God’s presence is all that matters.
FRANCIS CHAN
FRANCIS CHAN
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
Francis ChanFrancis Chan The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan I don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan
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Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, ‘Do this,’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘Believe in this,’ and everything is already done.
Martin LutherMartin Luther God sees in you a masterpiece about to happen.
Max LucadoMax Lucado God’s mercies are new every morning. Receive them.
Max LucadoMax Lucado Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn’t even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.
Erma BombeckErma Bombeck No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.
John CalvinJohn Calvin A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
Max LucadoMax Lucado Only by Gods grace have I made it to see today and only by Gods grace will I ever see tomorrow.
Jesse OwensJesse Owens All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.
John CalvinJohn Calvin