God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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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If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.
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Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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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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When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.
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Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.
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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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The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
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The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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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.
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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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We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.
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