Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
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God 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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Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
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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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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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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
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For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
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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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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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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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Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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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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My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
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The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
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