The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.
BRENNAN MANNINGWhen a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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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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Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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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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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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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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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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we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves… But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves — unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.
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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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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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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 gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
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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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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 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 absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.
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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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