We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
FRANCIS CHAN
FRANCIS CHAN
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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
Francis ChanFrancis Chan If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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 ChanFrancis Chan 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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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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Jack CanfieldJack Canfield Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
Margaret ThatcherMargaret Thatcher We often feel that we lack something, and seem to see that very quality in someone else, promptly attributing all our own qualities to him too, and a kind of ideal contentment as well. And so the happy mortal is a model of complete perfection–which we have ourselves created.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The point is that both Hitler and Stalin held out promises of stability in order to hide their intention of creating a state of permanent instability.
Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.
Immanuel KantImmanuel Kant Games are nature’s most beautiful creation.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Charles DickensCharles Dickens She was created to be the toy of man, his rattle, and it must jingle in his ears whenever, dismissing reason, he chooses to be amused.
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft