Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
FRANCIS CHANLukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.
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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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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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When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.
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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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Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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God’s presence is all that matters.
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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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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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We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
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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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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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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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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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Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
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