The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
BRENNAN MANNINGWe are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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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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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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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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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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The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.
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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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To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
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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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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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