When we ask God to draw near, what we’re really asking is for Him to make us aware of Him.
– Mike Donehey
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- Let yourself go. Let others in. This is the essence of being made in God’s image. – Mike Donehey
- We do battle with our minds and deceptive hearts, that we may might lay our souls down upon the grace of God. – Mike Donehey
- God draws near to us in such a way as to draw us near to himself within the circle of his knowing of himself. – Thomas F Torrance
- Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time. – Michelangelo Buonarroti
- If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him. – John Newton
- The light of God’s presence in our lives is a purifying flame that will draw us near to Him. – Billy Graham
- Ask God to use you. Ask Him to show you how you can be a blessing everywhere you go. Keep honoring Him so that others can see Him through you. – Germany Kent
- When I ask you to be my valentine, I’m not asking you to love me. I’m simply asking you to accept tokens of my love for you. – Richelle E Goodrich
- He built a fort around, making it impossible for anyone to go near him. And he sat near the window watching her dance in the rain, with someone else. – Akshay Vasu
- But prayer isn’t asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right. – Max Lucado
- Those who are growing great are always asking -œwhy?- If they fail or lose, they ask -œwhy?- If they succeed or win too, they ask -œwhy? – Israelmore Ayivor
- Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. – Yann Martel
- His silent, stony face was only inches away now. He was so near, so terribly near -“ and then he moved to close the last bit of distance. – Robert Thier
- I wait in fear, as the shadows draw near, spreading over the sky, will I live or die? – HG Warrender
- Wittgenstein once wrote that when the eye sees something beautiful, the hand wants to draw it. I wish I could draw you. – Nicole Krauss
- It is ten per cent how you draw, and ninety per cent what you draw. – Andrew Loomis
- Riches draw friends as corpses draw vultures – Bangambiki Habyarimana
- Instead of playing Draw Something, ????ing draw something – Nick Offerman
- Draw: For the most part, a draw occurs when it appears that neither side will win. – Kenya Wright
- Without asking her permission, someone is trying to intrude her life, draw her attention, in short, to bother her. – Milan Kundera
- She’d found him. She’d helped him. She’d saved him. He was hers. And they’d taken him away, ripped him from her arms, literally. – Laura Kaye
- We are not trying to manipulate God and tell Him what to do. Rather, we are asking Him to tell us what to do. – Richard J Foster
- Maybe to feel superior in struggle was sensed, When people were aware to fight for identity. – Marieta Maglas Near Kin
- Maybe to feel superior in struggle was sensed, When people were aware to fight for identity.-- Near Kin – Marieta Maglas
- She was at the same table near the back where three nights ago I’d sat entranced by her songs. And where the two of us had talked like old friends. – Mike Bond
- There was a danger in asking too much of a child, but the danger of asking too little was almost equal. – Robin Hobb
- Asking a parent not to be a parent is like asking the sun not to be hot or snow not to be cold. – Lesa Howard
- That’s not what I’m asking. I’m asking, what’s your vice and what brand of trouble does it lead to? – Neal Stephenson
- Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering. – Sharon Salzberg
- Asking someone to make for you money is like asking them to make for you a baby: they will own the money just as they will own the baby – Agona Apell
- Asking ‘why’ only makes us feel hopeless. Asking ‘how’ points the way forward, and shows us what we must do – Sue Klebold
- You’re not asking me for advice, you’re asking me for permission. – Steve Maraboli
- Ethan: -œI’m not asking you to continue that night.-Karis: -œThen what are you asking?-Ethan: -œFor a whole new night. – Monique DeVere
- You should be aware of fake friends because it is the hardest to be aware of. – Eraldo Banovac
- I’m fully aware that some of the stuff I write is going to offend people or p*ss them off. They should be fully aware that I don’t really care. – Briana Blair
- Conscious parenting is not about being perfect, it’s about being aware. Aware of what your kids need from you to reach more of their full potential. – Alex Urbina
- Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I’m not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we’re doing here. – Alan Rickman
- [Al-Qaeda’s supporters] are aware of the cracks in the Western financial system as they are aware of the lines in their own hands – Osama bin Laden
- After your daily bread, if you ask God for anything, ask ‘him’ to make you right in the head. – Fakeer Ishavardas
- Ask of your eyes to seeonly to seek love.Ask of your mouth to speakonly to utter words of love.Ask of your hands to feelif only to touch the lover. – Kamand Kojouri