Brennan Manning Quotes

The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.

Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,' an' He always did.

I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.

Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things.

I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.

You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.

God is pleased continually to vary His mode of dealing with us, in order that we may not be tempted to trust in donors, or in circumstances, but in Him alone, and to keep our eye fixed upon Him.

Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him.

I say you have to remember in darkness what he told you in light. And the principle is this that there are times that it does feel like God is playing hide and go seek. But I trust him.

Trusting God brings life.

The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually.

God has never disappointed me.

My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.

All love is lost but upon God alone.

In spiritual things, it is God who performs all things for you. Rest in Him, then.

When trouble comes, focus on God's ability to care for you.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

If a man say, 'I love God,' and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down.

My parents have raised me to believe in a kind and a loving God and someone who cares about me, who is always there for me, and who would never wish harm or illness or any kind of tragedy upon me.

I believe that the Lord is going to take care of me. I know His will is the only way that can judge me or put me in my place.

You have faith in God, and know he has a plan for me.

To be able to lean back on my faith and to realize that God's plan is way bigger than mine. You have to trust in that.

We know that God works for all things together for the good of those who love Him and that God is faithful. We will fail God, we will fail our family and our family might fail us at times, but God never fails us.