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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.

Francis Chan

When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.
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Feeling Love Manifestation Obligation Work
Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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Better Planning Trust Yourself
The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
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God Greatness Knowledge Ourselves Treasure
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.
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Earth God Myself Surrender
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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Consequence People Pin Save Warm
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
Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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Leaving Similar True
I don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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Expectation Myself Planning Success Worry
The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
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Glory God Himself Life
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
We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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Important Love Value Worth
Where it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they’re not obeying the things that He called them to do.
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Earth God Himself Live Obedience People Weird
I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.
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Better Fall God Life Myself Relationship Wonderful
Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
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Display God Heart Ourselves Side
God’s presence is all that matters.
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God Matter Presence
We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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Discipline Night Ourselves

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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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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