Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
BRENNAN MANNINGToday on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abba’s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ
BRENNAN MANNINGThe way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
BRENNAN MANNINGWe must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the awesome love of God.
BRENNAN MANNINGTo lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
BRENNAN MANNINGI asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.
BRENNAN MANNINGIf asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, ‘No, but I’m trying.
BRENNAN MANNINGRuthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
BRENNAN MANNINGOur culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
BRENNAN MANNINGA saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it.
BRENNAN MANNINGCraving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father’s active goodness and unrestricted love.
BRENNAN MANNINGLetting ourselves be loved by God is more important than loving God.
BRENNAN MANNINGIf in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the lie that we can do something to make God love us more, we are rejecting the message of the cross.
BRENNAN MANNINGOur huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat denial of the gospel of grace.
BRENNAN MANNINGMy 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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