I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
BRENNAN MANNINGGod loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.
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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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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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God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
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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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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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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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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.
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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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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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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
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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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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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