Dr. Rob Reimer > Quotes

“only deeply loved people will truly love and accept others. We cannot give what we do not possess.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“If you want to know what God is like, look to Jesus. Don’t look through the lens of evil or the lens of the church or religion. Look to Jesus. That is why Jesus came. The world is not an exact representation of God. The church is not an exact representation of God. Jesus is. He came to freshly present what the Father is like to those of us who are spiritually impaired by a world in suffering.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“The more I get to know Him, the more I am moved to love Him.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“If we are going to cultivate deeper faith, we must strengthen our grip on the goodness of God. We will not trust God if we do not believe He is good. Trust is the bridge to intimacy—we can never go deeper in intimacy than our trust can carry us. Understanding and experiencing Jesus’ tenderness is so important because when we know Jesus’ tender love, we will trust Him—even in life’s darkest hours.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“I have to say, I love the disciples because they are weak, flawed people like us. And they are honest and record their failings for us, and I love them for that. They weren’t hiding, pretending, or defending themselves. Authentic humility begins with honesty; it ends with responsibility, and somewhere in the middle is death to self.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“Forgiving someone always comes at a personal cost. The good news is that you are set free from the bondage of bitterness when you forgive. But there is a price to pay. You are giving up your right to be justified, giving up your desire to defend yourself, releasing your need to set the record straight, forgoing your longing for revenge, taking up someone’s wrongdoing only to let it go and release them. There is a death to our self-life, and it is painful to die.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior