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.
BRENNAN MANNINGGod is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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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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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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father’s active goodness and unrestricted love.
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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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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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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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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 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.
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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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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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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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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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Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
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