--- title: "1 Earn God Quotes By James Bryan Smith" description: "1 Earn God quotes by James Bryan Smith. Plus more from James Bryan Smith and more Earn God sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/james-bryan-smith-28142_god-love_he-had-let-go-of-the-need-to-earn-god-s_2768981.jpg" --- > [“he had let go of the need to earn God's love,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/he-had-let-go-of-the-need-to-earn-god-s-love/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/james-bryan-smith-28142_god-love_he-had-let-go-of-the-need-to-earn-god-s_2768981.jpg) ## More by James Bryan Smith > [“Christianity doesn't answer all my questions or make me comfortable and happy. What it does do is give me a context for living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/christianity-doesn-t-answer-all-my-questions-or-make-me-comfortable/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“I would like you to write a letter to God that begins with "Dear God, the life I want most for myself is ..."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/i-would-like-you-to-write-a-letter-to-god-that-begins-with-dear-god/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“The disciples finally begin to get a grasp that maybe God can become flesh and dwell among us, maybe God can be a man,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/the-disciples-finally-begin-to-get-a-grasp-that-maybe-god-can-become/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“Dallas Willard notes, “The two main errors in the area of human sexuality are these: (1) assuming that all sexual desire is good, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/dallas-willard-notes-the-two-main-errors-in-the-area-of-human/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/when-i-was-a-boy-of-fourteen-my-father-was-so-ignorant-i-could-hardly/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [The Beatitudes, far from being a new set of virtues that further divide the religious haves and have nots, are words of hope and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/the-beatitudes-far-from-being-a-new-set-of-virtues-that-further/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“The most important aspects of our lives cannot be rushed. We cannot love, think, eat, laugh, or pray in a hurry...When we are in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/the-most-important-aspects-of-our-lives-cannot-be-rushed-we-cannot/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“It seems that I always am and always have been an outsider. I've never really fit in. I was always too religious for my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/it-seems-that-i-always-am-and-always-have-been-an-outsider-i-ve-never/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [God is more eager to forgive us than we are to be forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/god-is-more-eager-to-forgive-us-than-we-are-to-be-forgiven/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“False Narrative: The Kingdom of God is Future No serious biblical scholar would deny that Jesus’ proclaimed the kingdom of God. However, many scholars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/false-narrative-the-kingdom-of-god-is-future-no-serious-biblical/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“Even though I have not mastered it, I now have a better sense of what makes us want others to think well of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/even-though-i-have-not-mastered-it-i-now-have-a-better-sense-of-what/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“What would it be like to be Christ? I mean, did He ever play ball? Did He ever knock a window out of somebody's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/what-would-it-be-like-to-be-christ-i-mean-did-he-ever-play-ball-did/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [“That is why one of Rich's most powerful songs, and one he enjoyed singing in concert more than any other, is “Greed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/that-is-why-one-of-rich-s-most-powerful-songs-and-one-he-enjoyed/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [When we pray for the Spirit, we are not praying for an answer; we are praying for God to enter us, to fill us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/when-we-pray-for-the-spirit-we-are-not-praying-for-an-answer-we-are/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) > [What we think about God-what we think God is like-will determine the relationship we have with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/what-we-think-about-god-what-we-think-god-is-like-will-determine-the/) [James Bryan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryan-smith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earn-god/james-bryan-smith/#itemlist", "name": "1 Earn God Quotes By James Bryan Smith", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“he had let go of the need to earn God's love,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Bryan Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryan-smith/he-had-let-go-of-the-need-to-earn-god-s-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/james-bryan-smith-28142_god-love_he-had-let-go-of-the-need-to-earn-god-s_2768981.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/james-bryan-smith-28142_god-love_he-had-let-go-of-the-need-to-earn-god-s_2768981.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/james-bryan-smith-28142_god-love_he-had-let-go-of-the-need-to-earn-god-s_2768981.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“he had let go of the need to earn God's love,” — James Bryan Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earn-god/james-bryan-smith/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earn-god/james-bryan-smith/", "name": "Earn God Quotes by James Bryan Smith", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earn-god/james-bryan-smith/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/james-bryan-smith-28142_god-love_he-had-let-go-of-the-need-to-earn-god-s_2768981.jpg" }, "description": "1 Earn God quotes by James Bryan Smith. 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