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Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful.

— Brennan Manning The Ragamuffin Gospel (1990)

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The tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.

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I have been seized by the power of a great affection.

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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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Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.

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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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