--- title: "1 Home God Quotes By Michael J Heil" description: "1 Home God quotes by Michael J Heil. Plus more from Michael J Heil and more Home God sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/michael-j-heil-19861_finally-hit-home_that-s-when-it-finally-hit-home-god-is-n_109084.jpg" --- > [“That’s when it finally hit home—God is not a pile of bricks or a collection of outdated rules—He is a living, breathing, Being. No church, no building, no collection of people would ever be Him. He was God. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/that-s-when-it-finally-hit-home-god-is-not-a-pile-of-bricks-or-a/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/michael-j-heil-19861_finally-hit-home_that-s-when-it-finally-hit-home-god-is-n_109084.jpg) ## More by Michael J Heil > [“I felt so lost in my addiction, I believed that no one was capable of understanding or helping me. I thought I was uniquely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/i-felt-so-lost-in-my-addiction-i-believed-that-no-one-was-capable-of/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“That’s when it finally hit home—God is not a pile of bricks or a collection of outdated rules—He is a living, breathing, Being. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/that-s-when-it-finally-hit-home-god-is-not-a-pile-of-bricks-or-a/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“I didn’t realize that there would always be something influencing my decisions and weighing in on my life. At this moment weed was calling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/i-didn-t-realize-that-there-would-always-be-something-influencing-my/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“Common sense told me that I didn’t want to lie to my family constantly, steal all the time, and drug myself into a coma.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/common-sense-told-me-that-i-didn-t-want-to-lie-to-my-family/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“If you use sex whenever you want with whomever you want, you’re treating it like trash, like it means nothing. Imagine a piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/if-you-use-sex-whenever-you-want-with-whomever-you-want-you-re/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“As I sat on the floor in the corner of the concrete block, it felt as if the last domino had fallen in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/as-i-sat-on-the-floor-in-the-corner-of-the-concrete-block-it-felt-as/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“I was no longer missing a piece. Jesus had taken all my insufficiencies, washed them away, and filled the very core of my being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/i-was-no-longer-missing-a-piece-jesus-had-taken-all-my/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“God could not overlook the plight of the orphan or the widow, the victim of genocide, war, or rape; He could not turn His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/god-could-not-overlook-the-plight-of-the-orphan-or-the-widow-the/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“I’d been so used to the court system and thinking of myself as a criminal. I’d been so used to pleading in abeyance, proclaiming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/i-d-been-so-used-to-the-court-system-and-thinking-of-myself-as-a/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“I tried to think and hope for the best, but it didn’t change who I was. It didn’t change my core, my desires, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/i-tried-to-think-and-hope-for-the-best-but-it-didn-t-change-who-i-was/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“We live in a world full of contracts. When someone fails to meet the outlined terms of the contract, we seek a better suitor.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/we-live-in-a-world-full-of-contracts-when-someone-fails-to-meet-the/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“Perhaps life’s simplest and most frequent mistake is to take who we are for granted in our anxious anticipation of who we might be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/perhaps-life-s-simplest-and-most-frequent-mistake-is-to-take-who-we/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“Each year there are new scientific breakthroughs, many of which contradict the old ones. Blinding myself by becoming set in my bigoted, limited perspective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/each-year-there-are-new-scientific-breakthroughs-many-of-which/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“When the eternal God looked at my record and said, “Michael is found guilty, the penalty of his crimes is death and his crimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/when-the-eternal-god-looked-at-my-record-and-said-michael-is-found/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) > [“I was told that even if I had years of sobriety, I would always be an addict, and I believed it. Since my identity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-heil/i-was-told-that-even-if-i-had-years-of-sobriety-i-would-always-be-an/) [Michael J Heil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-heil/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/home-god/michael-j-heil/#itemlist", "name": "1 Home God Quotes By Michael J Heil", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“That’s when it finally hit home—God is not a pile of bricks or a collection of outdated rules—He is a living, breathing, Being. No church, no building, no collection of people would ever be Him. He was God. He was love. He is the greatest being in the universe. 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