God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
FRANCIS CHANA relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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True faith manifests itself through our actions.
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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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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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The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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God’s presence is all that matters.
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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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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
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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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God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.
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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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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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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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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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God doesn’t want religious duty. He doesn’t want a distracted, half-hearted, ‘Fine, I’ll read a chapter, now are You happy?’ attitude. God wants His word to be a delight to us, so much that we meditate on it day and night.
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I don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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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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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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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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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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