We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
FRANCIS CHANThe 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
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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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True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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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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Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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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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I don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.
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But God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.
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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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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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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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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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We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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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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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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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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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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The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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True faith manifests itself through our actions.
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