Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“While there is much we may have earned--our degree and our salary, our home and garden, a Miller Lite and a good… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“The bending of the mind by the powers of this world has twisted the gospel of grace into religious bondage and distorted… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The engaged mind, illuminated by truth, awakens awareness; the engaged heart, affected by love, awakens passion. May I say once more -… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.' A. W. Tozer wrote that,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. We stutter… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of… — 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
