I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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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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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Our identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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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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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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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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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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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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The Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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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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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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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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On the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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