Daddy, You Love Me Quotes

“We are to be so filled with the Holy Spirit, so filled with the resurrection power of Jesus, and so filled with the love of the Father that it gushes out of us—the transformational presence of God effortlessly overflowing to the world around us. Jesus said to His followers, “Freely you have received; freely give.”1 Therefore, the key is not so much in the giving away as it is in being a proficient receiver, because we can’t give away what we don’t have.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“Jesus continually speaks words of affirmation and encouragement and love to you, evoking your beauty, because you and Jesus are one. So whatever He does to you, He is doing to Himself. Think about it. Jesus will never speak words to tear you down or degrade you in any way because He would be bringing Himself down with you. What He does to you He is doing to Himself, because the moment you said yes to Jesus, you were eternally joined with Him in a love covenant that has no end. This is why Paul says in Romans 8 that the only one who has the power to judge you is the One who died for you—Jesus—and He is completely and in every way for you. This is also why Paul says in 2 Timothy 2:13, “If we are faithless, He is faithful still, for He cannot disown His own self.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“My job is to tell people what God thinks of them and how amazing they are, until they believe it. The better grasp I have on how much my Father adores me as His son, the greater my capacity is to tell people what God thinks about them and how astounding they are in Christ. Once they get it, they begin to soar into their destinies as they were created to do, no longer bound by the chains of legalism”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“You’re not going to change yourself for God. Stop that program right this minute. Talk about wasted time and energy on a program that doesn’t work! Don’t tell God how you’re going to change yourself for Him. Instead, determine right now to know who God says you are. When you start thinking about yourself the right way, you’ll start living that way. That’s the genuine transformation God promised for your life—the one the Holy Spirit is graciously leading you into.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“Every day you must hear His voice—especially what He thinks about you. You are “altogether lovely” to your Father.16 Resting in His delight of you is integral to walking in the true greatness of who you are and not settling for less.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“.Ephesians 4:1 in the Mirror Translation says it like this: As one captive in the Lord, I urgently appeal to you therefore, with reference to your original identity, to conduct your life in such a way that your every move bears witness to the weight and value of who you really are. Paul isn’t saying, “Act like a Christian.” He’s saying, “Know who you are.” Your original identity is who God says you are. Paul spent the first three chapters of the book of Ephesians going over your true identity in Christ line by line. Only then does he say, “Now that you know who you really are, be true to your real self.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“The Holy Spirit will teach you how to continually agree that you are right with God all the time, not just when you feel like you are. You are secure in Him. Believing that like a little child is your rest. You could sit in a chair and do absolutely nothing today and God would be pleased with you beyond measure—thrilled to call you His son or daughter. Does He have things for you to do? Sure. But until you know His deep pleasure for you apart from anything you do or don’t do, you will still be striving to earn His acceptance. Only by resting in the completion of all that Christ purchased for you, especially that you are perfectly right with your Father, will your life begin to blossom effortlessly and impact others with His love in ways that are transformational for them. Righteousness by faith realised means unlimited friendship with God. (Romans 5:1 TMT)”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“You have a decision to make. If being really hard on yourself isn’t producing in you the life you had hoped for, you must make a choice to proceed a different way. Make a choice to rest. Believing the truth and choosing to stay in this place of rest can be challenging when conflicting thoughts come streaming through our minds. When that happens, we often want to beat ourselves up for having such shocking thoughts. God is not shocked at all and He can handle it.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“Do you know what His answer is? I’m not interested. In fact, if you persist in trying to earn God’s love and acceptance through performance, God will make sure that it doesn’t work and that you get good and tired. (It may take years or even decades for you to completely exhaust yourself.) Do you know why? He can’t reward your efforts of trying to be good to earn His approval or it would encourage you to keep doing it!”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“In this era of the new covenant, God handed over the duties of judging to His Son, Jesus. The Father judges no one; He has entrusted all judgment to the Son, so that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father. (John 5:22–23 NJB) Jesus, who came to extend grace and mercy to the world, chose to take upon Himself the verdict of “guilty” so that we who are found in Christ would never be judged by Him.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“It’s time, once and for all, for the Church—those who believe in the saving sacrifice of Jesus on their behalf—to move past a fear-based life of wondering if we will make it into our Father’s heavenly kingdom. We’re already in! We’re wasting precious days and years of our lives being fearful of something that Jesus already took care of for us. Fear keeps us in total bondage, never fully stepping out to be the amazing sons and daughters of the King we truly are. The moment you said yes to Jesus, you became one with Him. You are already seated with him in heaven. That’s not made-up stuff—that’s the real deal! At some point we are going to have to trust the goodness of our Father, who took it fully upon Himself to both make and keep the most outrageous promises this world has ever known.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“Papa continually extends His hand and invites all of His children into His good and perfect plan for their lives, even in the midst of our poor choices. Grace in its most raw and pure form, unmarred by religion’s death grip, almost sounds wrong or too good to be true. But the more you hear the truth of genuine grace, the more you are set free to enjoy your Papa who so enjoys you!”