QuoteProject
Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
Brennan Manning
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

Authentic faith involves a trusting and innocent approach similar to that of a child.

Brennan Manning emphasizes that true discipleship requires a spirit of trust and surrender akin to that of a child. This childlike approach embraces vulnerability and openness, enabling a deeper connection to faith and the teachings of a higher power, ultimately guiding individuals on their spiritual journey.

Themes

TrustSurrenderDiscipleshipChildlikeFaith

In practice

Example use cases

During a spiritual retreat, I shared this quote to emphasize the importance of trust in our journey.

More from Brennan Manning

Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father.
Brennan ManningRead
The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self-righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace.
Brennan ManningRead
There is the "you" that people see and then there is the "rest of you". Take some time and craft a picture of the "rest of you." This could be a drawing, in words, even a song. Just remember that the chances are good it will be full of paradox and contradictions.
Brennan ManningRead
Do you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?
Brennan ManningRead
Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.
Brennan ManningRead
For Ragamuffins, God's name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy our darkness would plunge us into despair - for some, self-destruction. Time alone with God reveals the unfathomable depths of the poverty of the spirit. We are so poor that even our poverty is not our own: It belongs to the mysterium tremendum of a loving God.
Brennan ManningRead

Similar quotes

What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.
Thomas MannRead
How blessed and amazing are God's gifts, dear friends! Life with immortality, splendor with righteous, truth with confidence, faith with assurance, self-control with holiness! And all these things are within our comprehension.
Pope Clement IRead
The Divine Plan is one of Freedom. The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom, because freedom is the birthright of every living soul.
Ernest HolmesRead
The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom.
John Stuart MillRead
Wit is the appearance, the external flash, of fantasy. Hence its divinity and the similarity to the wit of mysticism.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelRead
We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles.
Swami VivekanandaRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.