-connection-with-god-was_232854.png) > [“Keep it simple and keep it real. The more basic we see our connection to God and Spirit, the easier it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-fargiano/keep-it-simple-and-keep-it-real-the-more-basic-we-see-our-connection/) [Jim Fargiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-fargiano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8e/jim-fargiano-50917_god_keep-it-simple-and-keep-it-real-the-more_2443057.jpg) > [I’m not Buddhist, I’m not Hindu, I’m not Christian, but I still feel like I have a deep connection with God,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-perry/i-m-not-buddhist-i-m-not-hindu-i-m-not-christian-but-i-still-feel-2/) [Katy Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e31/katy-perry-760_buddhism_i-m-not-buddhist-i-m-not-hindu-i-m-not-c_315390.jpg) > [Connection exists. There is immanence and transcendence, and everything beyond and in between. My tradition calls this connection God Herself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-thorn-coyle/connection-exists-there-is-immanence-and-transcendence-and-everything/) [T. Thorn Coyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-thorn-coyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/t-thorn-coyle-41421_connection_connection-exists-there-is-immanence-and_2920296.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/connection-god/#itemlist", "name": "Connection God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Prayer is the most reliable wireless connection to God..", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/prayer-is-the-most-reliable-wireless-connection-to-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_god_prayer-is-the-most-reliable-wireless-con_357690.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/anonymous-1_god_prayer-is-the-most-reliable-wireless-con_357690.jpg", "url": 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