Brennan Manning Quotes - Page 7

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• To affirm a person is to see the good in them that they cannot see in themselves and to repeat it in spite of appearances to the contrary. Please, this is not some Pollyanna optimism that is blind to the reality of evil, but rather like a fine radar system that is tuned in to the true, the good, and the beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Reality, Evil

  Brennan Manning (2009). “The Furious Longing of God”, p.59, David C Cook

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• Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.

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  Jesus, Disease

  Brennan Manning (2004). “The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus”, p.42, Revell

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• I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a sappy spirituality that portrays God as such a benign teddy bear that there is no aberrant behavior or desire of mine that he will not condone. I want a relationship with the Abba of Jesus, who is infinitely compassionate with my brokenness and at the same time an awesome, incomprehensible, and unwieldy Mystery.

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  Jesus, Father, Desire

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• One of my realizations in such an earthy atmosphere was that many of the burning theological issues in the church were neither burning nor theological.

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  Issues, Atmosphere, Church

  Brennan Manning, John Blase (2011). “All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir”, p.101, David C Cook

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• The splendor of a human heart that trusts it is loved unconditionally gives God more pleasure than Westminster Cathedral, the Sistine Chapel, Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony”, Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”, the sight of 10,000 butterflies in flight, or the scent of a million orchids in bloom. Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it.

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  Jesus, Heart, Butterfly

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• I asked for wonder, and He gave it to me.

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  Mystery, Wonder

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.57, Multnomah

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• I knew there was only one place to go. I sank down into the center of my soul, grew still, and listened to the Rabbi's heartbeat.

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  Soul, Places To Go, Heartbeat

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• Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.

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  Simple, World, Speech

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• For several centuries, the Celtic church of Ireland was spared the Greek dualism of matter and spirit. They regarded the world with the clear vision of faith. When a young Celtic monk saw his cat catch a salmon swimming in shallow water, he cried, "The power of the Lord is in the paw of the cat!

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  Cat, Swimming, Water

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.58, Multnomah

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• The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.

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  Nothing To Lose, Loses, Ragamuffin Gospel

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.119, Multnomah

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• One of the the loveliest lines I have ever read comes from Brother Roger, the Prior of the Protestant monks of Taize, France: 'Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.' It is still difficult for me to read these words without tears filling my eyes. It is wonderful.

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  Brother, Jesus, Eye

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.94, Multnomah

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• All that is good is ours not by right but by the sheer bounty of a gracious God

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  Gracious, Adulation, Charismatic

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.17, Multnomah

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• Do you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?

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  Believe, Love You, Likes

  Brennan Manning (2014). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.39, Tyndale House

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• The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.

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  Jesus, Bears, Rabbi

  Brennan Manning (2015). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.140, NavPress

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• Hope your wildest hopes, dream your maddest dreams, imagine your most fantastic fantasies. Where your hopes and your dreams and your imagination leave off, the love of my Heavenly Father only begins.

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  Dream, Father, Imagination

  Brennan Manning (2004). “The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus”, p.27, Revell

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• We are enveloped in peace, whether or not we feel ourselves to be at peace. By that I mean the peace that passes understanding is not a subjective sensation of peace; if we are in Christ, we are in peace even when we feel no peace.

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  Mean, Understanding, Christ

  Brennan Manning (2015). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.27, NavPress

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• There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.

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  Imagination, Mind, Storytelling

  Brennan Manning (2013). “NIV, Ragamuffin Bible, eBook: Meditations for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Brokenhearted”, p.2106, Harper Collins

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• Reality, truth, and Jesus Christ are incredibly open-ended

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  Jesus, Reality, Christ

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.44, Multnomah

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• The Word we study has to be the Word we pray.

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  Study, Praying, Ragamuffin Gospel

  Brennan Manning (2013). “NIV, Ragamuffin Bible, eBook: Meditations for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Brokenhearted”, p.1285, Harper Collins

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• 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.

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  Mean, Reality, Self

  Brennan Manning (2015). “Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging”, p.26, NavPress

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• In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, "I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is trustworthy. I know this directly, through the experience of my life. There have been plenty of times of doubt, especially when I used to believe that trusting God's goodness meant I would not be hurt. But having been hurt quite a bit, I know God's goodness goes deeper than all pleasure and pain it embraces them both." Ruthless Trust, pg 22

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  Hurt, Pain, Believe

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• Experience has taught me that I connect best with others when I connect with the core of myself. When I allow God to liberate me from unhealthy dependence on people, I listen more attentively, love more unselfishly, and am more compassionate and playful. I take myself less seriously, become aware that the breath of the Father is on my face.

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  Father, People, Faces

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• A ragamuffin knows he's only a beggar at the door of God's mercy.

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  Doors, Mercy, Beggar

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• Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God.

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  Risk, Trust In God, Clarity

  Brennan Manning (2010). “Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• Childlike in faith means the daily acknowledgment of utter dependence and that I owe my life and being to another.

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  Mean, Childlike, Dependence

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