Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The ragamuffin who sees his life as a voyage of discovery and runs the risk of failure has a better feel for… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
[Jesus] matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“The disciple living by grace rather than law has undergone a decisive conversion—a turning from mistrust to trust. The foremost characteristic of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Christianity happens when men and women accept with unwavering trust that their sins have been not only forgiven, but forgotten, washed away… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
I have a word for you. I know your whole life story. I know every skeleton in your closet. I know every… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The way of trust is a movement into obscurity, into the undefined, into ambiguity, not into some predetermined, clearly delineated plan for… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Is there anyone I can level with? Anyone I dare tell that I am benevolent and malevolent, chaste and randy, compassionate and… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Like faith and hope, trust cannot be self-generated. I cannot simply will myself to trust. What outrageous irony: the one thing that… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Uncompromising trust in the love of God inspires us to thank God for the spiritual darkness that envelops us, for the loss… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it — Brennan Manning Copy Share
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… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
“It is not objective proof of God’s existence that we want but the experience of God’s presence. That is the miracle we are really… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
“He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. It may be that Christians, notwithstanding corporate worship, common prayer, and all their fellowship… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to apply spiritual… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
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. — Brennan Manning Copy Share
May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ. — Brennan Manning Copy Share
“When I get honest I admit that I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and I get discouraged.… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
“At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
“You tell others about Me - that I am a loving God. Your words are glib. My words are written in the blood of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share
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