The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
BRENNAN MANNING
The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
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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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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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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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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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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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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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Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.
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God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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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 gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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