The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
BRENNAN MANNINGWhatever 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.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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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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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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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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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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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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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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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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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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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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Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil Our hope is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.
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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.
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