The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.
BRENNAN MANNINGGod loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.
BRENNAN MANNINGJesus comes for sinners, for those outcast and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
BRENNAN MANNINGChildlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
BRENNAN MANNINGA saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
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!
BRENNAN MANNINGYou will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.
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 MANNINGThe gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.
BRENNAN MANNINGThe only kind of love that helps anyone grow is unconditional love.
BRENNAN MANNINGOur culture says that ruthless competition is the key to success. Jesus says that ruthless compassion is the purpose of our journey.
BRENNAN MANNINGOur identity rests in God’s relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
BRENNAN MANNINGGod is enough. That is the root of peace. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.
BRENNAN MANNINGAnyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
BRENNAN MANNINGThat which is denied cannot be healed.
BRENNAN MANNINGThere is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.
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