God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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 world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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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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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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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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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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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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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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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
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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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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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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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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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