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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I 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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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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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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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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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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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 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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Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father’s active goodness and unrestricted love.
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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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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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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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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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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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