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You tell others about Me - that I am a loving God. Your words are glib. My words are written in the blood of My only Son.
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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 only cure for suffering is to face it head on, grasp it round the neck and use it.
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Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of 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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Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
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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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A trusting heart is forgiven and, in turn, forgives.
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As Emile Leger said when he left his mansion in Montreal to go live in a leper colony in Africa, The time for talking is over.
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The only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
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I knew there was only one place to go. I sank down into the center of my soul, grew still, and listened to the Rabbi's heartbeat.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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Do you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?
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I believe that Christianity happens when men and women experience the reckless, raging confidence that comes from knowing the God of Jesus Christ.
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Love proves its authenticity in fidelity, but reaches its completion in forgiveness.
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The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
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Faith means wanting God and wanting to want nothing else.
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Faith means believing that I am Yours and You are mine, that I am who You say I am: Your beloved, fearfully and wonderfully accepted.
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When being is divorced from doing, pious thoughts become an adequate substitute for washing dirty feet.
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The ancient spiritual tradition is that God gives himself fully to us in silence and solitude.
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For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
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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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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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I am convinced that without a gutlevel experience of our profound spiritual emptiness, it is not possible to encounter the living God.
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It is better to live naked in truth than clothed in fantasy.
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Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father.
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God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us.
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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
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We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.
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We can only sense ourselves and our world valued and cherished by God when we feel valued and cherished by others '.
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There is no limit to the defenses we contrive against the inbreak of truth into our lives.
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The trouble with our ideals is that if we live up to all of them, we become impossible to live with.
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A ragamuffin knows he's only a beggar at the door of God's mercy.
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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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Coming to interior stillness requires waiting.
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Only reckless confidence in a Source greater than ourselves can empower us to forgive the woulds inflicted by others.
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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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We cannot accept love from another human being when we do not love ourselves, much less accept that God could possibly love us.
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Reality, truth, and Jesus Christ are incredibly open-ended
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Pray as you can; don't pray as you can't.
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The Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
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Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.
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Do the truth quietly without display.
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I you think you've done it, then you're wrong. Because you're not finished until you have achieved everything that you never thought you could.
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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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But if I've learned anything about the world of grace, it's that failure is always a chance for a do-over.
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In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
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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 world has lost its sense of wonder.
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In human beings, love is a quality, a high-prized virtue; in God, love is His identity.
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That which is denied cannot be healed.
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Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.
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How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
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Authentic Christianity should lead to maturity, personality, and reality. It should fashion whole men and women living lives of love and communion
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One thing we do know: We don't comprehend the love of Jesus Christ.
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The daring metaphor of Jesus as bridegroom suggests that the living God seeks more than an intimate relationship with us.
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Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.
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On one level, a roomful of men is always a dangerous thing. Competition is usually in the air, so the potential for violence is always nearby.
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In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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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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The more guilt and shame that we have buried within ourselves, the more compelled we feel to seek relief through sin.
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The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
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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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The awesome love of our invisible God has become both visible and audible in Jesus Christ, the glory of the only Son filled with enduring love.
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We are made for God, and nothing less will ever satisfy us
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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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There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.
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The defense mechanisms of The Imposter are: sarcasm, name-dropping, self-righteousness, the need to impress others and the need for others' approval.
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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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The way we are with each other is the truest test of our faith.
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In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit.
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Men and women whose outlook on life is conditioned by the Dow are shrewder on the street than are the disciples on their spiritual journey.
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The furious love of God knows no shadow of alteration or change. It is reliable. And always tender.
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I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a tea cup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
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When "doing" becomes divorced from "being", pious thoughts become a poor substitute for washing dirty feet.
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In philosophy, the opposite of truth is error; in Scripture, the opposite of truth is a lie.
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If we are going to keep on growing, we must keep on risking failure throughout our lives. When
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The most important thing that ever happens in prayer is letting ourselves be loved by God. "Be still, and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10).
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Shamewhat happened when my mother, the dragon, huffed and puffed and blew my self down. — Brennan Manning
Christianity is not an ethical code. It is a love affair, a Spirit-filled way of living aimed at making us professional lovers of God and people.
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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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When we get waylaid from our walk with God by busyness, depression, family problems, or worse, God does not abandon us.
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The most urgent need in your life is to trust what you have received.
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Wrong thinking about God and people often begins with a debased image of ourselves.
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How is it then that we've come to imagine that Christianity consists primarily in what we do for God? How has this come to be the good news of Jesus?
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Words without poetry lack passion; words without passion lack persuasion; words without persuasion lack power.
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To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace. — Brennan Manning
The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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