Wesley Rees

“The key to living a productive Christian life is not waking up every day trying to be loved by God, but waking up in the awareness that you are already his beloved”
― Wayne Jacobsen, He Loves Me! Learning to Live in the Father's Affection

“Unless we are actively preaching the gospel to ourselves daily, we fall back into “works-righteousness.”
― J.D. Greear, Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary

“For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love of Jesus Christ knows no shadow of alteration or change. When Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened," He assumed we would grow weary, discouraged, and disheartened along the way. These words are a touching testimony to the genuine humanness of Jesus. He had no romantic notion of the cost of discipleship. He knew that following Him was as unsentimental as duty, as demanding as love.”
― Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel

“The purpose of grace is to grant us access into his presence every day. Grace qualifies us for the relationship we could never earn on our merits.”
― Wayne Jacobsen, He Loves Me! Learning to Live in the Father's Affection