God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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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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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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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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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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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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
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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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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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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 gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
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What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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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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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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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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