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Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: Conquer Death Discouragement Evil Failure Forever God Grace Horrors Journey Kingdom Loneliness Part Resist Sorrow Suffering Will Your

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My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: Am Day Disgrace Experience Fair Flows God Good Good Health Grace He Health His Live Loves Loving Me Out Sick State Stormy Trust Where Whether I Am

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Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: Affection Father Heavenly Heavenly Father Our Priceless Rare Treasure Trust Us Wins

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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.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: Authentic Because Been Characteristic Dominant Experience Flows Gifts God Gratitude Intimacy Life Often Only Path Receive Shortest Spiritual Spiritual Life Suffering Trust

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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: Because God Loves Nobody Should Unconditionally You

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Sin and forgiveness and falling and getting back up and losing the pearl of great price in the couch cushions but then finding it again, and again, and again? Those are the stumbling steps to becoming Real, the only script that's really worth following in this world or the one that's coming.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: Again Back Back Up Becoming Coming Couch Falling Finding Following Forgiveness Getting Great Losing Only Pearl Price Real Really Script Sin Steps Stumbling Then Those Up World Worth

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Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: Authentic Believe Childlike Defining Spirit Surrender Trust I Believe

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The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: Acknowledge Atheism Cause Christians Deny Door Finds Greatest Him Jesus Lifestyle Lips Out Simply Single Today Unbelievable Walk Who World

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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 out denial of the gospel of grace.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: About Denial Fix Flat God Gospel Grace Guilt Hiding Impress Our Ourselves Out Pettiness Points Trying While

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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.

~Brennan Manning

Topics: Cannot Cover Enough Even Find Grace Might Our Puff Someone Something Sufficient Though Try

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: April 27th, 1934

Died: April 12th, 2013

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