Based on the life of author, war veteran, one-time franciscan priest and unconventional evangelist Brennan Manning. A stranger …
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As a pastors son, I struggled. I struggled with the hypocrisy of what I thought was Christianity. In the same space in my life, as much as I didn’t want to accept it, because of the wonderful love that was not only shown to me, but lived and demonstrated to me by those who didn’t have to, I always knew Jesus loved me even though I couldn’t and didn’t want to accept it. As that broken disappointed young man, the gift of that love given to me by my parents, especially my pastor step father who didn’t have to, and their devotion to what I couldn’t see or understand, their hearts of Hosea, at the young age of 13, I was introduced to a song that both demonstrated the understanding of that hypocrisy, and the love of Jesus I knew despite my rebellion I projected at He and my parents, DC talk, “What If I stumble”. Literally one of my favorite songs and comforts in this world even in my atheism. It’s only been thru my past several years of this gift of a fury as Brennan would call it, a much needed divine intervention of a wilderness season in my life to find my way back home, that I thought I discovered not only Jesus true love for me, but thru his works, Brennan Manning. At 40 just a couple of years ago I heard about, bought and read for the first time, his book and gift to this world, “Abba’s Child”. Only to today yet undoubtedly again be perplexed by His undeniable works, and to find out thru this movie just now at 42 that it’s always been planned and connected. I’m so grateful for His grace and devotion to not only me, but every Ragamuffin in this broken world! I’m forever grateful for His love, and the love of Brennan Manning! I haven’t looked back in a long time, and in honor of all of those mistakes, and the love of my true ABBA in Heaven, and the amazing people who demonstrated it to me despite me, I never will! HUPOMONE Brennan Manning! For all of those who can’t, I’ll carry on your amazing legacy friend! I never knew where that sound bite came from until today. “The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today, Is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, Then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.” But if we stumble, and we will, Abba’s amazing undeniably unfailing love, it will carry us, it will sustain us, and it will never be the hypocrisy of this broken world and the fallen in it, it will be its Grace and Salvation thru only Him, our ABBA!
I am 47.. Got baptized yesterday .. At 17 i was dragged to a another country… and a lot of unknowns who say know me took over.. Endlessly taking demanding intruding invading… Now i am leaving them as the shadows.. Loudly straighforward.. For God to be the Feature who He is and for me to known Him as HE is..
Yeah, I've heard ppl say they don't want to go to a church "with a bunch of hypocrites." Aren't we all? We want to be more than we are & we try. Then we fail. We struggle, get back up, fail again, as much as we want to be better… no one, I mean NO ONE wins all the time. It's like getting up, look like a mess, take a shower, get ready for the day & no one else knows how bad we looked when we dragged ourselves outta bed. You see what I mean? We are never 'always a winner'. Never are we always at the top of our game, where we'd like to be. We get sick, tired, worn out, burned out, fall down… Look at Steve Jobs, the "Apple guy". He got sick, not bcz he wanted to. He didn't die bcz he wanted to. He couldn't always be on top, like he wanted. Do you understand that it's bcz we are "human"– frail 'humans'. That's one of the reasons we need God, we need Jesus— bcz they are stronger than we are. THEY ARE 'always winners'! THEY are ALWAYS at the top of the game! THEY don't even have to sleep, struggle to wake up to an alarm clock, & get up frazzled! We humans are ALL on the same level- struggling– whether some ppl admit it or not. SOME ppl like to think they are superior but— they are not…. humans are weak, & strong, & winners, & losers… all in the same pkg. If you think there are hypocrites in the church, you're right. Just like the hypocrites outside the church! The difference is that those IN the church are learning a little at a time how to use GOD'S own strength. How to depend on the Grace of Jesus' forgiveness so we don't judge ourselves so harshly that we give up on ourselves! We go back time & again to keep borrowing HIS strength & HIS forgiveness & HIS LOVE for us so we can keep getting up, taking that shower, doing our best, & picking up the pieces of our humanity again. One day our struggle will be done & our weak, imperfect selves will either go be with Jesus in Peace & Joy of Heaven or go to Hell to be tortured & traumatized day after day bcz we DIDN'T ask Jesus for HIS love, forgiveness, & strength when we failed to attain the heights we wanted to on our own! Well, this hypocrite, who isn't all I want to be, keeps going back to talk to Jesus about my failures & struggles. And, yes, He loves me anyway. Just like he loves you, anyway. Like he loves the hypocrites who think they're "winners" without God, those who DON'T go to church with the rest of us hypocrites! In other words, ppl, WE A RE ALL "SINNERS". Christians are just "Forgiven sinners"! We ask forgiveness when we know we've failed God & we ask forgiveness when we don't know we have failed Him! Bcz we want to be up to date on forgiveness so we don't die & meet Him with something on our record that we haven't been forgiven for. Jesus said, I will forgive your sins & bury them in the deepest sea & remember them no more. Now that's where this hypocrite wants my sins to be: buried deep! My daughter asked me what I wanted on my tombstone. I told her, "She died trying". Don't ever give up trying. God be with you. He loves you just bcz you are one of the human species God created & He loves His creation!!!!!! He loves you & He wants you to love Him back! God bless & Praise the Lord!!!!
