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The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.

Francis Chan

When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.
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Feeling Love Manifestation Obligation Work
Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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Commitment God Ourselves Religious
Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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Action Fruit Meaning World
Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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Blessing Grace Punishment Yourself
My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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Answer Love Myself Prayer
Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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Discipline Excuse Follow God
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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Action Explanation God Himself Obligation Worship Yourself
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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Education Focus Follow Love People Student Teaching
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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Allow God Hard Joy Life Peace World Yourself
True faith manifests itself through our actions.
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Action Faith Ourselves True
Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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Comfortable Experience Live Ourselves
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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Consequence People Pin Save Warm
Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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God Himself Try
God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
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Definition God Love Ourselves Standard
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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Addiction God Relationship Simplicity Team
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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Earth God Himself Live Obedience People Weird

The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.

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