black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.

Francis Chan

We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
FRANCIS CHAN

God Grace Joy Myself Response Talk
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
FRANCIS CHAN

Attention Close God Growth Ourselves Pursuit
Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
FRANCIS CHAN

Action Crazy Faith Religious
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.
FRANCIS CHAN

Earth God Myself Surrender
Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
FRANCIS CHAN

Blessing Grace Punishment Yourself
Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
FRANCIS CHAN

God Impossible Understand Way Yourself
God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
FRANCIS CHAN

Definition God Love Ourselves Standard
Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
FRANCIS CHAN

God Himself Love Yourself
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.
FRANCIS CHAN

Chapter Day God Himself Meditation Night Religious
The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
FRANCIS CHAN

Follow Heart Love Religious World Yourself
We are here to love. Not much else matters.
FRANCIS CHAN

Important Love Value Worth
Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
FRANCIS CHAN

Comfortable Experience Live Ourselves
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.
FRANCIS CHAN

Desperate God Himself Time
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 CHAN

God Heaven Message Yourself
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
FRANCIS CHAN

God Himself Man Stand Wisdom Word
Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
FRANCIS CHAN

Believe Live Wrong

Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Francis Chan Quotes