There is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you.
BRENNAN MANNINGThere is an essential connection between experiencing God, loving God, and trusting God. You will trust God only as much as you love him. And you will love him to the extent you have touched him, rather that he has touched you.
BRENNAN MANNINGIn Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
BRENNAN MANNINGFaithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
BRENNAN MANNINGI am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
BRENNAN MANNINGJesus reveals a God who does not demand but who gives; who does not oppress but who raises up; who does not wound but who heals; who does not condemn but forgives.
BRENNAN MANNINGHow glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
BRENNAN MANNINGGod loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
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 identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in 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 MANNINGGod is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
BRENNAN MANNINGIn every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe Christian with depth is the person who has failed and who has learned to live with it.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe Good News means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us.
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