Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
FRANCIS CHANDon’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
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Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.
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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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I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
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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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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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True faith manifests itself through our actions.
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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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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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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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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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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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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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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