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.
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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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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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God’s gift of grace.
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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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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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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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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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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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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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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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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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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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We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
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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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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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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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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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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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The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency… God’s sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed.
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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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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 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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