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“He says forcefully, so it leaves an indelible imprint on your mind, “You are Mine! You have always been Mine and you will always be Mine. Never forget that! Come and share My happiness—not someday, but right now. I restore you to your rightful place as My favored child.” Some of you have never heard such words from a parent. Take it in. Believe it. This is real. If God is touching your heart right now, linger in this place with Him for a while.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“When you and I forget who we are as princes and princesses who are heirs of our Father’s kingdom, we can make some very poor decisions in life. But this never changes our Father’s affection for us as His children. When we beat ourselves up for our mistakes and demote ourselves to the role of a servant, even believing that it’s a spiritual thing to do so, we are inadvertently agreeing with the enemy’s assertion that we are good-for-nothing down-and-outs. Nothing could be further from the truth! Agreeing with the enemy’s lies does nothing to bring us even one inch closer to the Father.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“Your heavenly Papa puts amazing dreams inside of you, and He has every intention of helping you fulfill your dreams. It’s His joy to do so. In fact, His dreams for you are so big, they are completely beyond you without His help. That’s purposeful, because His plan is to be the supplier of absolutely everything you need.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“Every one of us needs that direction from a caring Father. And He’s more than happy to provide it. His covenant promise to us is “I will work everything—absolutely everything—for your good because I love you.”4 God invites us to see the world and our own history from His perspective. He says, Child, climb up onto My lap and see the whole picture as I see it with the sealed-up victory of your life in plain view! I encourage you to take some time with Papa right now, sitting on His lap and asking Him to review your history with you—including what you perceive to be your failures—from His perfect perspective.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“Wow! The Father’s love and pleasure for His Son was announced publicly. Jesus’ identity was completely wrapped up with the certainty of His Father’s approval, which is why He was so easily able to openly declare to all, “The Father loves Me!”3 He wasn’t trying to impress anyone with that statement, and He certainly didn’t need to convince His Father. He knew what He knew to the core of His being, and was totally secure in it. “My Daddy loves Me!”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“God, your Father, did not create you to punish you. He created you to love you. Just in case you skipped right over that, I want to tell you again. You were created, not so that God could find ways to crush you for your disobedience, but so that He could find as many ways as possible to lavish His deep affection upon you. For God so loved the world that he sent his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16–17 NIV)”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“If you are like a kicking, screaming child having a temper tantrum of sorts, He will hold you until you get it all out and finally fall limp and exhausted into His strong arms that never let you go. Even depression or suicidal thoughts and actions cannot keep Him at a distance. Do you think when you are at your worst and when you need Him the very most He would choose that time to pull away from you? It won’t happen, because Papa God is 100 percent committed to you and to loving you through every moment of your life. Whether you feel Him or not, the reality of His presence and His devotion to attending to you never changes.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“You’ve always been God’s choice. If that doesn’t blow your circuits, I don’t know what will. God chose us in Christ to be holy and blameless in God’s presence before the creation of the world. (Ephesians 1:4 CEB). You were never an afterthought to God. He did not create the earth and then think, Hmmm … I guess I should put people on this planet to complete the project. No, you were on His mind and in His heart before He created this earth. He didn’t create you for the purpose of simply populating the earth. He created the earth for you to rule over and enjoy with Him.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“My child, I have called you by name and I have purposely chosen you to be Mine! I have always wanted you to be with Me, and I want to be with you forever. I like you! I like you a lot. I like everything I made about you—the color of your eyes, your infectious laugh, the quirks that are uniquely yours—everything! I like hanging out with you, whether we’re doing something or doing nothing together. I enjoy looking at you—you make Me smile. Let’s enjoy life a whole lot more together.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“One practical application of agreeing with God’s goodness is choosing to disagree with your own assessment of yourself and your circumstances whenever it doesn’t match up with the truth of God’s goodness.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“The enemy doesn’t want you to know the truth that you are never separated from God’s heart of love.2 Since Jesus already disarmed the devil by stripping him of his sham authority,3 the only card the enemy has left to play is the deception card. If you believe one of his deceiving lies, he gains power over you with it. Your champion, Jesus, came to shine the light of His glorious truth into you, incapacitating the enemy’s lies. Jesus continuously reveals the truth of the Father’s heart by reminding you of who you really are as a son or daughter of the King.”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father

“You were never an afterthought to God. You’ve always been on the heart and mind of your Father, who had plans for you to be here on the earth at this time and place in history before He even created the world. Just how important and special are you to God, whose creation of the world is secondary to His creation of you? He created you with the full intent to take you to “the high places of blessing” in Him and to saturate and soak you in His love and grace for all eternity. His mind is made up about you. He has already settled on you as the focus of His love. He made this decision before you were born, before you had the choice to be loved in this way. So you’d better just get used to it—the sooner the better!”
― Brent Lokker, Daddy, You Love Me: Living in the Approval of Your Heavenly Father