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.
FRANCIS CHANThe point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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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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True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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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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The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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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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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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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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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 disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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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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Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
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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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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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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.
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