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That which is denied cannot be healed.

Brennan Manning

The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
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Deep Failure Learning Live Person
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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Creation Desire God Heart Live Original Ourselves Purpose
Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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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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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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Friendship God Love Neighbor Ourselves Science Test
Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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Growth Help Kind Love Unconditional
Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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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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The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
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Amazing Battle Goodness Grace Lust Lying Ourselves Stop Victory
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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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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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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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.

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