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God love Quotes by Henri Nouwen

18 God love quotes by Henri Nouwen

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When you want to feel the gentle pull of divine affection, Henri Nouwen’s eighteen quotes wrap you in a tender, personal tone. His words often bridge the gap between everyday struggles and spiritual comfort, making the theme feel both accessible and profound.

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I had a deep experience of God's love for me.

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The world is waiting for new saints, ecstatic men and women who are so deeply rooted in the love of God that…

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The mystery of ministry is that we have been chosen to make our own limited and very conditional love the gateway for…

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The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of…

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My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover...…

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Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say to God: 'I love you, too.'

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What is important is how well we love. God will make our love fruitful, whether we see that fruitfulness or not.

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The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer…

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It's an incredible mystery of God's love that the more you know how deeply you are loved, the more you will see…

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Now I wonder whether I have sufficiently realized that during all this time God has been trying to find me, to know…

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In other words, first we must call people to communion with God, to intimacy with God, to a sense of belonging. Most…

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What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task…

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Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we…

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Jesus says, "Keep your heart on the kingdom first. Keep your heart on God's love. Keep focused on the fact that you…

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I speak of God's love and grace and redemption and freedom, but when I say "in the context of this community," it…

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One of the remarkable qualities of the story is that it creates space. We can dwell in a story, walk around, find…

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The mystery of the spiritual life is that Jesus desires to meet us in the seclusion of our own heart, to make…

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Somehow, somewhere, I know that God loves me, even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human…

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Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

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This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without condition or limits.

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“The more preoccupied we are with security the more visible the force of death becomes, whether in the form of a pistol beside our…

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If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation…

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I choose L'Arche; L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me.

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The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's eyes, called…

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In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that…

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Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.

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