I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
BRENNAN MANNINGGod is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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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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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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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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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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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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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose 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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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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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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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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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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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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To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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