My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
BRENNAN MANNINGWe 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.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving 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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When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.
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Jesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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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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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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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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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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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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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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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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