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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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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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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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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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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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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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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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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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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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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God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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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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We have been given God in our souls and Christ in our flesh. We have the power to believe where others deny, to hope where others despair, to love where others hurt.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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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 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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If in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.
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