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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.

Francis Chan

We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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End Goal Prayer Thinking
Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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Discipline Excuse Follow God
Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
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Believe Live Wrong
Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Desire Fight God Order Simplicity Yourself
God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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Call Comfortable God Himself Trust
Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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Leaving Similar True
The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
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God Greatness Knowledge Ourselves Treasure
Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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Disgusting Fake God Live Name
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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Alone Communication Himself Intimacy
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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Chapter Day God Himself Meditation Night Religious
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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God Invitation Life Ourselves
God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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Definition God Live Love Measurement Ourselves Straight
When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.
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Command Consumption Family Important Life Problem Rejoice
The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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Death Deep Instruction Obedience People Rise
We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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Important Love Value Worth
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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Display God Heart Ourselves Side

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