Rob Reimer > Quotes

“The more I get to know Him, the more I am moved to love Him.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“I will die with no enemies. There are people who don’t like me, but the feeling is not mutual”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“If you want to know what God is like, look to Jesus. Don’t look through the lens of evil or the lens of the church or religion. Look to Jesus. That is why Jesus came. The world is not an exact representation of God. The church is not an exact representation of God. Jesus is. He came to freshly present what the Father is like to those of us who are spiritually impaired by a world in suffering.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“Christians filled with the Spirit are dangerous to hell. If you’re not dangerous to hell, then you’re dangerous to the church.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Forgiving someone always comes at a personal cost. The good news is that you are set free from the bondage of bitterness when you forgive. But there is a price to pay. You are giving up your right to be justified, giving up your desire to defend yourself, releasing your need to set the record straight, forgoing your longing for revenge, taking up someone’s wrongdoing only to let it go and release them. There is a death to our self-life, and it is painful to die.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“I have come to realize that a lot of people are stuck in their spiritual journey, and they need freedom. Some are in a marriage crisis and want to get better, but they can’t find a path to wholeness. The church hasn’t helped enough of these people get healthy enough to have a healthy relationship. Others are stuck in a sin pattern. The church has too often told them, “Don’t do that” without giving them the help they need to get free. I’ve seen people tormented by the power of the enemy, and they didn’t know how to access the power of God to find freedom from Satan’s evil grip.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“I long to see revival; I long to see the church be the church so the world will believe. I”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“I have to say, I love the disciples because they are weak, flawed people like us. And they are honest and record their failings for us, and I love them for that. They weren’t hiding, pretending, or defending themselves. Authentic humility begins with honesty; it ends with responsibility, and somewhere in the middle is death to self.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“only deeply loved people will truly love and accept others. We cannot give what we do not possess.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“You are forgiven according to the riches of His grace, not according to the poverty of your life.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Maturity is a choice we have to make and a price we have to pay, and all the talent in the world can’t compensate for immaturity. It is the development of our character and the depth of our intimacy that impresses God. Salvation is free. Maturity comes at a cost.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Jesus is a healer, and He has come to heal us: body, soul, and spirit. This book focuses on the healing of the soul. Jesus can lead us out of brokenness into wholeness, and these Soul Care Principles from Scripture are profound healing tools of God.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“If we are going to cultivate deeper faith, we must strengthen our grip on the goodness of God. We will not trust God if we do not believe He is good. Trust is the bridge to intimacy—we can never go deeper in intimacy than our trust can carry us. Understanding and experiencing Jesus’ tenderness is so important because when we know Jesus’ tender love, we will trust Him—even in life’s darkest hours.”
― Dr. Rob Reimer, The Tenderness of Jesus: An Invitation to Experience the Savior

“Spiritual authority is rooted in identity and expanded in intimacy.”
― Rob Reimer, Spiritual Authority: Partnering with God to Release the Kingdom

“It is cosmic treason for the church to possess the keys of the Kingdom and not to utilize them to set the captives free.”
― Rob Reimer

“An external change cannot alleviate an internal torment. A change of circumstances will not overcome the power of a lie. You must renew your mind and reconstruct the foundation of your soul upon the truth of who you are in Christ, or you will not experience deep change. If you grew up feeling insecure, only the security of Christ’s eternal love revealed by the Spirit can set you free.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Jesus is a healer, and He has come to heal us: body, soul, and spirit.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Faith is a key that unlocks the treasure house of God that is stocked with answered prayers. Faith is a conduit that carries the presence and power of God right into the midst of his people. Faith is a difference-maker, a future-shaper, a bondage-breaker, a Kingdom-mover.”
― Rob Reimer, Deep Faith: Developing Faith That Releases the Power of God

“I have decided to bless everyone who curses me. I have determined to hold no grudges, nurse no wounds, nurture no disappointments, and hang on to no resentments. I will process my anger and pain at all costs, and I will forgive my enemies.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Too often in the church we talk about the presence and power of God, but we don’t actually see any demonstration of it. This wasn’t true in the early church. Paul wrote, “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power” (1 Corinthians 2:4, 5).”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Toxic shame is a sense that you are not lovable. That something is wrong with you. To break toxic shame, you must get your eyes off yourself and onto Jesus. Toxic shame, ironically, is the flip side of the coin of pride. With toxic shame, you are looking to make something of yourself, to prove your worth by what you do and what you have. To break free from this shame, you have to repent of pride. You have to confess that you have not believed what God has told you about yourself, that you are deeply loved. It is pride to reject God’s love because you feel unworthy. When you are stuck in toxic shame, you often tell yourself, God loves other people, just not me. That is a proud, eyes-on-me statement. You think you know more than God. Essentially, you are calling God a liar. You must repent of your pride, take your eyes off yourself, and put your eyes on Jesus. You must catch these toxic statements you are making to yourself and break the cycle.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Only when our mind is renewed with the truth and transformed in His presence can we live the life we were born to live.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“A person gets to be a grown-up when they take responsibility for their life.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Working out your identity is learning to become who you already are. This battle for your identity is a critical part to your spiritual maturity.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Often people practice what I call “content listening.” Content listening is when your spouse says to you, “I need you to help more around the house.” And you respond by repeating back the content in your own words: “So, you would feel more supported if I helped more around the house.” We are simply making sure we understand each other with the content of what is being conveyed. But there is a much deeper level of listening. It is what I call “emotional listening.” Now, I am not just listening to the content of what you are communicating, I am also listening to the emotional tone and weight behind your words. I am picking up on the intent. I couldn’t offer Jen a five-gallon apology when I was only content listening because I didn’t know there was a five-gallon hurt. I needed to hear her at a deeper level. I had to understand how deeply she was hurt. I needed to hear her heart.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Here is the truth that can set you free: The issue of your value is settled at the cross. On the cross, the Father said to you and me, “You are of infinite worth to me. I declare you to be worthy of my Son’s blood.” Paul said, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” If Jesus died for us, then what can diminish our worth? Not rejection, not enemies, not hatred, not criticism, not abandonment, not abuse, not a spouse who leaves you or no longer loves you, not bad performances, not failures, not ‘C’ talks, not circumstances out of your control, or people beyond your reach. Nothing can separate you from the love of God in Christ.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“The baptism of the Spirit is God’s ultimate purpose for His people. He didn’t save us so we could go to Heaven. He saved us so He could fill us so full of Himself we could have intimacy with Him, we could become more like Him, and we could change the world with Him.”
― Rob Reimer, River Dwellers

“This was Jesus’ point: We need to deal radically with sin before it deals radically with us.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Addictions have a couple of things in common: they are rooted in shame, and they are narcissistic. Because addictions are focused on self-gratification, practicing a spiritual discipline that focuses on self-denial counteracts the behavior.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul

“Growing up is a hard business, and it is a heart business.”
― Rob Reimer, Soul Care: 7 Transformational Principles for a Healthy Soul