Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.
BRENNAN MANNINGOur huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat denial of the gospel of grace.
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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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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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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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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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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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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The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
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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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The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
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Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
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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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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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Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
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