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title: "142 God Presence Quotes by 111 authors"
description: "Browse 142 God Presence quotes by 111 authors. Discover the best God Presence sayings and thoughts."
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> [Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brother-lawrence/prayer-is-nothing-else-than-a-sense-of-god-s-presence/)

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

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> [ “Hell \[...\] is the absence of God and the presence of Time.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-duncan/hell-is-the-absence-of-god-and-the-presence-of-time/)

[Glen Duncan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-duncan/)

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> [God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/god-is-a-presence-that-i-can-never-define-but-i-could-never-deny/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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> [Only God's presence can change people's lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priscilla-shirer/only-god-s-presence-can-change-people-s-lives/)

[Priscilla Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priscilla-shirer/)

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> [Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God's presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/sometimes-i-just-sit-still-and-enjoy-god-s-presence/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

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> [Live with an ongoing, unending awareness of God's presence!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/live-with-an-ongoing-unending-awareness-of-god-s-presence/)

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

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> [“Life with God's presence is richer and more secured.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/life-with-god-s-presence-is-richer-and-more-secured/)

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

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> [Worship is about encounter-coming into God's presence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-w-hayford/worship-is-about-encounter-coming-into-god-s-presence/)

[Jack W. Hayford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-w-hayford/)

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> [The importance of coming into God's presence is worth overcoming all obstacles along the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/the-importance-of-coming-into-god-s-presence-is-worth-overcoming-all/)

[Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/)

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> [It often takes the darkness of a storm to show us the light of God's presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-evans/it-often-takes-the-darkness-of-a-storm-to-show-us-the-light-of-god-s/)

[Tony Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-evans/)

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> [God's presence is not just Light, and Life, but Love. And Love invites, but does not compel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederica-mathewes-green/god-s-presence-is-not-just-light-and-life-but-love-and-love-invites/)

[Frederica Mathewes-Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederica-mathewes-green/)

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> [“There's a reason they call God a presence-because God is right here, right now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/there-s-a-reason-they-call-god-a-presence-because-god-is-right-here/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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> [Vision is the ability to see God’s presence, to perceive God’s power, to focus on God’s plan in spite of the obstacles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/vision-is-the-ability-to-see-god-s-presence-to-perceive-god-s-power/)

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

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> [Worship strengthens you. It gives you a sense of God's presence and ultimately His protection and provision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/worship-strengthens-you-it-gives-you-a-sense-of-god-s-presence-and/)

[T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/)

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> [“Jesus has made God’s presence scandalously available to anyone who wants it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ortberg-jr/jesus-has-made-god-s-presence-scandalously-available-to-anyone-who/)

[John Ortberg Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ortberg-jr/)

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> [We should have all our communications with men, as in the presence of God; and with God, as in the presence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/we-should-have-all-our-communications-with-men-as-in-the-presence-of/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [I feel God's presence in my life, as a direct result of prayer. We say, 'Why, God?' when bad things happen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-evans/i-feel-god-s-presence-in-my-life-as-a-direct-result-of-prayer-we-say/)

[Sara Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-evans/)

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> [I have picked up on the terminology of Brother Lawrence, who called praying unceasingly practicing God's presence. In fact, practicing God's presence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-moore/i-have-picked-up-on-the-terminology-of-brother-lawrence-who-called/)

[Beth Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-moore/)

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> [The more conscious of God's presence the more I feel like being myself, the less conscious of His presence, the more I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-t-kendall/the-more-conscious-of-god-s-presence-the-more-i-feel-like-being/)

[R. T. Kendall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-t-kendall/)

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> [“from a Wesleyan perspective, we can easily see how the imagination is one of the ways the Holy Spirit works preveniently in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/from-a-wesleyan-perspective-we-can-easily-see-how-the-imagination-is/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

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> [“For what shall we do when we wake one day to find we have lost touch with our heart and with it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/for-what-shall-we-do-when-we-wake-one-day-to-find-we-have-lost-touch/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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> [“desire for God’s presence, provision, and protection. No matter where we are, our desire should be for God because only he satisfies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/desire-for-god-s-presence-provision-and-protection-no-matter-where-we/)

