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title: "25 Delight God Quotes by 20 authors"
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> [Our only business is to love and delight ourselves in God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brother-lawrence/our-only-business-is-to-love-and-delight-ourselves-in-god/)

[Brother Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brother-lawrence/)

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> [Delighting in God's Word leads us to delight in God, and delight in God drives away fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-jeremiah/delighting-in-god-s-word-leads-us-to-delight-in-god-and-delight-in/)

[David Jeremiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-jeremiah/)

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> [All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/all-great-art-is-the-expression-of-man-s-delight-in-god-s-work-not/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [“If we delight in God, He shall give us our hearts desires.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/if-we-delight-in-god-he-shall-give-us-our-hearts-desires/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-holmes/the-universe-must-exist-for-the-self-expression-of-god-and-the/)

[Ernest Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-holmes/)

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> [“To delight in God is to desire Jesus Christ.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/to-delight-in-god-is-to-desire-jesus-christ/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [True worship is obedience to God for no other reason than that you delight in God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/true-worship-is-obedience-to-god-for-no-other-reason-than-that-you/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [If you delight more in God’s gifts than in God Himself, you are practically setting up another God above Him, and this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/if-you-delight-more-in-god-s-gifts-than-in-god-himself-you-are/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [“... I can see it in the looking back, how this daily practice of the discipline of gratitude is the way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/i-can-see-it-in-the-looking-back-how-this-daily-practice-of-the/)

[Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/)

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> [Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/grace-is-the-pleasure-of-god-to-magnify-the-worth-of-god-by-giving/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-of-norwich/truth-sees-god-and-wisdom-contemplates-god-and-from-these-two-comes-a/)

[Julian of Norwich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-of-norwich/)

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> [“People are most similar to God when he is the object of their affection. People should delight in God, as he does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-t-welch/people-are-most-similar-to-god-when-he-is-the-object-of-their/)

[Edward t. Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-t-welch/)

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> [“Delight is God’s why behind the justice, righteousness, and steadfast love He practices. It’s not out of frustration or obligation, but delight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-nicholas/delight-is-god-s-why-behind-the-justice-righteousness-and-steadfast/)

[Jessica Nicholas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-nicholas/)

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> [Spiritual delight in God arises chiefly from his beauty and perfection, not from the blessings he gives us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/spiritual-delight-in-god-arises-chiefly-from-his-beauty-and/)

[Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/)

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> [Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/missions-is-the-overflow-of-our-delight-in-god-because-missions-is/)

[John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/)

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> [“‎God is boundless, and so is never a boundary: God's music possesses the richness of every transition, interval, measure, variation - all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hart/god-is-boundless-and-so-is-never-a-boundary-god-s-music-possesses-the/)

[David Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hart/)

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> [When I do things my way, I exhaust pleasure very quickly. It is not that Christianity has failed to teach me how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/when-i-do-things-my-way-i-exhaust-pleasure-very-quickly-it-is-not/)

[Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/)

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> [“There is spiritual delight to be found in God that far supersedes the physical diet of this world, and fasting is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper-francis-chan-david-platt/there-is-spiritual-delight-to-be-found-in-god-that-far-supersedes-the/)

[John Piper Francis Chan David platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper-francis-chan-david-platt/)

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> [“You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-traherne/you-never-enjoy-the-world-aright-till-the-sea-itself-floweth-in-your-3/)

[Thomas Traherne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-traherne/)

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> [The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-muir/the-forests-of-america-however-slighted-by-man-must-have-been-a-great-2/)

[John Muir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-muir/)

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> [“God always has been, and always will be, God enough. The battle is over, whether or not I believe it, and whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/god-always-has-been-and-always-will-be-god-enough-the-battle-is-over/)

[Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/)

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> [Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/whatever-a-man-depends-upon-whatever-rules-his-mind-whatever-governs/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-most-valuable-thing-the-psalms-do-for-me-is-to-express-the-same/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“If we are ever going to learn to freely delight in God, we must first learn to be delighted in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-john-cusick/if-we-are-ever-going-to-learn-to-freely-delight-in-god-we-must-first/)

[Michael John Cusick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-john-cusick/)

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> [Till you can sing and rejoice and delight in God, as misers do in gold, and kings in sceptres, you never enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-traherne/till-you-can-sing-and-rejoice-and-delight-in-god-as-misers-do-in-gold/)

[Thomas Traherne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-traherne/)

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