We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
FRANCIS CHANLukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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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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True faith manifests itself through our actions.
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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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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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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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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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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 said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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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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Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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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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