Father Heart of God Week - Favorite Quotes

“’God loves you‘ has become just something you say…God doesn’t just love you - he likes you” “Like a father with the first attempts at art created by his small child, God simply loves us and our lives because of who made that life. Your life is like a drawing, and you cannot do a bad drawing.” “Trust is the courage to accept acceptance.” - Tillich
“Why was man created? To receive God’s gifts. Nothing was required of Adam. Man’s creative purpose is simply to receive what God offers.” “Maturity is understanding the gift that has been given - it makes us want to live differently. It’s realizing the degree to which we are loved and accepted and wanting to do those things for others. Not because we have to or want to earn something - we want to change simply because we understand so fully the gifts we’ve been given and want to show that to others.” “The history of man has been the story of our search for God‘s love. All of us inwardly long to be loved, to feel special. It‘s why we were created. But if we don‘t accept love from God, where will we receive it?” “If God’s grace doesn’t change our motivation we don’t fully understand the grace that has been given to us.” “When we say ‘I love you’ we’re really saying ‘I love the way you make me feel’. Or, ‘I love me, and you help.’ Real love is not a feeling, it‘s a choice. It doesn‘t say ‘they used to make me feel good. Now they no longer do.’ And break off the relationship. Feeling follows choice. Love never fails.” “Love contains no fear. Perfect love casts out all fear.” “We go through life looking for acceptance but we don’t believe that they love us when they say that they love us. We convince ourselves that they’ve not seen who we truly are.” “Mission exists because of love.” “God doesn’t love you despite your sin. He just loves you. He loves the wonderful creativity in us. He doesn’t love us despite who we are but because of who we are.” “It’s a man’s joy to overlook another’s faults.” “What drew people to Jesus? Love. He was a genuinely loving person, very down-to-earth and laid back. He would be just as comfortable at a black tie event as he would be with the homeless, and those two worlds were both comfortable with him.” “Jesus valued each person. If feel like you’re anything less than ‘The disciple that Jesus loved‘, it’s a lie.” “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the father” - Jesus “If your idea of God does not line up with the character of Christ, it‘s idolatry.”