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  GOD UNDERSTANDS US
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: God understands and loves us in our imperfections, valuing our
love more than the universe.

Topics: "Understanding God", "God's Love"
Scripture References: Psalm 103:14, Psalm 147:3, Isaiah 40:29, Matthew 11:28-30, John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Ephesians 2:8-9, Hebrews 12:6, 1 Peter 5:7

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes that God embodies patience and goodwill, inviting
us to embrace our imperfections and trust in His understanding and love.
He reassures us that we please God not through our own efforts to be
good, but by surrendering ourselves to Him, recognizing that He desires
our fellowship. God's discipline is delivered with a loving smile,
reflecting His joy in our growth as His children. Ultimately, Tozer
conveys that God's love for us is profound, valuing our relationship
above all creation, and He is fully aware of our human frailty.

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We should revel in the joy of believing that God is the sum of all
patience and the true essence of kindly good will! Because He is what He
is, we please Him most, not by frantically trying to make ourselves
good, but by throwing ourselves into His arms with all our imperfections
and believing that He understands everything-and loves us still! The God
who desires our fellowship and communion is not hard to please, although
He may be hard to satisfy. He expects from us only what He has Himself
supplied. When He must chasten us, Re even does this with a smile-the
proud, tender smile of a Father who is bursting with pleasure over an
imperfect son who is coming every day to look more and more like the One
whose child he is!

This is the best of good news: God loves us for ourselves.

He values our love more than He values galaxies of newly created worlds.
He remembers our frame and knows that we are dust!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/aw-tozer/god-understands-us/
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