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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.

Brennan Manning

The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
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Conviction Oneself Scripture Transformation
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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God Goodness Grace Mercy Scripture
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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Darkness Existence Imperfection Light Man True Woman
Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.
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Acceptance Amazing God Grace Spiritual Togetherness Weakness
Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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Authentic Believe Childhood Discipline Spirit Surender Trust
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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Failure Fear God Himself Life Lying Sin Sorrow
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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Authentic Character Dominant Experience Flow God Gratitude Intimacy Life Purity Spiritual Trust
Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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Faith Person Promise Ultimate
When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God’s gift of grace.
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Gift Grace Guilt Imagination Reality Shame
Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.
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Demand Forgiveness Generosity God Healing Oppression Reveal Wound
We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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God Religious Satisfaction
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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Creation Desire God Heart Live Original Ourselves Purpose
I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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God Himself Miracle Myself Wonder
Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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Choice Dreams Failure God Sin
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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Acknowledgement God Grace Learning Live Meaning Myself Shadow
To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
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Alive Break Grace Need Religious Stand

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