Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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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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we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves… But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves — unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.
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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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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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Whatever we have done in the past, be it good or evil, great or small, is irrelevant to our stance before God today. It is only NOW that we are in the presence of God.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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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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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you.
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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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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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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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