You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
BRENNAN MANNINGFor me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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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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Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don’t have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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Christianity doesn’t deny the reality of suffering and evil Our hope is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.
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Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.
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The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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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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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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