A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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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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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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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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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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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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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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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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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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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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What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
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Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.
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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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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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