A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
BRENNAN MANNINGIf 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.
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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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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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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The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.
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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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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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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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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat denial of the gospel of grace.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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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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The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. ‘They won’t let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.’ ‘What are you complaining about?’ said God. ‘They won’t let Me in either.
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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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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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