Jesus hung out with ragamuffins. Brennan Manning More Quotes by Brennan Manning More Quotes From Brennan Manning At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is pretend we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo-repentance and pseudo-bliss. Brennan Manning spiritualbelievejesus Faith means wanting God and wanting to want nothing else. Brennan Manning wantmean Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor within; the former raged against him. Brennan Manning selfmeanreality The life of Jesus suggests that to be like Abba is to show compassion. Donald Gray expresses this: "Jesus reveals in an exceptionally human life what it is to live a divine life, a compassionate life. Brennan Manning compassiondivinejesus It is for the inconsistent, unsteady disciples whose cheese is falling off their cracker. Brennan Manning crackerscheesefall A ragamuffin knows he's only a beggar at the door of God's mercy. Brennan Manning beggarmercydoors Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it Brennan Manning diedenchantingjesus What makes the Kingdom come is heartfelt compassion: a way of tenderness that knows no frontiers, no labels, no compartmentalizing, and no sectarian divisions. Brennan Manning heartfeltlabelscompassion Do you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you? Brennan Manning likeslove-youbelieve [Jesus] matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their surroundings. He promises wholeness for their lives. In sharing our weaknesses he gives us strength and and imparts through his companionship a life that has the quality of eternity." (Dallas Willard in Ruthless Trust - Brennan Manning) Brennan Manning givingpromisejesus Choose a single, sacred word or phrase that captures something of the flavor of your intimate relationship with God. A word such as Jesus, Abba, Peace, God or a phrase such as "Abba, I belong to you." . . . Without moving your lips, repeat the sacred word inwardly, slowly, and often. Brennan Manning intimate-relationshipsmovingjesus Troubadours have always been more important and influential than theologians and bishops Brennan Manning bishopsinfluentialimportant Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. We stutter and stammer about God's holiness. We tremble before God's majesty... and yet, we grow squeamish and skittish before God's love. Brennan Manning holinessspeechmind The cultural propaganda embodied in two liquor advertisements, "Living well is the best revenge" and "Sip it with arrogance," have a curious, perhaps demonic appeal. Consumerism indeed has its own spirituality. Brennan Manning arrogancerevengetwo The conversation of most middle-class Americans, we are told, revolves around consumption: what to buy, what was just bought, where to eat, the price of the neighbor's house, what's on sale this week, our clothes or someone else's, the best car on the market this year, where to spend a vacation. Apparently we can't stop eating, shopping, or consuming. Success is measured not in terms of love, wisdom, and maturity but by the size of one's pile of possessions. Brennan Manning vacationmaturityyears The most powerful thing that can happen in the place of prayer is that you yourself become the prayer. You leave the prayer room able as Jesus' hands and feet on earth. This is what it means to pray continually (without ceasing), to see with the eyes of Jesus and to hear with His ears with every waking moment. Brennan Manning powerfulprayerjesus The god who exacts the last drop of blood from his Son so that his just anger, evoked by sin, may be appeased, is not the God revealed by and in Jesus Christ. And if he is not the God of Jesus, he does not exist. Brennan Manning bloodsonjesus Though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance. Brennan Manning distancesinchurch All that is good is ours not by right but by the sheer bounty of a gracious God Brennan Manning charismaticadulationgracious Don't try to understand it. You won't succeed. Don't try to see it. You can't. Try to live it, and you will be living out of the center. Brennan Manning religioustryinginspirational
