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But God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.

Francis Chan

Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.
FRANCIS CHAN

Education Focus Follow Love People Student Teaching
But God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.
FRANCIS CHAN

Afraid Call Comfortable God Himself Situation Trouble Trust
We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
FRANCIS CHAN

Discipline Night Ourselves
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
When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.
FRANCIS CHAN

Command Consumption Family Important Life Problem Rejoice
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 not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything and every part of us.
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God Invitation Life Ourselves
Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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Better Planning Trust Yourself
Where it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they’re not obeying the things that He called them to do.
FRANCIS CHAN

Earth God Himself Live Obedience People Weird
Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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Blessing Grace Punishment Yourself
The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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Death Deep Instruction Obedience People Rise
Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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Fall Religious Scripture Study Trap
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
The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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Follow Heart Love Religious World Yourself
Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
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Believe Live Wrong
The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.
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Complete God Himself Leadership Understand Worship

But God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.

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But God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.

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