The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
BRENNAN MANNINGTo lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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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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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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The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
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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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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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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
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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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We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.
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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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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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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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