The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
BRENNAN MANNINGThere is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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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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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat denial of the gospel of 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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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
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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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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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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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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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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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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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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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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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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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