God doesn’t want meaningless gifts. In fact, God doesn’t need your gifts. He doesn’t need your weekly tithe. He doesn’t need you to help your neighbor shovel. He doesn’t need anything from you. But He wants your heart. He loves you. He doesn’t want you to feel obligated to do something for Him, but if you love Him, you will want to do things for Him. You’ll want to serve, to help, to live your life with open hands. The gifts you present won’t be meaningless—they will be out of love. It will be a sweet aroma to God and He will be pleased. Not because you’re following a routine but because you’re pouring out love.
— Tania Gutekunst, Christliche Autorin
Topics: Love, Service & Love of Neighbour, Grace & Redemption
Occasions: For Reflection
Tania Gutekunst
Tania Gutekunst ist eine US-amerikanische christliche Autorin und Pastorin im freikirchlich-evangelikalen Umfeld. Bekannt wurde sie vor allem durch Andachtsreihen, die Themen wie Gnade, Vergebung und die persönliche Nachfolge Jesu betonen. Bibellesern begegnet sie heute hauptsächlich durch pointierte Zitate und kurze geistliche Impulse zur alltäglichen Glaubenspraxis.
All quotes by Tania Gutekunst (5)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A drop of love is worth more than an ocean of reason.
Blaise Pascal
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
The world consists of nothing but opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard