Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.
FRANCIS CHANI don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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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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Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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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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The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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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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We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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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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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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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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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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The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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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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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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