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

Francis Chan

God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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Call Comfortable God Himself Trust
Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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Commitment God Ourselves Religious
Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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God Himself Life Story
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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God Heaven Message Yourself
Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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Blessing Grace Punishment Yourself
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
We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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Important Love Value Worth
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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Desperate God Himself Time
Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
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Fertilizer Growth Help Togetherness
Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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Freedom Power Thinking Yourself
Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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Action Crazy Faith Religious
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
The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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Difficult Joy Life Season Teaching True
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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Attention Close God Growth Ourselves Pursuit
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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God Himself Man Stand Wisdom Word
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

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