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Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.

Brennan Manning

My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
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Aware Deep Deserve God Love Myself
God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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Be Yourself God Love Original
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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Acceptance Faith God Grace Positive Power Thinking
We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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God Religious Satisfaction
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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Beautiful Discipline Face Honesty Pretend Transparent
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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Attention Be Yourself People Tragedy
That which is denied cannot be healed.
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Acceptance Deny
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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God Goodness Grace Mercy Scripture
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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God Greatness Himself Mystery Secret Thinking
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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Believe Body Despair God Hurt Love Presence Soul
The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
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Declare Prayer Save Scripture Sufficient
Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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God Identity Illusion Oneself Radical True
Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil Our hope is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.
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Evil Freedom Hope Idea Ourselves Pain Reality Success Suffering
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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Authentic Character Dominant Experience Flow God Gratitude Intimacy Life Purity Spiritual Trust
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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Believe Heart Love Lying Message Ourselves Rejection
The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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Growth Help Kind Love Unconditional

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