Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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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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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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The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
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we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves… But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves — unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.
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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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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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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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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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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
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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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The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
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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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