--- title: "14 Pleasure God Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 14 Pleasure God quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Pleasure God sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/charles-spurgeon-82_god_god-s-law-is-our-pleasure-when-the-god-o_3126939.png" --- > [God's law is our pleasure when the God of the law is our God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/god-s-law-is-our-pleasure-when-the-god-of-the-law-is-our-god/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/charles-spurgeon-82_god_god-s-law-is-our-pleasure-when-the-god-o_3126939.png) > [Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/grace-is-the-good-pleasure-of-god-that-inclines-him-to-bestow/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_benefits_grace-is-the-good-pleasure-of-god-that-i_581394.png) > [“God's law is our pleasure when the God of the law is our God. -Commentary on Psalm 119”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-spurgeon/god-s-law-is-our-pleasure-when-the-god-of-the-law-is-our-god-2/) [Charles H. Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-h-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70c/charles-h-spurgeon-1432_god_god-s-law-is-our-pleasure-when-the-god-o_3235676.jpg) > [There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/there-is-nothing-that-keeps-wicked-men-at-any-one-moment-out-of-hell/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afa/jonathan-edwards-770_hell_there-is-nothing-that-keeps-wicked-men-a_2013489.png) > [The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ames/the-good-pleasure-of-god-is-an-act-of-the-divine-will-freely-and/) [William Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ames/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/william-ames-19586_all-things_the-good-pleasure-of-god-is-an-act-of-th_1308708.jpg) > [The essence of loving living as a follower of Jesus isn't in trying harder but in enjoying more. I'm not saying you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-storms/the-essence-of-loving-living-as-a-follower-of-jesus-isn-t-in-trying/) [Sam Storms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-storms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cda/sam-storms-12070_effort_the-essence-of-loving-living-as-a-follow_299321.jpg) > [Those who desire only the good pleasure of God abide in peace even in the midst of failure, for God has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-philippine-duchesne/those-who-desire-only-the-good-pleasure-of-god-abide-in-peace-even-in/) [Rose Philippine Duchesne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-philippine-duchesne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/rose-philippine-duchesne-14841_desire_those-who-desire-only-the-good-pleasure_1036974.png) > [“The observation from the words that I would now insist upon is this, There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-edwards/the-observation-from-the-words-that-i-would-now-insist-upon-is-this/) [Jonathan Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e34/jonathan-edwards-770_hell_the-observation-from-the-words-that-i-wo_3005894.png) > [Thouqh they never believe I could do it all alone...,throuqh the silent night\_Sleepless moment\_Hectic day\_Occupied week...It's a pleasure God got my back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/thouqh-they-never-believe-i-could-do-it-all-alone-throuqh-the-silent/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/anonymous-1_happiness_thouqh-they-never-believe-i-could-do-it_1325589.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/john-piper-255_delight_grace-is-the-pleasure-of-god-to-magnify_2753121.png) > [You don't bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/you-don-t-bring-glory-or-pleasure-to-god-by-hiding-your-abilities-or/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/rick-warren-230_ability_you-don-t-bring-glory-or-pleasure-to-god_1898914.png) > [Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits upon the undeserving. It is a self-existent principle inherent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/grace-is-the-good-pleasure-of-god-that-inclines-him-to-bestow-2/) [Aiden Wilson Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aiden-wilson-tozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_age_grace-is-the-good-pleasure-of-god-that-i_966600.jpg) > [“With respect also to spiritual sloth, beginners are apt to be irked by the things that are most spiritual, from which they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/with-respect-also-to-spiritual-sloth-beginners-are-apt-to-be-irked-by/) [Juan de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-de-la-cruz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/juan-de-la-cruz-44354_conformity-to-god-s_with-respect-also-to-spiritual-sloth-beg_1755350.jpg) > [ “The greatest joy is joy in God. This is plain from Psalm 16:11: "You \[God\] will make known to me the path… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-greatest-joy-is-joy-in-god-this-is-plain-from-psalm-16-11-you-god/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/john-piper-255_eternity_the-greatest-joy-is-joy-in-god-this-is-p_278551.