--- title: "18 God love Quotes By Brennan Manning" description: "18 God love quotes by Brennan Manning. Plus more from Brennan Manning and more God love sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/brennan-manning-959_god_the-litmus-test-of-our-love-for-god-is-o_1880803.png" --- > [The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-litmus-test-of-our-love-for-god-is-our-love-of-neighbor/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/brennan-manning-959_god_the-litmus-test-of-our-love-for-god-is-o_1880803.png) > [I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/i-could-more-easily-contain-niagara-falls-in-a-teacup-than-i-can/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd2/brennan-manning-959_fall_i-could-more-easily-contain-niagara-fall_2535351.png) > [God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/god-loves-you-unconditionally-as-you-are-and-not-as-you-should-be/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/brennan-manning-959_god_god-loves-you-unconditionally-as-you-are_718702.png) > [God loves us as we are...not as we ought to be. because we are never going to be as we ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/god-loves-us-as-we-are-not-as-we-ought-to-be-because-we-are-never/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2c/brennan-manning-959_god-love_god-loves-us-as-we-are-not-as-we-ought-t_435681.png) > [Do you honestly believe God likes you, not just loves you because theologically God has to love you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/do-you-honestly-believe-god-likes-you-not-just-loves-you-because/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/brennan-manning-959_believe_do-you-honestly-believe-god-likes-you-no_3046436.png) > [If asked whether I am finally letting God love me, just as I am, I would answer, 'No, but I'm trying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/if-asked-whether-i-am-finally-letting-god-love-me-just-as-i-am-i/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/brennan-manning-959_answers_if-asked-whether-i-am-finally-letting-go_2352530.png) > [In human beings, love is a quality, a high-prized virtue; in God, love is His identity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/in-human-beings-love-is-a-quality-a-high-prized-virtue-in-god-love-is/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/brennan-manning-959_god-love_in-human-beings-love-is-a-quality-a-high_3134077.png) > [“Christians find it easier to believe that God exists than that God loves them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/christians-find-it-easier-to-believe-that-god-exists-than-that-god/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/brennan-manning-959_christian_christians-find-it-easier-to-believe-tha_920126.png) > [If in our hearts we really don't believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/if-in-our-hearts-we-really-don-t-believe-that-god-loves-us-as-we-are/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/brennan-manning-959_believe_if-in-our-hearts-we-really-don-t-believe_2244338.png) > [We must go out into a desert of some kind (your backyard will do) and come into a personal experience of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/we-must-go-out-into-a-desert-of-some-kind-your-backyard-will-do-and/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/brennan-manning-959_backyards_we-must-go-out-into-a-desert-of-some-kin_2344002.png) > [“The nature of God’s love for us is outrageous. Why doesn’t this God of ours display some taste and discretion in dealing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-nature-of-god-s-love-for-us-is-outrageous-why-doesn-t-this-god-of/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/brennan-manning-959_god-love_the-nature-of-god-s-love-for-us-is-outra_2573050.png) > [May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/may-all-your-expectations-be-frustrated-may-all-your-plans-be/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/brennan-manning-959_children_may-all-your-expectations-be-frustrated_111240.jpg) > [Do you believe that the God of Jesus loves you beyond worthiness and unworthiness, beyond fidelity and infidelity—that he loves you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/do-you-believe-that-the-god-of-jesus-loves-you-beyond-worthiness-and/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/brennan-manning-959_and-love_do-you-believe-that-the-god-of-jesus-lov_2224367.jpg) > [“God's love is based on nothing, and the fact that it is based on nothing makes us secure. Were it based on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/god-s-love-is-based-on-nothing-and-the-fact-that-it-is-based-on/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/brennan-manning-959_catholic_god-s-love-is-based-on-nothing-and-the-f_2841227.png) > [Won't the awareness God loves us no matter what lead to spiritual laziness and moral laxity? Theoretically, this seems a reasonable fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/won-t-the-awareness-god-loves-us-no-matter-what-lead-to-spiritual/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/brennan-manning-959_awareness_won-t-the-awareness-god-loves-us-no-matt_1351568.png) > [“Julian of Norwich...wrote: 'Some of us believe that God is almighty and can do everything; and that he is all-wise and may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/julian-of-norwich-wrote-some-of-us-believe-that-god-is-almighty-and/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/447/brennan-manning-959_character-of-god_julian-of-norwich-wrote-some-of-us-belie_2910835.jpg) > [The Ragamuffin rabble are the unsung assembly of saved sinners who are little in their own sight, conscious of their brokenness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-ragamuffin-rabble-are-the-unsung-assembly-of-saved-sinners-who/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/brennan-manning-959_assembly_the-ragamuffin-rabble-are-the-unsung-ass_1459026.jpg) > [“My message, unchanged for more than fifty years, is this: God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/my-message-unchanged-for-more-than-fifty-years-is-this-god-loves-you/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cf/brennan-manning-959_compassion_my-message-unchanged-for-more-than-fifty_475308.jpg) ## Other authors on God love ## More by Brennan Manning > [Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/accepting-the-reality-of-our-sinfulness-means-accepting-our-authentic/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/trust-is-our-gift-back-to-god-and-he-finds-it-so-enchanting-that/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/genuine-self-acceptance-is-not-derived-from-the-power-of-positive/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [That which is denied cannot be healed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/that-which-is-denied-cannot-be-healed/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [“It is not objective proof of God’s existence that we want but the experience of God’s presence. That is the miracle we are really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/it-is-not-objective-proof-of-god-s-existence-that-we-want-but-the/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [“He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone. It may be that Christians, notwithstanding corporate worship, common prayer, and all their fellowship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/he-who-is-alone-with-his-sins-is-utterly-alone-it-may-be-that/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to apply spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/god-not-only-loves-me-as-i-am-but-also-knows-me-as-i-am-because-of/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/grace-abounds-in-contemporary-movies-books-novels-films-and-music-if/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/my-trust-in-god-flows-out-of-the-experience-of-his-loving-me-day-in/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [I you think you've done it, then you're wrong. Because you're not finished until you have achieved everything that you never thought you could.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/i-you-think-you-ve-done-it-then-you-re-wrong-because-you-re-not/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/may-all-your-expectations-be-frustrated-may-all-your-plans-be/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/our-identity-rests-in-god-s-relentless-tenderness-for-us-revealed-in/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [“When I get honest I admit that I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and I get discouraged.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/when-i-get-honest-i-admit-that-i-am-a-bundle-of-paradoxes-i-believe/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [“At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/at-sunday-worship-as-in-every-dimension-of-our-existence-many-of-us/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) > [“You tell others about Me - that I am a loving God. Your words are glib. My words are written in the blood of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/you-tell-others-about-me-that-i-am-a-loving-god-your-words-are-glib/) [Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-love/brennan-manning/#itemlist", "name": "18 God love Quotes By Brennan Manning", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The litmus test of our love for God is our love of neighbor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brennan Manning" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-litmus-test-of-our-love-for-god-is-our-love-of-neighbor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/brennan-manning-959_god_the-litmus-test-of-our-love-for-god-is-o_1880803.png", "contentUrl": 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