Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe Good News of the gospel of grace cries out: We are all, equally, privileged but unentitled beggars at the door of God’s mercy!
More Brennan Manning Quotes
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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
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The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
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A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
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To be alive is to be broken; to be broken is to stand in need of grace.
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I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
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God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
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When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.
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When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.
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When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
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Whatever we have done in the past, be it good or evil, great or small, is irrelevant to our stance before God today. It is only NOW that we are in the presence of God.
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My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
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I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
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Letting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
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