In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
BRENNAN MANNINGI could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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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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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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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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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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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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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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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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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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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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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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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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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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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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