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Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.

Francis Chan

We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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End Goal Prayer Thinking
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
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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Action Explanation God Himself Obligation Worship Yourself
Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Desire Fight God Order Simplicity Yourself
Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.
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Call Expectation Follow God Himself People Radical
Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
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Alone Communication Himself Intimacy
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
The message of the Bible is not about God in Heaven who wants to take from you. It’s about God who wants to give to you.
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God Heaven Message Yourself
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.
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God Life Loan Move Talk Thinking Word Yourself
The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
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Desperate God Himself Time
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
Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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Leaving Similar True
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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God Himself Man Stand Wisdom Word
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 never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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Attention Close God Growth Ourselves Pursuit
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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Earth God Himself Live Obedience People Weird

Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.

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Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.

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