Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor.
Graham GreeneRead
If I stopped loving Him, I would cease to believe in His love. If I loved God, then I would believe in His love for me. It's not enough to need it. We have to love first, and I don't know how. But I need it, how I need it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Love for God is essential to believe in His love for us.
This quote expresses the idea that one's love for God directly influences their faith in God's love. It emphasizes the necessity of actively loving God in order to fully experience and believe in His love, indicating a reciprocal relationship where love and belief feed into each other.
Themes
LoveFaithGodBeliefRelationship
In practice
Example use cases
Using this quote during a sermon on the importance of faith and love.
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God is love. I don't say the heart doesn't feel a taste of it, but what a taste. The smallest glass of love mixed with a pint pot of ditch-water. We wouldn't recognize that love. It might even look like hate. It would be enough to scare us - God's love.
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