How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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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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To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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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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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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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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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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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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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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We have been given God in our souls and Christ in our flesh. We have the power to believe where others deny, to hope where others despair, to love where others hurt.
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