The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
FRANCIS CHANGod 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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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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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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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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Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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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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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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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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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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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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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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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work.
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God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
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God never breaks His promises.
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Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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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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We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
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The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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God’s presence is all that matters.
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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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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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We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
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