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

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> [To walk before God and in His presence, is the ground and the costly jewel of true Christian living. I would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerhard-tersteegen/to-walk-before-god-and-in-his-presence-is-the-ground-and-the-costly/)

[Gerhard Tersteegen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerhard-tersteegen/)

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> [“God does not live in idols and temples either…of course, idols and temples are some of the ways that remind us of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/girdhar-joshi/god-does-not-live-in-idols-and-temples-either-of-course-idols-and/)

[Girdhar Joshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/girdhar-joshi/)

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> [Prayer requires that we stand in God's presence with open hands, naked and vulnerable, proclaiming to ourselves and to others that without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/prayer-requires-that-we-stand-in-god-s-presence-with-open-hands-naked/)

[Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/)

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> [“It’s not just on specific days or times to be conscious of God’s presence, but all the time. I can feel holiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadiqua-hamdan/it-s-not-just-on-specific-days-or-times-to-be-conscious-of-god-s/)

[Sadiqua Hamdan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadiqua-hamdan/)

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> [Do you know God? Do you know there is a power greater than ourselves which manifests itself within us as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/do-you-know-god-do-you-know-there-is-a-power-greater-than-ourselves/)

[Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/)

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> [I've never spoken with an angel, though one time I felt the awesome weight and glory of God's presence in an angel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scot-mcknight/i-ve-never-spoken-with-an-angel-though-one-time-i-felt-the-awesome/)

[Scot McKnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scot-mcknight/)

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> [What was it, he wondered for the hundredth time, that enabled Pastor Harris to hear the answers in his heart? What did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/what-was-it-he-wondered-for-the-hundredth-time-that-enabled-pastor/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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> [This is the first thing the Holy Spirit does in your life. He brings you God's presence, and when He does, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-oyakhilome/this-is-the-first-thing-the-holy-spirit-does-in-your-life-he-brings/)

[Chris Oyakhilome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-oyakhilome/)

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> [“we are qualified for Christian service by our praying not our preaching, by our desire to worship him and not our workload…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-greig/we-are-qualified-for-christian-service-by-our-praying-not-our/)

[Pete Greig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-greig/)

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> [“In this unsettled world, it is good to have this steadiness—the Christmas Eve service, the peal of the bell, the star atop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gulley/in-this-unsettled-world-it-is-good-to-have-this-steadiness-the/)

[Philip Gulley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gulley/)

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> [“When I think of the years when I had no faith, what I am struck by, first of all, is how little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-wiman/when-i-think-of-the-years-when-i-had-no-faith-what-i-am-struck-by/)

[Christian Wiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-wiman/)

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> [“If I’d had a good week—a real “Christian” week”—I felt close to God. When Sunday came around, I would feel like lifting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-d-greear/if-i-d-had-a-good-week-a-real-christian-week-i-felt-close-to-god-when/)

[J.D. Greear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-d-greear/)

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> [“The spiritual life and especially its expression in mystical experience, is not so much a matter of striving for heights of mystical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-downey/the-spiritual-life-and-especially-its-expression-in-mystical/)

[Michael Downey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-downey/)

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> [“While it is in one sense a result of God’s presence within us, the New Testament also describes a process involved in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/while-it-is-in-one-sense-a-result-of-god-s-presence-within-us-the-new/)

[Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/)

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> [“you begin to pray, still and quiet yourself. Give thanks for some of the specific gifts God has given you today. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-garlough-brown/you-begin-to-pray-still-and-quiet-yourself-give-thanks-for-some-of/)

[Sharon Garlough Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-garlough-brown/)

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> [“Given our present physical reality and limited awareness, it is difficult to see how God is an integral and intimate portion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-van-auken/given-our-present-physical-reality-and-limited-awareness-it-is/)

[John Van Auken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-van-auken/)

