How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
BRENNAN MANNINGI have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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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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There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.
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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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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
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Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father’s active goodness and unrestricted love.
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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 temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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The Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God’s mercy!
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The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within 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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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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To lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
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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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The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
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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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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat denial of the gospel of grace.
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My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
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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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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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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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