“At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people for… — 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
As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are… — 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
“TO BE GRATEFUL for an unanswered prayer, to give thanks in a state of interior desolation, to trust in the love of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The most powerful thing that can happen in the place of prayer is that you yourself become the prayer. You leave the… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Often people request prayers for deliverance, inner healing, or physical healing. But more frequently they simply want a man or woman to… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Imagine that Jesus is calling you today. He extends a second invitation to accept His Father's love. And maybe you answer, "Oh,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Cultic worship is not only hypocritical but absolutely meaningless if it is not accompanied by love for other people; for in such… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The first step in faith is to stop thinking about God at the time of prayer.- — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“In prayer Jesus slows us down, teaches us to count how few days we have, and gifts us with wisdom. He reveals… — 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
