Brennan Manning Quotes

Jesus.. says, 'Let go of your complaints, forgive those who loved you poorly, step over your feelings of being rejected, and have the courage to trust that you won't fall into an abyss of nothingness but into the safe embrace of a God whose love will heal all your wounds.

Let us not close our hearts, let us not lose confidence, let us never give up: there are no situations which God cannot change, there is no sin which he cannot forgive if only we open ourselves to him.

The only way to heal is to look at the Cross, to look at God Who takes upon Himself our sins: my sin is there.

A wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended.

There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside.

Every time I pray, I ask for forgiveness. I'm a sinner. I sin every single day. But I do know that God loves me. I do know that God forgives me. It helps me in my every day life because there's nothing anyone can do to me that I can't forgive them for.

You haven't been through one thing that God cannot heal you from.

Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

I write about the power of trying, because I want to be okay with failing. I write about generosity because I battle selfishness. I write about joy because I know sorrow. I write about faith because I almost lost mine, and I know what it is to be broken and in need of redemption. I write about gratitude because I am thankful - for all of it.

Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk.

Can you really forgive if you can't forget?

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

But I'm going to focus on salvation as well as physical healing.

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.

I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.

You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.

It is not good for us to trust in our merits, in our virtues or our righteousness; but only in God's free pardon, as given us through faith in Jesus Christ.

What gives me the most hope every day is God's grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.

I have been drawn to stories that are attempting to turn suffering into beauty.

I'm a great believer in giving people a chance.