Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
FRANCIS CHANThe world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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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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True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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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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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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God is not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything and every part of us.
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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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Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.
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Can you worship a God who isn’t obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?
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If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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God’s presence is all that matters.
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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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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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