That which is denied cannot be healed.
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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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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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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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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God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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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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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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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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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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When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God’s gift of grace.
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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
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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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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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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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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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Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.
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