As a pastors son, I struggled. I struggled with the hypocrisy of what I thought was Christianity. In the same space in my life, as much as I didn’t want to accept it, because of the wonderful love that was not only shown to me, but lived and demonstrated to me by those who didn’t have to, I always knew Jesus loved me even though I couldn’t and didn’t want to accept it. As that broken disappointed young man, the gift of that love given to me by my parents, especially my pastor step father who didn’t have to, and their devotion to what I couldn’t see or understand, their hearts of Hosea, at the young age of 13, I was introduced to a song that both demonstrated the understanding of that hypocrisy, and the love of Jesus I knew despite my rebellion I projected at He and my parents, DC talk, “What If I stumble”. Literally one of my favorite songs and comforts in this world even in my atheism. It’s only been thru my past several years of this gift of a fury as Brennan would call it, a much needed divine intervention of a wilderness season in my life to find my way back home, that I thought I discovered not only Jesus true love for me, but thru his works, Brennan Manning. At 40 just a couple of years ago I heard about, bought and read for the first time, his book and gift to this world, “Abba’s Child”. Only to today yet undoubtedly again be perplexed by His undeniable works, and to find out thru this movie just now at 42 that it’s always been planned and connected. I’m so grateful for His grace and devotion to not only me, but every Ragamuffin in this broken world! I’m forever grateful for His love, and the love of Brennan Manning! I haven’t looked back in a long time, and in honor of all of those mistakes, and the love of my true ABBA in Heaven, and the amazing people who demonstrated it to me despite me, I never will! HUPOMONE Brennan Manning! For all of those who can’t, I’ll carry on your amazing legacy friend! I never knew where that sound bite came from until today. “The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today, Is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, Then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.” But if we stumble, and we will, Abba’s amazing undeniably unfailing love, it will carry us, it will sustain us, and it will never be the hypocrisy of this broken world and the fallen in it, it will be its Grace and Salvation thru only Him, our ABBA!
really great movie
Awesome movie, a must see. ❤❤❤❤
Just finished watching this movie, and I enjoyed it. Lord bless the team it took to make this movie. 😇
Thank you very good movie wonderful ending God bless everyone
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Could not finish the movie,, it is not about faith it is legalism!
That was a fantastic movie. Great message with a powerful ending. Thank you YouTube.
I love this movie so much!! ❤
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R.I.P 🕊 Precious Brother 🙏
I am 47.. Got baptized yesterday .. At 17 i was dragged to a another country… and a lot of unknowns who say know me took over.. Endlessly taking demanding intruding invading… Now i am leaving them as the shadows.. Loudly straighforward.. For God to be the Feature who He is and for me to known Him as HE is..
10:48 mins, he's talking & to me it's so boring. Bye.
Great movie 😢
Wow, I can’t believe I saw half of the movie. It makes no sense. It’s bad.😳
Yeah, I've heard ppl say they don't want to go to a church "with a bunch of hypocrites." Aren't we all? We want to be more than we are & we try. Then we fail. We struggle, get back up, fail again, as much as we want to be better… no one, I mean NO ONE wins all the time. It's like getting up, look like a mess, take a shower, get ready for the day & no one else knows how bad we looked when we dragged ourselves outta bed. You see what I mean? We are never 'always a winner'. Never are we always at the top of our game, where we'd like to be. We get sick, tired, worn out, burned out, fall down… Look at Steve Jobs, the "Apple guy". He got sick, not bcz he wanted to. He didn't die bcz he wanted to. He couldn't always be on top, like he wanted. Do you understand that it's bcz we are "human"– frail 'humans'. That's one of the reasons we need God, we need Jesus— bcz they are stronger than we are. THEY ARE 'always winners'! THEY are ALWAYS at the top of the game! THEY don't even have to sleep, struggle to wake up to an alarm clock, & get up frazzled! We humans are ALL on the same level- struggling– whether some ppl admit it or not. SOME ppl like to think they are superior but— they are not…. humans are weak, & strong, & winners, & losers… all in the same pkg. If you think there are hypocrites in the church, you're right. Just like the hypocrites outside the church! The difference is that those IN the church are learning a little at a time how to use GOD'S own strength. How to depend on the Grace of Jesus' forgiveness so we don't judge ourselves so harshly that we give up on ourselves! We go back time & again to keep borrowing HIS strength & HIS forgiveness & HIS LOVE for us so we can keep getting up, taking that shower, doing our best, & picking up the pieces of our humanity again.
One day our struggle will be done & our weak, imperfect selves will either go be with Jesus in Peace & Joy of Heaven or go to Hell to be tortured & traumatized day after day bcz we DIDN'T ask Jesus for HIS love, forgiveness, & strength when we failed to attain the heights we wanted to on our own! Well, this hypocrite, who isn't all I want to be, keeps going back to talk to Jesus about my failures & struggles. And, yes, He loves me anyway. Just like he loves you, anyway. Like he loves the hypocrites who think they're "winners" without God, those who DON'T go to church with the rest of us hypocrites! In other words, ppl, WE A RE ALL "SINNERS". Christians are just "Forgiven sinners"! We ask forgiveness when we know we've failed God & we ask forgiveness when we don't know we have failed Him! Bcz we want to be up to date on forgiveness so we don't die & meet Him with something on our record that we haven't been forgiven for. Jesus said, I will forgive your sins & bury them in the deepest sea & remember them no more. Now that's where this hypocrite wants my sins to be: buried deep! My daughter asked me what I wanted on my tombstone. I told her, "She died trying". Don't ever give up trying.
God be with you. He loves you just bcz you are one of the human species God created & He loves His creation!!!!!! He loves you & He wants you to love Him back! God bless & Praise the Lord!!!!