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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.

Brennan Manning

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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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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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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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The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
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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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God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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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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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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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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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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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.
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