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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

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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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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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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Attention Be Yourself People Tragedy
We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.
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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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The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
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The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
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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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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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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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If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, ‘No, but I’m trying.
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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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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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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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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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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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