That which is denied cannot be healed.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God’s loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
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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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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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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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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
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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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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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Our culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
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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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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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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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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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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
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