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.
FRANCIS CHANBut 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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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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Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
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Can you worship a God who isn’t obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?
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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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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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God’s presence is all that matters.
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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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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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Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.
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The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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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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God never breaks His promises.
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