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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.

Francis Chan

When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.
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Feeling Love Manifestation Obligation Work
The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
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Glory God Himself Life
Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
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Fertilizer Growth Help Togetherness
In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
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Consistent Distraction God Himself Intention Ourselves Reminder World
We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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God Need Ourselves People Reputation
The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.
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God Human Love Mistake Myself Need Perfection
We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.
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Live Modern Religious Time Weird
Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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Freedom Power Thinking Yourself
God never breaks His promises.
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Break God Himself Promise
A key to everything is surrender – to really come before the Lord and say, – I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay’ or ‘God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.
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Earth God Myself Surrender
Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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Difference God Love Wealth
We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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End Goal Prayer Thinking
Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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Discipline Excuse Follow God
God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
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Definition God Love Ourselves Standard
We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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Important Love Value Worth
Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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Blessing Grace Punishment Yourself

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