God's Love For You Is Unconditional | Victoria Osteen
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Why does God call us just the way we are, even when we’re imperfect?
It's another great day to be alive, and we are so blessed to be here with you today, Victoria, my beautiful wife, and we're just praying for you guys to have a blessed summer.
I sure hope you enjoy the podcast. I know I always enjoy these messages. They're so uplifting and encouraging and inspiring, so we hope you enjoy the message today.
Amen. You may be seated. It is so good to have you in the house of the Lord. I'm so grateful today that God calls us just the way we are. He doesn't call us when we're perfect, when we've got ourself looking good, when we're just like we think we should be. God calls each and every one of us just the way we are. And when He calls us, He calls us from that place of love and commitment to us. You know, it would be so freeing to live a life where you felt like everybody loved you, wouldn't it? It'd be like you'd be so free from thinking of saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing. You would be so free to live out of a place of abundance, not judgment. You know, it's interesting. I don't know if lately people get so uptight about things because of Instagram and Facebook.
You know, it's interesting because the way we present ourselves is so important. I mean, they've got filters to make things look better. We've got apps to give us the right curves. We've got things to make our eyes more green or more blue. I mean, we present ourselves so that we can have the approval of other people. You know, you can get caught up in all that. Can I tell you this, though? God doesn't need you to put a filter on your life. He doesn't need you to download an app to make yourself look better. God likes you. He loves you just the way you are. Live in the freedom that God loves you unconditionally. You see, if we'll build our life on this foundation each and every day, if we'll get up and we'll truly say, God,
I'm not going to condemn myself.
How do social‑media filters and apps affect our view of God’s love?
I don't believe you're condemning me. I believe that you love me with an everlasting love. I'm going to go out those doors being my very best today, honoring you, knowing that I'm not perfect, but you are. And that there's nothing you can't do through me. I believe when we live our life like that, we'll be steady. We'll be strong. You see, sometimes we fall into the thinking that God loves us according to our performance. If we do everything right, then God will love us. But that is not true. That couldn't be further from the truth. See, God loves us unconditionally, the Bible says. He loves us. Actions, if you're basing God's love on your actions, that's conditional. See, you're saying, God, when I do right, you love me.
When I miss the mark, you get mad at me. See, God doesn't love us like that. God loves us because of Jesus Christ. You can't work for God's love. You see, when we start thinking like that, when we have attitudes like, God, I have been so good lately. You know, I'm going to do this, God, because I want your blessing. I want you to be proud of me and love me even more. You know what you're doing? You're shifting yourself from a place of unconditional love to a place of works. And it's so easy to get caught up in works. Because when you get caught up in works, you know what you do? You begin to look at other people and say, you know what, God, they're not as good as me. They're not acting as good as me. They're not doing as well as I am.
Why are they getting all the blessings? We begin to shift our perspective and we begin to see through these eyes of who deserves it and who doesn't.
What does it mean to live in the freedom of God’s unconditional love?
And why should you have it and why do I not? The work has been done. You can't work for God's blessing and love. You know what? You can only receive it. It's a simple... thing. You can only receive it. It's only what you believe. If you believe that Jesus died for you, if you believe that He closed the gap between heaven and earth and now you are this way with God, you are in God's favor. You are in God's grace and you are in God's love. You can only receive that. You can't work for it. The price was too great. You could never pay the price that Jesus paid.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does God call us just the way we are, even when we’re imperfect?
0:00–2:06
2
How do social‑media filters and apps affect our view of God’s love?
2:06–4:05
3
What does it mean to live in the freedom of God’s unconditional love?
4:05–5:58
4
Why can’t we earn God’s love by our good works or performance?
5:58–8:03
5
How does an unconditional marriage reflect God’s love for us?
8:03–10:00
6
What does Romans 8 teach about anything that can separate us from Christ’s love?
10:00–11:51
7
How can we shift from a victim mindset to a victor mindset through Christ?
11:51–14:23
8
Why should we build our lives on the foundation of God’s grace and spoken declarations?
14:23–15:17