Christopher Goins

“David was a man after God’s heart because he was a man who understood God’s heart and sought to protect the heart of God. You cannot protect God’s heart until you intimately understand His heart.”
― Chaim Bentorah, Hebrew Word Study: A Hebrew Teacher's Search for the Heart of God

“When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do people’s faults when they speak. The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had; so speech discloses the bent of a person’s heart. Praise no one before he speaks, for it is then that people are tested.”
― Book of Sirach

“Conversely, the first step into any sin, when there is a definite inducement to sin, is the eradication of our sense of the immediate presence of God. Think about it. Many of the sins we commit would be prevented or stopped by simply the presence of another human being. If you are having a spat with your wife, what happens when a fellow human being, not even necessarily a Christian, comes to the door? The presence of another person is enough to check your words, and suddenly you can become very sweet. Or you could be cheating at school and think that nobody sees you. As soon as the teacher stands over your shoulder, however, you stop. Why? Because of the presence of another person. What effect would it have on us if we had an all-pervasive sense of the presence of God? We see what it did for Joseph. It kept him from sin. God’s”
― Albert N. Martin, The Forgotten Fear: Where Have All the God-Fearers Gone?

“To love God means that we are totally dependent upon Him for everything, like a baby with its mother. Finally, to love God means that no matter what our situation, we will declare it “home,” as God is right there with us.”
― Chaim Bentorah, Hebrew Word Study: A Hebrew Teacher's Search for the Heart of God