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Imagine a stormy day at sea, your ship yielding to a relentless wind, pummeled by crashing waves, subject to the awesome force of nature. A force that is both fierce and majestic. A power that is nothing short of furious.
Such is God's intense, consuming love for His children. It's a love that knows no limits, and no boundaries. A love that will go to any lengths, and take any risks, to pursue us.
Renowned author and ragamuffin Brennan Manning presents a love story for the brokenhearted. For those who are burdened by heavy religion. For those who feel they can never measure up. It is a provocative and poignant look at the radical, no-holds-barred love of our Heavenly Father. It is a message that will forever change how you view God.
"I started reading Brennan Manning in 2003, when I was in a spiritual wilderness recovering from some deep wounding experienced in ministry overseas. His book, Abba's Child, helped me sort through the pain and confusion, leading me to God's Word and to understanding His love. I read his classic, The Ragamuffin Gospel, quite sometime later and was blessed by the life-changing message of God's unswerving, overwhelming love made possible only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Manning's, The Furious Longing Of God, was a great devotional read this Thanksgiving week. His poetic storytelling, quotes, and references to Scripture refreshed and challenged me to forgive as I have been forgiven, love as He loves, and rest in the knowledge of His trustworthiness. His repeated reminder that "I belong to Abba" is perhaps the greatest takeaway. If you've not yet read Manning, this is a good place to start; if Manning is an old friend, this is one not to be missed."
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Such is God's intense, consuming love for His children. It's a love that knows no limits, and no boundaries. A love that will go to any lengths, and take any risks, to pursue us.
Renowned author and ragamuffin Brennan Manning presents a love story for the brokenhearted. For those who are burdened by heavy religion. For those who feel they can never measure up. It is a provocative and poignant look at the radical, no-holds-barred love of our Heavenly Father. It is a message that will forever change how you view God.
Read Online The Furious Longing of God edition by Brennan Manning Religion Spirituality eBooks
"I started reading Brennan Manning in 2003, when I was in a spiritual wilderness recovering from some deep wounding experienced in ministry overseas. His book, Abba's Child, helped me sort through the pain and confusion, leading me to God's Word and to understanding His love. I read his classic, The Ragamuffin Gospel, quite sometime later and was blessed by the life-changing message of God's unswerving, overwhelming love made possible only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Manning's, The Furious Longing Of God, was a great devotional read this Thanksgiving week. His poetic storytelling, quotes, and references to Scripture refreshed and challenged me to forgive as I have been forgiven, love as He loves, and rest in the knowledge of His trustworthiness. His repeated reminder that "I belong to Abba" is perhaps the greatest takeaway. If you've not yet read Manning, this is a good place to start; if Manning is an old friend, this is one not to be missed."
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The Furious Longing of God edition by Brennan Manning Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
- The Furious Longing of God was recommended to me by a young Episcopalian priest after I asked for reading suggestions. I didn't think that I was having a crisis of faith. Instead, I thought I had questions about faith. After reading the first chapter of Brennan Manning's book, I realized with some embarrassment that I was looking at my faith backward. I was the person who patted herself on the back for regularly attending church, taking the Read the Bible in a Year challenge and throwing in a good deed here and there. This small book, which packs a huge wallop, was a game changer for me. I savored every word and even read it twice. It now rests next to my bed as a kind of touchstone. Brennan Manning addresses his thoughts to Everyman. He does not preach. He does not hold himself out to be a spiritual magician who can transform his readers as we reach the last page. Instead, he comes across as a guy I would love to spend a few hours with at a coffee shop having a back-and-forth conversation.
By integrating Scripture and writings from several philosophers (and Shel Silverstein!), he explains the true meaning of Christian faith to me. Jesus becomes a regular guy instead of someone whose wrath is to be feared. Some might consider the idea of Jesus as a surfer dude, someone to hang with, someone who talks in my vernacular to be blasphemous. On the contrary; I love this Jesus, and most important, he loves me, warts and all. Framed on my bedside table are the following words "Abba, I belong to you." and "I am my beloved's and His desire is for me." For anyone struggling with becoming a better Christian, a more God-like person, Brennen Manning convinced me that Jesus loves me just as I am. What a comforting thought, that carries unintended consequences of striving harder to be a true Christian who walks in Jesus's love. - Brennan Manning writes about God's love for us no matter what we've done to run, dodge, deflect, or reject that love. His message took wings with The Ragamuffin Gospel and was reemphasized with books on emphatic faith (Ruthless Trust) and emphatic gentleness (Relentless Tenderness of Jesus). In this book from 2009, he speaks again of God's determination to love us, come what may, supported with his own experience, biblical passages, and quotes from a broad spectrum of spiritual writers in a few brief chapters. Most chapters could be the basis for a great deal of personal reflection, even without the points to ponder that end most of them. I read a chapter a day as part of my morning prayer time, and that worked for me. This is a book to be sipped and savored.
- Manning writes with the force of raw prose but the music of poetry. Thus he speaks to the deepest longings, fears and hopes in my heart. He speaks of "Abba's love," Papa's love for us. I keep repeating the sentence that he has shared with others. "Abba, I belong to you." It's a confession that has worked miracles in the lives of people who doubted God's forgiveness and love. And what moving and on-target stories he shares with us, from his own life and the lives of those he has touched.
I think this part of the FOREWORD tells it all. "Remember, the Father desires to say something to YOU in these pages. Such is His furious affection for YOU. Such is His love for YOU." He builds on his key biblical text, Song of Solomon 710 "I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me." That is the Father's desire for each of us. It is His "furious longing."
I found myself going deeper -- and deeper -- into the feeling and knowing that God loves me without any reservations. He wants to unite with me and me to unite with Him. "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." (Galatians 220). YES! As I read this book, and plan to re-read it many times, that is the union both my Father and I desire. - I started reading Brennan Manning in 2003, when I was in a spiritual wilderness recovering from some deep wounding experienced in ministry overseas. His book, Abba's Child, helped me sort through the pain and confusion, leading me to God's Word and to understanding His love. I read his classic, The Ragamuffin Gospel, quite sometime later and was blessed by the life-changing message of God's unswerving, overwhelming love made possible only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Manning's, The Furious Longing Of God, was a great devotional read this Thanksgiving week. His poetic storytelling, quotes, and references to Scripture refreshed and challenged me to forgive as I have been forgiven, love as He loves, and rest in the knowledge of His trustworthiness. His repeated reminder that "I belong to Abba" is perhaps the greatest takeaway. If you've not yet read Manning, this is a good place to start; if Manning is an old friend, this is one not to be missed.
- Abba is a term of endearment that a child would give to his father, and it's Brennan Manning's preferred way of addressing his Heavenly Father. As you might imagine, then, Dear Abba is an intimate prayer journey.
This is a 30-day prayer journey, utilizing passages of Scripture, a passage from one of Manning's books, and a prayer that Manning wrote as he contemplated that Scripture. There are two readings each day--one for the morning and one for the evening. Each day's section will only take you a couple of minutes to read, but the thoughts shared will stick with you all day long.
One of the things I especially appreciate about Brennan Manning's writing is the realness of his words. He doesn't write in a churchy style, but in real, raw emotion. Then to read his prayers addressed to "Dear Abba" adds an even deeper level of intimacy with God.
Whether you are a fan of Brennan Manning's work or not, this 30-day journey will take you to a place of greater awareness of God's abiding presence.
