Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
BRENNAN MANNINGWhen we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God’s gift of grace.
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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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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We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.
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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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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. ‘They won’t let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.’ ‘What are you complaining about?’ said God. ‘They won’t let Me in either.
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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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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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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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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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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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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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The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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