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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.

Brennan Manning

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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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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 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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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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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 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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We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.
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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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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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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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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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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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