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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.

Brennan Manning

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To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
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Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father’s active goodness and unrestricted love.
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Active Clarity Crave Destroy Elimination Father Restriction Risk
On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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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.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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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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The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency… God’s sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed.
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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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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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