Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
BRENNAN MANNINGDefine yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.
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We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.
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Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.
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We have been given God in our souls and Christ in our flesh. We have the power to believe where others deny, to hope where others despair, to love where others hurt.
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Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
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How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, ‘No, but I’m trying.
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The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.
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The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God’s loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.
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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil Our hope is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.
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We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.
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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you.
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For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
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Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.
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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
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Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
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Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.
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Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency… God’s sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed.
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