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 CHANThe world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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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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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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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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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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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
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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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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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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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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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