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The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.

Brennan Manning

Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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Faith Person Promise Ultimate
I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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Affection Greatness Myself Power
Whatever we have done in the past, be it good or evil, great or small, is irrelevant to our stance before God today. It is only NOW that we are in the presence of God.
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Day Evil Goodness Ourselves Past Presence
The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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Friendship God Love Neighbor Ourselves Science Test
The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. ‘They won’t let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.’ ‘What are you complaining about?’ said God. ‘They won’t let Me in either.
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Complaint Funny God Myself Public Sin Story
The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
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Declare Prayer Save Scripture Sufficient
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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Attention Be Yourself People Tragedy
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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Acceptance Amazing God Grace Spiritual Togetherness Weakness
The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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Growth Help Kind Love Unconditional
In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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Love Service Wound
The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
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Deep Failure Learning Live Person
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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Compassionate Department Division Heart Tender
The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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Day Faith Regard Status Test Way
I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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God Himself Miracle Myself Wonder
How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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Glory Heart Human Love Trust
We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.
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God Himself Intimacy True

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