Wayne Jacobsen Quotes

Enjoy the top 10 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Wayne Jacobsen.

“God often has to untangle some things in you to help you see Him. Even if this process takes months, its not because he is waiting to see how sincere you are; its because he is working deep inside you to sort out those things that crowd him out of your heart and set your focus on your own efforts or your own failures.”
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“There is no one that God does not love with all that he is. His love reaches beyond every sin and failure, hoping that at some moment they will come to know just how loved they are.”

— Wayne Jacobsen

“If I were you," he said with a wink and a smile as his eyes swept over those who's started the discussion, "I would waste far less time ragging on religion and find out just how much Jesus wants to be your friend without any strings attached. He will care for you and if given a chance will become more real to you than your best friend, and you will cherish him more than anything else you desire. He will give you a purpose and a fullness of life that will carry you through every stress and pain and will change you from the inside to show you what true freedom and joy really are.”

— Wayne Jacobsen

We make a fatal mistake when we try to force Scripture to offer redemption to those who want to go to heaven but who don't want a relationship with the living God. By trying to offer some minimal standard of conduct that will allow them to qualify for salvation while continuing to to pursue their own agendas, we distort the gospel and destroy its power, and we concoct legalistic games to give them a false sense of security.

— Wayne Jacobsen

“Think Jesus taught us that we have a Father who loves us more than we know, and if we could sort that out we would know how to treat each other.”

— Wayne Jacobsen

“Our attempts to trust others will often be frustrated, but that's because God never wanted us to trust others. He wanted us to love others but to trust him alone.”

— Wayne Jacobsen

“As long as we see church life as a meeting we'll miss its reality and its depth. If the truth were told, the Scriptures tell us very little about how the early church met. It tells us volumes about how they shared life together. They didn't see the church as a meeting or an institution, but as a family living under Father.”

— Wayne Jacobsen

“The sad truth is that most Christians spend their entire lives trying to score points with Someone who is not keeping score.”

— Wayne Jacobsen

“God often has to untangle some things in you to help you see Him. Even if this process takes months, it's not because he is waiting to see how sincere you are; it's because he is working deep inside you to sort out those things that crowd him out of your heart and set your focus on your own efforts or your own failures.”

— Wayne Jacobsen

“The fruit of the Spirit is not what we can make ourselves do for a moment, But what God makes us to be for a lifetime.”