God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
FRANCIS CHANBut 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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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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Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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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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Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
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Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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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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Can you worship a God who isn’t obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?
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The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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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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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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