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pleasure-god/#itemlist", "name": "Pleasure God Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God's law is our pleasure when the God of the law is our God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Spurgeon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/god-s-law-is-our-pleasure-when-the-god-of-the-law-is-our-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/charles-spurgeon-82_god_god-s-law-is-our-pleasure-when-the-god-o_3126939.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/charles-spurgeon-82_god_god-s-law-is-our-pleasure-when-the-god-o_3126939.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/charles-spurgeon-82_god_god-s-law-is-our-pleasure-when-the-god-o_3126939.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God's law is our pleasure when the God of the law is our God.” — Charles Spurgeon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aiden Wilson Tozer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aiden-wilson-tozer/grace-is-the-good-pleasure-of-god-that-inclines-him-to-bestow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_benefits_grace-is-the-good-pleasure-of-god-that-i_581394.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_benefits_grace-is-the-good-pleasure-of-god-that-i_581394.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/aiden-wilson-tozer-296_benefits_grace-is-the-good-pleasure-of-god-that-i_581394.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving.” — Aiden Wilson Tozer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God's law is our pleasure when the God of the law is our God. -Commentary on Psalm 119”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles H. 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It is a…” — Aiden Wilson Tozer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“With respect also to spiritual sloth, beginners are apt to be irked by the things that are most spiritual, from which they flee because these things are incompatible with sensible pleasure. For, as they are so much accustomed to sweetness in spiritual things, they are wearied by things in which they find no sweetness. If once they failed to find in prayer the satisfaction which their taste required (and after all it is well that God should take it from them to prove them), they would prefer not to return to it: sometimes they leave it; at other times they continue it unwillingly. And thus because of this sloth they abandon the way of perfection (which is the way of the negation of their will and pleasure for God's sake) for the pleasure and sweetness of their own will, which they aim at satisfying in this way rather than the will of God. And many of these would have God will that which they themselves will, and are fretful at having to will that which He wills, and find it repugnant to accommodate their will to that of God. Hence it happens to them that oftentimes they think that that wherein they find not their own will and pleasure is not the will of God; and that, on the other hand, when they themselves find satisfaction, God is satisfied. Thus they measure God by themselves and not themselves by God, acting quite contrarily to that which He Himself taught in the Gospel, saying: That he who should lose his will for His sake, the same should gain it; and he who should desire to gain it, the same should lose it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Juan de la Cruz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/with-respect-also-to-spiritual-sloth-beginners-are-apt-to-be-irked-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/juan-de-la-cruz-44354_conformity-to-god-s_with-respect-also-to-spiritual-sloth-beg_1755350.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/juan-de-la-cruz-44354_conformity-to-god-s_with-respect-also-to-spiritual-sloth-beg_1755350.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/juan-de-la-cruz-44354_conformity-to-god-s_with-respect-also-to-spiritual-sloth-beg_1755350.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With respect also to spiritual sloth, beginners are apt to be irked by the things that are most spiritual…” — Juan de la Cruz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The greatest joy is joy in God. This is plain from Psalm 16:11: \"You [God] will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever.\" Fullness of joy and eternal joy cannot be improved. Nothing is fuller than full, and nothing is longer than eternal. And this joy is owing to the presence of God, not the accomplishments of man. Therefore, if God wants to love us infinitely and delight us fully and eternally, he must preserve for us the one thing that will satisfy us totally and eternally; namely, the presence and worth of his own glory. He alone is the source of full and lasting pleasure. Therefore, his commitment to uphold and display his glory is not vain, but virtuous. God is the one being for whom self-exaltation is an infinitely loving act. If he revealed himself to the proud and self-sufficient and not to the humble and dependent, he would belittle the very glory whose worth is the foundation of our joy. 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