The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
FRANCIS CHANHe wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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.
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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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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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We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
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Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
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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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In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
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We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.
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The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.
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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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Lukewarm 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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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.
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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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