Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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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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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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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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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How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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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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We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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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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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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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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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
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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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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.
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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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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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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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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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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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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.
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