God is loving us – you and me – this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
BRENNAN MANNINGOn the last day, Jesus will look us over not for medals, diplomas, or honors, but for scars.
More Brennan Manning Quotes
-
-
The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God’s loving presence and power in our midst are even more real.
BRENNAN MANNING -
The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.
BRENNAN MANNING -
To lend each other a hand when we’re falling, perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.
BRENNAN MANNING -
Faithfulness requires the courage to risk everything on Jesus, the willingness to keep growing, and the readiness to risk failure throughout our lives.
BRENNAN MANNING -
The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
BRENNAN MANNING -
Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
BRENNAN MANNING -
When our inner child is not nurtured and nourished, our minds gradually close to new ideas, unprofitable commitments and the surprises of the Spirit.
BRENNAN MANNING -
To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.
BRENNAN MANNING -
We are made for Christ, and nothing less will ever satisfy us.
BRENNAN MANNING -
The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
BRENNAN MANNING -
I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.
BRENNAN MANNING -
The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency… God’s sorrow lies in our refusal to approach Him when we sinned and failed.
BRENNAN MANNING -
God is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
BRENNAN MANNING -
The secret of the mystery is: God is always greater. No matter how great we think Him to be, His love is always greater.
BRENNAN MANNING -
Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about yourself.
BRENNAN MANNING






