The Love of the Beloved | Philip Pattison | 02.08.26

He said this. He said, the most important discovery you will ever make is the love the father has for you. Your power in prayer will flow from the certainty that the one who made you likes you. He is not scowling at you. He's on your side. Unless our mission and our acts of mercy, our intercession, petition, confession, and spiritual warfare begin and end in the knowledge of the father's love, we will act and pray out of desperation, determination, and duty instead of revelation, expectation, and joy. [00:54:59] (35 seconds)  #FathersLoveFirst

He said, he said, you know, Philip, the older that I get, the more I am convinced that spiritual maturity, spiritual growth as a follower of Jesus, spiritual growth is less about how much obscure doctrine I can master. It's less about how many verses I have memorized. It's less about how hard I strive each day. Right. Maybe it's even less about, did I manage my sin better today than I did yesterday? Spiritual growth is more about an ever increasing awareness of God's love for me. [00:44:20] (38 seconds)  #GrowthThroughLove

I said, man, if I could just be really honest though, and if I could just have the chance to put my cards on the table, we're not seeing these families are not showing extravagant love to these kids because of an app. They're they're not they're not showing extravagant love because of some pipeline. These families are showing extravagant love because at the core of who we are, at the core of what we believe is that we have been extravagantly loved. We love because he first loved us. [00:38:00] (35 seconds)  #LoveBecauseHeLoved

Maybe what he had in mind was what, John described in Revelation seven when he talked about it. He saw this great multitude that no one could count from every nation and tribe and language and class and color and background standing before the throne of God, worshiping in these, like, pristine white robes. And, you know, every every conceivable mistake forgiven, every stain washed clean in the blood of the lamb, worshiping before the throne. Maybe that's what Paul had in mind when he talked about the wide love of Jesus. And maybe the more that we grasp the wide love of Jesus, the less likely we are to be racist. The less likely we are to show prejudice. The less likely we are to judge someone or condemn someone or look down on somebody, think that anybody is outside of the reach of Jesus. [00:57:34] (51 seconds)  #LoveBeyondBorders

I just wish I had written this book first. If we don't believe, receive, and meditate on the love of God regularly, the message of crazy love can lead people into frantic works. Before settling on beloved, my original plan was to title this book crazy loved. Do you hear what he's saying? Crazy loved comes before crazy love. I even like that phrase crazy loved. You and I are not just loved. We are loved to a degree that doesn't make sense. [01:04:33] (36 seconds)  #CrazyLoved

My my prayers used to be that my prayers before were like, okay. God, would you help me to love you better today? God, would you help me to love you more today? And instead, what they've shifted to is, God, would you help me to know your love today? How would you help me to walk in your love today? When I go to the scriptures, my God, would you help me to see your love in your word today? [00:45:26] (18 seconds)  #KnowHisLoveDaily

You you might be like, man, look at the mess that I've made. Look at the destruction in my life. Maybe the most potent experience this may be your invitation today. Maybe the most potent experience that you can have of God's love is for you to just sit there with him in the mess. Say, God, I'm sorry, and you just let him wrap you up in his love. [00:54:28] (26 seconds)  #SitWithGodInTheMess

Dorothy Day said it. She calls it the reckless way of love. Not reckless like careless. Not reckless as in thoughtless. It's reckless as throwing caution to the wind, come what may at all costs. It's an incalculable counter cultural extravagant kind of love. It's a reckless love that forgives not seven times but 70 times seven. It's a love that leaves the 99 for the one. Guys, that doesn't make sense. Yes. [01:06:00] (33 seconds)  #RecklessWayOfLove