The Gate Church

``God's not looking for perfect people. He's looking for honest people. He wants authentic. He wants transparency, which tells us this is not about performance. That's what religion does. That's what the Pharisees were all about. How good are you doing compared to the others? And that's not what God's looking for. He's looking for repentance, people who know they're broken, who know when we're left to ourselves, we make messes, that we need help. We need guidance. We need shepherding, and we need forgiveness on a continual basis.