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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.

Brennan Manning

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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Age Appearance Goodness Temptation
we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves… But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves — unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.
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Assumption Attitude Compassionate Freedom God Projection
The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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Day Faith Regard Status Test Way
Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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Authentic Believe Childhood Discipline Spirit Surender Trust
Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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Choice Dreams Failure God Sin
God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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Be Yourself God Love Original
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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Demand God Present Radical Religion Rise
Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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God Identity Ourselves Reveal Tender
To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
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Alive Break Grace Need Religious Stand
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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Children Commitment Gradual Mindset Nourish Nurture Spirit
The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
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acknowledgment Believe Day Greatness Himself Life Simplicity Style World
How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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Glory Heart Human Love Trust
A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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Difference Experience God Goodness
God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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Enough God Himself Lose Peace Seek Start
God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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God Love Moments Yourself
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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Creation Desire God Heart Live Original Ourselves Purpose

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