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 CHANThe 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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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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Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
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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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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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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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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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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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If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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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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