You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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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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If in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.
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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 deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.
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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.
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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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Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
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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 comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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We have been given God in our souls and Christ in our flesh. We have the power to believe where others deny, to hope where others despair, to love where others hurt.
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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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