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 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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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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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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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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But 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.
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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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True faith manifests itself through our actions.
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Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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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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