Brennan Manning Quotes
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We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
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To affirm a person is to see the good in them that they cannot see in themselves and to repeat it in spite of appearances to the contrary. Please, this is not some Pollyanna optimism that is blind to the reality of evil, but rather like a fine radar system that is tuned in to the true, the good, and the beautiful.
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The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took his woes to God. 'They won't let me in, Lord, because I am a sinner.' 'What are you complaining about?' said God. 'They won't let Me in either.
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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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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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Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.
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Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such as Jesus, Abba, Peace, God or a phrase such as "Abba, I belong to you." . . . Without moving your lips, repeat the sacred word inwardly, slowly, and often.
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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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God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us.
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No man can adequately reach and explain a single word of God with all his words.
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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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To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
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One of my realizations in such an earthy atmosphere was that many of the burning theological issues in the church were neither burning nor theological.
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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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There is the "you" that people see and then there is the "rest of you". Take some time and craft a picture of the "rest of you." This could be a drawing, in words, even a song. Just remember that the chances are good it will be full of paradox and contradictions.
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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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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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Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has anything to say to our nation and its ideologies of materialism, possessiveness, and the worship of financial security. Are we courageous enough to be a sign of contradiction to consumerism through our living faith in Jesus Christ? Are we committed enough to his gospel to become a countercurrent to the drift?
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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We miss Jesus' point entirely when we use His words as weapons against others.
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Grace is sufficient even though we huff and puff with all our might to try and find something or someone that it cannot cover. Grace is enough...
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Don't try to understand it. You won't succeed. Don't try to see it. You can't. Try to live it, and you will be living out of the center.