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> [“When our lives are congruent with the Lord’s will, we are empowered spiritually. Remember what Joseph Smith was taught in Liberty Jail?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-n-lund/when-our-lives-are-congruent-with-the-lord-s-will-we-are-empowered/)

[Gerald N. Lund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-n-lund/)

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> [“When Jesus went to his disciples on the evening of his resurrection, the first thing he said to them was, “Peace be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-jesus-went-to-his-disciples-on-the-evening-of-his-resurrection/)

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

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## Top authors on God Presence

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nicholas-sparks-71065.jpg) Nicholas Sparks 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-presence/nicholas-sparks/)

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                        "text": "Do you know God? Do you know there is a power greater than ourselves which manifests itself within us as well as everywhere else in the universe? This I call God. Do you know what it is to know God, to have God's constant guidance, a constant awareness of God's presence? To know God is to reflect love toward all people and all creations. To know God is to feel peace within - a calmness, a serenity, an unshakeableness which enables you to face any situation. To know God is to be so filled with joy that it bubbles over and goes forth to bless the world.",
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                        "text": "I've never spoken with an angel, though one time I felt the awesome weight and glory of God's presence in an angel in my bedroom as I kneeled in prayer. I kept my eyes closed, good Baptist that I was at the time, so I never knew if it was an angel. (I now am reasonably confident it was.)",
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                        "text": "What was it, he wondered for the hundredth time, that enabled Pastor Harris to hear the answers in his heart? What did he mean when he said he felt God’s presence? Steve supposed he could ask Pastor Harris directly, but he doubted that would do any good. How could anyone explain such a thing? It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private.",
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                        "text": "This is the first thing the Holy Spirit does in your life. He brings you God's presence, and when He does, you will no longer be in the dark. The Holy Spirit has a beautiful identity. He is called 'The Angel of God's presence.' He is the One Who brings us the presence of God and makes it real to us.",
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                        "text": "“we are qualified for Christian service by our praying not our preaching, by our desire to worship him and not our workload on his behalf, by knowing Jesus personally and not just by knowing a lot of interesting things about him. If you lose God’s presence you lose everything, but if you know his presence you already have everything you will ever need.”",
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                        "text": "“In this unsettled world, it is good to have this steadiness—the Christmas Eve service, the peal of the bell, the star atop the Peacocks’ silo, the saints burdened with concern. There is a holiness to memory, a sense of God’s presence in these mangers of the mind. Which might explain why it is that the occasions that change the least are often the very occasions that change us the most.”",
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                        "text": "“When I think of the years when I had no faith, what I am struck by, first of all, is how little this lack disrupted my conscious life. I lived not without God, nor wish his absence, but in a mild abeyance of belief, drifting through the days on a tide of tiny vanities — a publication, a flirtation, a strong case made for some weak nihilism — nights all adagios and alcohol as my mind tore luxuriously into itself. I can see now how deeply God’s absence affected my unconscious life, how under me always there was this long fall that pride and fear and self-live at once protected me from and subjected me to. Was the fall into belief or into unbelief? Both. For if grace woke me to God’s presence in the world and in my heart, it also woke me to his absence. I never truly felt the pain of unbelief until I began to believe.”",
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                        "text": "“If I’d had a good week—a real “Christian” week”—I felt close to God. When Sunday came around, I would feel like lifting my head and hands in worship, almost as if to say, “God, here I am . . . I know You’re excited about seeing me this week.” If I’d had a stellar week, I loved being in God’s presence and was sure God was pretty stoked about having me there too. But the opposite was also true. If I hadn’t done a good job at being a real Christian, I felt pretty distant from God. If I’d fallen to some temptations, been a jerk to my wife, dodged some easy opportunities to share Christ, was stingy with my money, forgotten to recycle, kicked the dog, etc. . . . well, on those weeks I felt like God wanted nothing to do with me. When I came to church, I had no desire to lift my soul up to God. I was pretty sure He didn’t want to see me either. I could feel His displeasure—His lack of approval. That’s because I didn’t really understand the gospel. Or, at least I had forgotten it.”",
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