Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
BRENNAN MANNINGToday on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
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The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God’s loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.
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Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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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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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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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves… But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves — unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.
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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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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
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How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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