God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
FRANCIS CHAN
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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.
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Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
Francis ChanFrancis Chan The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan I don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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Maurice Merleau PontyMaurice Merleau Ponty Thinking which displaces, or otherwise defines, the sacred has been called atheistic, and that philosophy which does not place it here or there, like a thing, but at the joining of things and words, will always be exposed to this reproach without ever being touched by it.
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Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami We’re gonna keep on doin’ what we’re doin’, and we’re gonna get it by all means. That’s just what “ruthless” means to me. Everybody’s got their own definition, but I’m ruthless with this music.
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