The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
BRENNAN MANNINGMy deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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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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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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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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There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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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 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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We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
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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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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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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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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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You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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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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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.
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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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The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. ‘They won’t let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.’ ‘What are you complaining about?’ said God. ‘They won’t let Me in either.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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