Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
BRENNAN MANNINGGod is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
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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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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil Our hope is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.
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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 Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God’s mercy!
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Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
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Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.
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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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God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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