# Quote — Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel

> The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become – the more we realize that everything in life is a gift. The tenor of our lives becomes one of humble and joyful thanksgiving. Awareness of our poverty and ineptitude causes us to rejoice in the gift of being called out of darkness into wondrous light and translated into the kingdom of God’s beloved Son.

- Author: [Brennan Manning](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brennan-manning.md)
- Book: [The Ragamuffin Gospel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brennan-manning/the-ragamuffin-gospel.md)
- Page: 67
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brennan_Manning#The_Ragamuffin_Gospel_(1990)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/brennan-manning/the-ragamuffin-gospel/the-deeper-we-grow

## More from this book

> Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about trying to fix ourselves while hiding our pettiness and wallowing in guilt are nauseating to God and are a flat denial of the gospel of grace. Our approach to the Christian life is as absurd as the enthusiastic young man who had just received his plumber’s license and was taken to see Niagara Falls. He studied it for a minute and then said, "I think I can fix this."

p. 4 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brennan-manning/the-ragamuffin-gospel/our-huffing-and.md)

> To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God’s grace means.

p. 11 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brennan-manning/the-ragamuffin-gospel/to-live-by-grace.md)

> Jesus was victorious not because he never flinched, talked back, or questioned, but having flinched, talked back, and questioned, he remained faithful.

p. 168 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brennan-manning/the-ragamuffin-gospel/jesus-was-victorious.md)