Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
FRANCIS CHANWhen 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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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.
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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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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.
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We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
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The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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God never breaks His promises.
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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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The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
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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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We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
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