Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

Is an impostor robbing you of God’s love?
We’ve bought into the lie that we are worthy of God’s love only when our lives are going well. If our families are happy or our jobs are meaningful, life is a success. But when life begins to fall through the cracks and embarrassing sins threaten to reveal our less-than-perfect identity, we scramble to keep up a good front to present to the world―and to God. We hide until we can rearrange the mask of perfection. Sadly, it is then that we wonder why we lack intimate relationships and a passionate faith.

All this time God is calling us to take the mask off and come openly to Him. He longs for us to know in the depth of our beings that He loves us and accepts us as we are. When we are our true selves, we can finally claim our identity as God’s child―Abba’s child―and experience His pure pleasure in who we are. Brennan Manning encourages us to let go of the impostor lifestyle and freely accept our belovedness as a child of the heavenly Father. In Him there is life.

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• Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God
• The Furious Longing of God
• Dear Abba: Morning and Evening Prayer
• A Glimpse of Jesus: The Stranger to Self-Hatred
• The Wisdom of Tenderness: What Happens When God's Fierce Mercy Transforms Our Lives
• The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus
• All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir
• Reflections for Ragamuffins: Daily Devotions from the Writings of Brennan Manning
• The Book of Genesis: Firstfruits (The Passion Translation)