Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
FRANCIS CHAN
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We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan God never breaks His promises.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan 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?
Francis ChanFrancis Chan God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
Francis ChanFrancis Chan We are here to love. Not much else matters.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan The message of the Bible is not about God in Heaven who wants to take from you. It’s about God who wants to give to you.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
Francis ChanFrancis Chan We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor One cannot deny that in former times man’s life had been one of toil and hardship. It is correct to say, therefore, that modern civilization and the progress of science have greatly improved man’s life and have brought comfort and ease in their trail.
Haile SelassieHaile Selassie When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed.
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Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that’s often the most important time to tell it.
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