In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
BRENNAN MANNING
Our 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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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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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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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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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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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.
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Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father’s active goodness and unrestricted love.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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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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How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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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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The Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God’s mercy!
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