I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
FRANCIS CHANThe 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.
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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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We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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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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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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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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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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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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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.
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Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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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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