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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.

Brennan Manning

Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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Contact Life Touch
We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.
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God Himself Intimacy True
In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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Love Service Wound
The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
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Darkness Existence Imperfection Light Man True Woman
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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Day Evil Goodness Ourselves Past Presence
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
The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
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Conviction Oneself Scripture Transformation
The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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Growth Help Kind Love Unconditional
I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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Content Deserve God Myself Sin Wonderful
Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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God Important Love Ourselves
The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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Age Appearance Goodness Temptation
If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, ‘No, but I’m trying.
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God Love Myself Try
In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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Encounter exchange Life
There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you.
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Connection Essential Experience God Love Touch Yourself
I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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Affection Greatness Myself Power
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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Acceptance Amazing God Grace Spiritual Togetherness Weakness

I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.

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