The Promise is His Presence Quotes

“Anything you think you need in order to believe that God is good- that’s your golden calf.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“The Word of God is like manna—it’s daily nourishment, daily reminders of God’s nearness. It’s what God knows we need in order to thrive. But, so often, we hunger for something more.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“Whatever plagues your heart with longing cannot be answered satisfactorily outside God’s faithful presence. He might give you every tangible desire you could ever dream up, but if your heart is not satisfied in Him, you will never stop yearning for more.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“To proclaim that the Lord is our portion forever means that He is our portion in the places we are most afraid to proclaim it. He cannot be enough for us only in places we feel safe. He has to be enough where we are afraid for Him to be enough. He’s not sufficient if He’s only sufficient when it is convenient. The Lord’s sufficiency transcends fear.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“When we make the mistake of equating God’s inherent goodness with what seems good to us, we limit our belief in His ability to be good.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“Recognizing our common, desperate need for God’s nearness keeps us attached to the Vine and to one another.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“We enjoy His presence when we spend time listening to His voice through the old and powerful words on the pages of our Bible.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“Every promise of God’s perpetual presence in the Psalms is medicine for the broken heart.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“To believe in God’s future faithfulness, we must look back at the past faithfulness of the great, unchanging God who has been with His people in their lamentations.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“Remembering God’s past faithfulness helps us to believe in His future faithfulness.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“Remembering God’s deliverance prevents us from circling our own personal deserts of bitterness. We’ve been reconciled so that we can know the presence that was lost in the garden.”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough

“But, like Israel, we struggle to understand why God would allow us to wander in a wilderness of lack. While we demand that He answer our prayers with what we want, His reply is to remind us who He is. Every page of Scripture tells us who He is and what He’s done. Wandering is a gift that helps us to remember this”
― Glenna Marshall, The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough