The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
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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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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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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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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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 deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.
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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 hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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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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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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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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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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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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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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