Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.
BRENNAN MANNINGBe 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.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
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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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If in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.
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To lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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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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Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
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To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.
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When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God’s gift of grace.
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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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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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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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