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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.

Brennan Manning

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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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The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God’s loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.
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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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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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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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God Love Moments Yourself
Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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Acceptance Deny
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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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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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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Demand God Present Radical Religion Rise
Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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Contact Life Touch
To lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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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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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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