Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
BRENNAN MANNINGOur culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with 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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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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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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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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Hope knows that if great trials are avoided great deeds remain undone and the possibility of growth into greatness of soul is aborted.
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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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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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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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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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Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat denial of the gospel of grace.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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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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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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