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
Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“You tell others about Me - that I am a loving God. Your words are glib. My words are written in the… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“When belonging to an elite group eclipses the love of God, when I draw life and meaning from any source other than… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father. — 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
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
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
When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, "I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“I am flabbergasted by the widespread refusal across this land to think big about a loving God. Like nervous thoroughbreds being guided… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Authentic Christianity should lead to maturity, personality, and reality. It should fashion whole men and women living lives of love and communion — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Authentic faith leads us to treat others with unconditional seriousness and to a loving reverence for the mystery of the human personality.… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
This is the God of the gospel of grace. A God who, out of love for us, sent the only Son He… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The love of Christ embraces all without exception. Fire of love, crazy over what You have made. Oh, divine Madman. (Prayer of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“His consistent banging on the drums of God’s unconditional love sounded at a time when many of us had about “had it… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
All that is good is ours not by right but by the sheer bounty of a gracious God — 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 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
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
