Quotes about Father

What a support to our faith is this, that God the Father, the party offended by our sins, is so well pleased with the work of redemption! And what a comfort is this, that, seeing God's love rests on Christ, as well pleased in him, we may gather that he is as well pleased with us, if we be in Christ!

Neither son understands that the father's love was never about any of that. The father's love cannot be earned, and it cannot be taken away. It just is.

Is God our friend, our provider, our protector, our father—or is God the kind of judge who may in the end declare that we deserve to spend forever separated from our Father? Is God like the characters in a story Jesus would tell, old ladies who keep searching for the lost coin until they find it, shepherds who don't rest until that one sheep is back in the fold, fathers who rush out to greet and embrace their returning son, or, in the end, will God give up?

We've got to have a deep, intimate relationship with the Father if we're going to lead like Jesus.

All that Our Lord heeds in a man's life is the relationship of worth to His Father.

God is the Father who is full of mercy. God is the Father who is full of comfort. That is the kind of relationship he offers to you.

We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system - but rather a life-giving relationship with our Father.

Our salvation is not in some father or human instruments. It is sad to see people so blinded, worshiping the creature more than the Creator.

To keep on track with the Father's plan, He had to spend time with the Father, pour out His heart, gain needed perspective, and get the game plan for the day.

The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.

Jesus pointed at the Father and said that's life, to know that God who is absolutely perfect and good and loving; and it's an abundant life to trust and obey Him. Jesus knew the Father was the one person we could have a relationship with who wouldn't let us down. And that is the key thing necessary for having a good life: a relationship with Jesus and with God the Father.

The Father doesn't give life directions in one big bundle because the goal is knowing Him, not the plan.